Photo / Bruno CannatelliNew Zealand's superstar mare Probabeel has created chaos in the market for the A$5 million Cox Plate with a giant-killer win over Zaaki in the Might And Power Stakes at Caulfield in Melbourne yesterday. Most importantly, it was over 2000m, with the 2040m Cox Plate at The Valley in a fortnight, a race her connections had been considering missing. "I think we have to make the Cox Plate the aim now," Richards told the Herald on Sunday last night. "We will discuss it in the next few days but she was so good and there have to be some doubts over other Cox Plate favourites like Zaaki and Verry Elleegant. Richards said if Probabeel goes to the Cox Plate, in which she ran seventh on a soft track last season, she will miss the Empire Rose.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 09, 2021 10:52 UTC