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Cox Plate 2025 Betting Tips - Can Via Sistina go back to back at the Valley?

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Last updated: 22 Dec 2024
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  • 2025 Cox Plate on October 25, last race at current Moonee Valley track.
  • Via Sistina, a standout contender after record time win in 2024.
  • Ceolwulf and Zardozi seen as rising stars for the Cox Plate.
Via Sistina
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 26: James McDonald riding Via Sistina winning Race 9, the Ladbrokes Cox Plate - Betting Odds during Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 26, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

The 2025 Cox Plate will be held on October 25 at Moonee Valley, which will be the last Cox Plate before the Moonee Valley track undergoes a major overhaul that will see the straight be altered in its position and distance. 

  • Via Sistina
  • Ceolwulf
  • Zardozi

Via Sistina heads the market for the 2025 edition after her amazing eight-length romp in 2024, while the likes of Prognosis, Ceolwulf and Broadsiding are other major contenders, alongside a series of familiar names in Buckaroo, Fangirl and Mr Brightside. 

Here are our top three long range predictions for the 2025 Cox Plate

Via Sistina


It was a performance that compared to the efforts of Winx when Via Sistina claimed the Cox Plate in race-record time of 2m 01.07s with a winning margin of eight lengths in 2024. Plenty of water to flow under the bridge between the time of writing and October 2025 but at this stage it is hard to see anything getting near the Chris Waller mare. Waller has done in before with Winx, preparaing a horse to multiple wins at the Valley and while her path hasn’t been mapped out yet, she should be very hard to beat as she showed that she was in a class of her own in 2024. 

Ceolwulf


The fresh horse on the scene in 2025 will be Ceolwulf, who rose through the ranks in the spring to take out the Epsom (1600m) and the $5 million King Charles Stakes (1600m) ahead of Pride Of Jenni at Randwick. The Jo Pride gelding was sent for the paddock after that, despite some winnable targets such as the Golden Eagle (1500m) being on offer. The rising star will be targeted for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick in the autumn, which is usually the perfect dress rehearsal for the Cox Plate later in the year. 

Zardozi


It was a winless yet impressive spring that was produced by Zardozi in 2024. The Godolphin mare was around the mark in a number of Group 1 races, highlighted by a 4th in the Melbourne Cup (3200m). The 2023 VRC Oaks (2500m) winner has clearly got the talent to match some of the big names and should have a bit of maturity to come in 2025. 

Verdict

2025 Cox Plate tips
Best Bet1: Via Sistina Cox Plate Winner @11/4 at bet365 Australia - 5 Units
Best Bet2: Ceolwulf Cox Plate Winner @8/1 at Neds - 1 Unit
Best Bet3: Zardozi Cox Plate Winner @25/1 at Neds - 1 Unit
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