Cox Plate would make Criterion greatest Black Opal winner

By David Polkinghorne
Updated October 24 2014 - 7:13pm, first published October 23 2014 - 7:22pm
Glyn Schofield, right, on Criterion edges out Kerrin McEvoy, left, on Sidestep to win the 2013 Black Opal Stakes. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Glyn Schofield, right, on Criterion edges out Kerrin McEvoy, left, on Sidestep to win the 2013 Black Opal Stakes. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

Canberra Racing chief executive Peter Stubbs says victory for Criterion in the $3 million Cox Plate (2040 metres) would stamp him as the greatest horse to have also saluted in the Black Opal Stakes.