Viva Via: Champion mare wins back-to-back Cox Plates before punters tear up the track

Sydney Morning Herald // World

Viva Via: Champion mare wins back-to-back Cox Plates before punters tear up the track

Saturday 25th October 2025, 8:24AM

Before fans spilled onto the track to souvenir patches of grass and pieces of the running rail, champion jockey James McDonald had to squeeze every inch of courage out of mare Via Sistina.

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