Later Timeslot For Cox Plate
- Tuesday, 03 August 2010 03:03
This year’s Cox Plate will be held later in the afternoon as the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) moves a step closer to staging Australia’s Weight-For-Age championship under lights.
MVRC Chief Executive Michael Browell said the Cox Plate would be the eighth race at 5:35pm on a nice-race card that would start no earlier then 12:30pm.
"The timeslot this year will take the Cox Plate to a whole new audience leading into the National Nine news at 6pm," Browell told the Herald Sun.
"Not only will we grow the domestic audience, but also the international audience of the Cox Plate."
Last year’s Cox Plate was held at 4:30pm with the first race at 12:10pm.
Picture: Quentin Lang
