2010: So You Think
2009: So You Think
2008: Maldivian
2007: El Segundo
2006: Fields Of Omagh
2005: Makybe Diva
2004: Savabeel
2003: Fields Of Omagh
2002: Northerly
2001: Northerly
2000: Sunline
1999: Sunline
1998: Might and Power
1997: Dane Ripper
1996: Saintly
1995: Octagonal
1994: Solvit
1993: The Phantom Chance
1992: Super Impose
1991: Surfers Paradise
1990: Better Loosen Up

Helmet has transformed himself from a promising but sometimes wayward two-year-old into a champion three-year-old, winning the Caulfield Guineas in the fastest time ever run in the race. He has never raced over 2040m or at Moonee Valley, but that hasn't stopped him becoming Cox Plate favourite.

Jimmy Choux showed his talent when he won the Rosehill Guineas in the autumn and since returning this campaign, he has notched consecutive Group One wins in New Zealand. Comes to town as the best credentialed Kiwi in years looking to become the first NZ-trained winner of the race in 11 years.

Rekindled Interest is the best hope of the Melbourne trained horses having won the AAMI Vase (2040m) on Cox Plate day last year and then winning the traditional lead-up, the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) in September. Has plenty of talent, but does he have the star quality to win Australia's best weight-for-age race?