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Cox Plate 2025 Betting Tips - Can Via Sistina reign again before Moonee Valley’s revamp?
The 2025 Cox Plate represents a historic moment as it marks the final running of the celebrated race at Moonee Valley before migrating to Flemington in 2026. As anticipation builds for Saturday, October 25th, betting markets are led by Via Sistina, priced at $2.25. This race continues the legacy of The Valley's storied amphitheatre. Expert tips suggest Via Sistina as the best bet, with Treasurethe Moment and Nepotism offering promising odds for punters. This edition is set to be a blockbuster finale before the venue's redevelopment.
- The 2025 Cox Plate marks Moonee Valley's finale before redevelopment
- Via Sistina, last year's dominant winner, leads the market
- Key contenders include Antino, Treasurethe Moment and Nepotism
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Via Sistina winning the 2024 Cox Plate. (Getty)
The 2025 Cox Plate headlines a blockbuster Moonee Valley program on Saturday, October 25, marking the final running of Australia’s premier weight-for-age race at its famous home before redevelopment begins.
- 2025 Cox Plate Tips
- 2025 Cox Plate - Field & Odds
The $6 million contest over 2040m will also close the meeting — a fitting finale for The Valley’s storied amphitheatre before the Cox Plate shifts to Flemington in 2026 and returns to a new-look Moonee Valley in 2028.
At $2.25 with EliteBet, Via Sistina heads the 2025 Cox Plate market.
2025 Cox Plate Tips
2025 Cox Plate Best Bet - Via Sistina
She recorded a dominant eight-length victory in last year’s Cox Plate, breaking the 2040m track record at Moonee Valley in the process.
Via Sistina is following the same path in her Cox Plate defence, having resumed in the Winx Stakes before contesting both the Makybe Diva Stakes and Turnbull Stakes.
Was her third-place finish in the Turnbull Stakes a touch underrated? Lost, sure, but there was more merit to the run than the commentary suggests.
The ten-time Group 1 winner was flushed out early and exposed after Golden Path dropped out of the running line, leaving her with nothing to take her further into the race.
Also, while she dominated in last year's Cox Plate, Via Sistina was hardly airborne going into that, with a plain second-up run followed by a narrow Turnbull Stakes victory.
2025 Cox Plate Next Best Bet - Treasurethe Moment
Treasurethe Moment produced a standout performance first-up in the Memsie Stakes, defeating Mr Brightside, Buckaroo, Fangirl and Antino in a high-quality edition.
A minor setback soon after proved costly, with the four-year-old unable to rediscover that same spark in two subsequent runs, although she has still filled the runner-up spot on both occasions.
Off her Memsie Stakes triumph when dominating a strong WFA lineup, she would have had the Cox Plate at her mercy had she held that touch.
There were question marks regarding her campaign after the Might And Power Stakes loss last time, and she’s clearly showing plenty at home to warrant pushing on.
With an outstanding three-year-old season and a slick resumption, Treasurethe Moment looked a potential star — perhaps this is when she makes a statement.
2025 Cox Plate Value Bet - Nepotism
He’s by Brutal out of Brigite, an unraced half-sister to Black Caviar, making him a close relative of the legendary mare.
The Champagne Stakes winner has taken longer to come to hand this preparation but produced his best effort of the campaign when finishing seventh in the Caulfield Guineas.
He was set a huge task in that last Group 1 attempt when settling a long way back, and the colt was also held up at key stages in the run home.
With some question marks around the market elects and Sir Delius also dropping out of the race, it’s well worth a shot at stumps with just 49.5kg to carry.
The last three-year-old Cox Plate winner was Shamus Award in 2012, but there have been a host of good performances since, with Broadsiding (2024), Anamoe (2021 — should’ve won), Castelvecchio (2019) and Yankee Rose (2016) all placing.
2025 Cox Plate - Field & Odds
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light Infantry Man (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 9 | 59kg | $51 |
| 2 | Antino (NZ) | Tony Gollan | Blake Shinn | 6 | 59kg | $3.80 |
| 3 | Attrition | Mitchell Freedman | Craig Williams | 2 | 59kg | $34 |
| 4 | Buckaroo (GB) | Chris Waller | Mark Zahra | 4 | 59kg | $15 |
| 5 | Globe (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Ben Melham | 7 | 59kg | $16 |
| 6 | Via Sistina (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 5 | 57kg | $2.25 |
| 7 | Treasurethe Moment | Matt Laurie | Damian Lane | 1 | 55.5kg | $6.50 |
| 8 | Aeliana (NZ) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 8 | 55.5kg | $8 |
| 9 | Nepotism | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Zac Lloyd | 3 | 49.5kg | $21 |
Odds courtesy of EliteBet & correct on 22/10/2025.
Verdict
Our tips for the 2025 Cox Plate are:
Via Sistina
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$2.25 - 4 Units
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Treasurethe Moment
To Win
$6.50 - 2 Units
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Nepotism
Each Way
$21.00 - 1 Unit
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