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Kingston Town Greatness Award

Award for outstanding achievements in the W.S Cox Plate

The Kingston Town Greatness Award was founded by the Moonee Valley Racing Club in 2000 and it is awarded annually by the Club to those who have had an everlasting impact on the W.S. Cox Plate. From champion horses to superstar jockeys, trainers, owners and race callers, the Kingston Town Greatness Award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of the famous names of the W.S. Cox Plate and tells their story in how they shaped The Race Where Legends Are Made.

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2021 – DAVID HAINS

Breeder of Kingston Town – three-time W.S. Cox Plate Champion

(1980, 1981, 1982)

2020 - Team WINX

W.S. Cox Plate all-time Champion

(2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018)
The only horse in history to win the W.S. Cox Plate four times

2019 - So You Think and Phar Lap

So You Think
(2009 & 2010 W.S. Cox Plate champion)

Phar Lap
(1930 & 1931 W.S. Cox Plate champion)

2018 - Glen Boss

Four-time W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey

Makybe Diva (2005)
So You Think (2009)
Ocean Park (2012)
Sir Dragonet (2020)

Won Cox Plate 100 (2020)

2017 - Lee Freedman

2021 – DAVID HAINS

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning trainer

Super Impose (1992)
Makybe Diva (2005)

2016 - Mick Dittman

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey

Strawberry Road (1983)
Red Anchor (1984)

2015 - David Hayes and Colin Hayes

W.S. Cox Plate winning trainers

Colin Hayes
So Called (1978)
Dulcify (1979)
Almaarad (1989)

David Hayes
Better Loosen Up (1990)

2014 - Roy Higgins

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey

Sir Dane (1964)
Gunsynd (1972)

2013 - Fields of Omagh

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning champion
(2003, 2006)

Equal all-time most W.S. Cox Plates contested (5)

2012 - Northerly

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning champion
(2001, 2002)

2011 - Dato Tan Chin Nam

Three-time W.S. Cox Plate winning owner

Saintly (1996)
So You Think (2009, 2010)

Feehan Stakes re-named the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes
(2005-2018)

2010 - Zabeel

Four-time W.S. Cox Plate winning sire

Octagonal (1995)
Might and Power (1998)
Savabeel (2004)
Maldivian (2008)

2009 - Greg Childs

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey

Sunline (1999, 2000)

2008 - Bart Cummings

Five-time W.S. Cox Plate winning trainer

Taj Rossi (1973)
Saintly (1996)
Dane Ripper (1997)
So You Think (2009, 2010)

2007 - Bryan Martin

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning owner & W.S Cox Plate race-caller

Fields Of Omagh (2003, 2006)

Called 28 Cox Plates

2006 - Brent Thomson

Four-time W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey

Fury’s Order (1975)
Family of Man (1977)
So Called (1978)
Dulcify (1979)

2005 - Darby Munro

Five-time W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey
All-time record

Rogilla (1933)
Young Idea (1937)
Mosaic (1939)
Beau Vite (1941)
Hydrogen (1952)

2004 - Bill Collins

Legendary W.S. Cox Plate race-caller

Called Kingston Town's three W.S. Cox Plate wins (1980,1981,1982)
Called the Race of the Century (1986)

Called over 30 W.S. Cox Plates

2003 - SUNLINE

Dual W.S. Cox Plate winning champion
(1999,2000)

2002 - T J Smith

Seven-time W.S. Cox Plate winning trainer
All-time record

Redcraze (1957)
Tulloch (1960)
Gunsynd (1972)
Kingston Town (1980,1981,1982)
Red Anchor (1984)

2001 - BONECRUSHER

W.S Cox Plate winning champion
(1986)

1986 W.S. Cox Plate deemed the Race of the Century

Moonee Valley Racing Club respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of this land – the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation – and pays our respects to its Elders past, present, and emerging.

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