Winx to have eight Cox Plate rivals

Champion Winx will start from barrier six of nine in her bid for a third consecutive Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.

Epsom Handicap winner Happy Clapper will jump from the outside gate while Seaburge has the inside alley.

There will be two internationally trained runners in Saturday’s race with the Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained Kaspersky in barrier two and Godolphin’s Folkswood in five.