Champagne Stakes is a Group 1 horse race in Australia for two-year-old thoroughbreds at set weights run at Randwick Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 metres during the Sydney Autumn Carnival. Samantha Miss won the 2008 Champagne Stakes taking the victory from Golden Slipper winner Sebring. Samantha Miss is now one of the favourites for the Cox Plate as she will have a 10 kilogram advantage over the favourite Weekend Hussler.
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Cox Plate was founded in the honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, Sam Cox. The Moonee Valley wanted to honour Sam Cox and decided to run a weight-for-age race and call it the Cox Plate. The race was placed in between the Caulfield Cup, Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup on the Australian racing calendar. It quickly became a prestigious race. Almost every Cos Plate winner has been an impressive horse, inlcuding Phar Lap, Dulcify, Kingston Town, Gunsynd, Rising Fast, Super Impose, Might and Power, Octagonal, and Sunline.
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