Ireland's State of Rest wins Cox Plate after protest

State of Rest champion by a long head after protest dismissed Cox Plate is Australia's most prestigious weight-for-age race Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred race has been decided in the stewards' room with State Of Rest winning the $5 million WS Cox Plate after surviving a protest. The Irish raider edged out Anamoe to be first across the line after a stirring duel in the Moonee Valley straight. But Anamoe's jockey, Craig Williams, claimed interference over the final stages cost the thre...