Big task...Cox Plate favorites Helmet and Jimmy Choux will need to do what only Sunline has been able to achieve in the past 15 years after drawing the outside half of the field for Sat's $3 million Grp 1 showdown at Moonee Valley. NZ star Jimmy Choux will start from barrier 10 and gun colt Helmet one position wider in the 14 runner field (there are also 2 emergenies). Sunline's seven-length win in 2000, from barrier #13, is the only time since 1995 that a winner has come from wider than barrier
Big task...Cox Plate favorites Helmet and Jimmy Choux will need to do what only Sunline has been able to achieve in the past 15 years after drawing the outside half of the field for Sat's $3 million Grp 1 showdown at Moonee Valley. NZ star Jimmy Choux will start from barrier 10 and gun colt Helmet one position wider in the 14 runner field (there are also 2 emergenies). Sunline's seven-length win in 2000, from barrier #13, is the only time since 1995 that a winner has come from wider than barrier seven Helmet's rider Kerrin McEvoy says: 'We don't have to lead, by no means...Obviously it just depends on what happens once the barriers open and what the boys do inside me...I've got to keep in mind it's 2040 (metres), last start was a mile, so have to ride him accordingly, but I'm just really looking forward to the race. It's going to be an exciting day.'