Winx will be gunning for a fourth-straight Cox Plate victory when the $5 million race takes place on Saturday, October 27.
With the barrier draws taking place earlier this week, our final field of eight horses – including Winx – has been finalised.
Winx will start in barrier no. 6 – the gate she won from in 2017 – and she’ll also start as the unbackable favourite at $1.20.
No. | Horse | Barrier no. | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
1 | Benbatl | 3 | Saeed Bin Suroor | Oisin Murphy | 59kg |
2 | Humidor | 7 | Darren Weir | Damian Lane | 59kg |
3 | Kings Will Dream | 4 | Darren Weir | John Allen | 59kg |
4 | Avilius | 1 | James Cummings | Glyn Schofield | 59kg |
5 | D’argento/td> | 2 | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 57.5kg |
6 | Winx | 6 | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 57kg |
7 | Rostropovich | 8 | Aidan O’Brien | Ryan Moore | 56kg |
8 | Savvy Coup | 5 | Michael Pitman | Chris Johnson | 55.5kg |