The Moonee Valley Racing Club has confirmed the winner of this year’s Group 1 Juddmonte International will again get a golden ticket into the Cox Plate.
The 2063m feature, which will be run on Wednesday, is the third and final Ladbrokes Cox Plate International Invitational Qualifier.
The Juddmonte carried win and you’re in status last year, with the announcement on Tuesday morning confirming its continuation.
There are two current Cox Plate nominees set to tackle the race with Docklands (Harry Eustace) and Hans Anderson (Aidan O’Brien).
City Of Troy leads betting for the Juddmonte at $2.
“The Juddmonte International is well recognised as one of the great 2000-metre races in the world each year, a reputation we strive for with the Ladbrokes Cox Plate”, MVRC Head Of Racing Charlotte Mills said.
“It is fantastic to see two Ladbrokes Cox Plate nominated horses in the race this year, including one from 2014 Cox Plate winning trainer Aidan O’Brien and one for Harry Eustace, the brother of 2020 Cox Plate winning co-trainer David Eustace.”
William Derby, Chief Executive of York Racecourse, said: “We are hugely proud of our flagship race, the Group 1 Juddmonte International, both with its tremendous previous winners and the mouthwatering line up with have for the 2024 record renewal.
“We have a tremendous relationship with Moonee Valley Racing Club and are delighted that the Juddmonte International is a Ladbrokes Cox Plate International Invitational and very much look forward to seeing where the winner will be campaigned following their success at York.”