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WINX will have at least one international challenger in his quest to win his fourth Cox Plate as the world's largest racing outfit Godolphin has announced that they will be taking it with Benbatl.
Godolphin coach, Saeed bin Suroor, informed the Moonee Valley Racing Club on Sunday that he had accepted his invitation for Benbatl to play the $ 5 million Cox Plate in Melbourne on Saturday, October 27 .
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Benbatl was one of the 13 international horses invited by the MVRC
Benbatl won first place in Group 1 Dubai Turf in March this year.
He will make his first step towards the Cox Plate during his next race in the Group 1 Dallmayr-Preis-Bayeriches Zuchtrennen Grosser in Munich on Sunday. "I spoke to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, and he decided to meet Godolphin's invitation for Benbatl," said Bin Suroor of Newmarket
Last year, Folkswood held third place in Cox Plate behind Winx
Paul Bloodworth, international recruiter for Racing Victoria, intends to talk to his coach Charlie Appleby about A possible return of Cox Plate.
The experience of Richard Freedman in the United States with Buckwheat did not get off to a good start when he was all along and ended up in that position at Belmont Park on Sunday.
Freedman tweeted that he did not expect a time of 1.32 minutes for 1600m on a very firm track.
He added that Buckwheat escaped from his legs with speed and felt the ground.
"Seems to have shot OK, just felt the ground, we are deflated but not defeated."
Sarrasin was ridden by Regan Bayliss who will partner Redkirk Warrior at the July Cup next Saturday in Newmarket, and will ride horses today.
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