- Trainer Chris Waller reduced to tears
- Comes after four weight-for-age championships with Winx
- Japanese raider and favourite Prognosis relegated to second
Champion jockey James McDonald has claimed his third consecutive Cox Plate with a dominant victory aboard Via Sistina at Moonee Valley.
It was McDonald’s 100th Group 1 triumph, and follows his wins on Romantic Warrior and Anamoe in the past two years.
Trainer Chris Waller was reduced to tears post-race, having won Australasia’s weight-for-age championship for the fifth time after his four victories with super mare Winx.
James McDonald won his third consecutive Cox Plate after steering Via Sistina to victory
The champion jockey salutes the bumper crowd at Mooney Valley for the 2024 Cox Plate
Japanese raider and pre-race favourite Prognosis was second, with Godolphin’s Broadsiding third.
Earlier, Ben Allen steered Baraqiel to a dominant win in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes.
Trainer Troy Corstens said Baraqiel will head towards the Group 1 Champions Sprint, to be run on the final day of Flemington’s Melbourne Cup carnival in a fortnight.
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