The W. S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group One (G1), Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race. The Moonee Valley Racing Club conducts the race, which is staged for three-year-olds and up.
- The race distance from 1922 to 1942 was 9ý furlongs.
- The race distance from 1943 to 1971 was 10 furlongs.
- Following Australia's adoption of the Metric system in 1972 the race distance became 2,000 metres.
- In 1974 the distance was changed to 2,050 metres and in 1986 to today's distance of 2,040 metres.
- â The 1946 Cox Plate was run in two divisions.
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