The 2010 Cox Plate is on the agenda for underrated New Zealander Vosne Romanee who has notched two Group One wins this season.Trainer Jeff Lynds said he hoped to give the gelding his chance at the weight-for-age championship."We would have liked to think about it this season after the Kelt but he wasn't nominated," Lynds said."But Miss Maren (the Australian raider who ran third in the Kelt) finished second in the Mackinnon, which showed he should be up to that class."Vosne Romanee was a 50-1 win

The 2010 Cox Plate is on the agenda for underrated New Zealander Vosne Romanee who has notched two Group One wins this season.

Trainer Jeff Lynds said he hoped to give the gelding his chance at the weight-for-age championship.

"We would have liked to think about it this season after the Kelt but he wasn't nominated," Lynds said.

"But Miss Maren (the Australian raider who ran third in the Kelt) finished second in the Mackinnon, which showed he should be up to that class."

Vosne Romanee was a 50-1 winner of the New Zealand's major race, the Kelt Capital Stakes in September, and was sent out at better than 25-1 in Saturday's Zabeel Classic.

Having just his second outing since his Kelt triumph, Vosne Romanee made a useful field in the Group One contest look second-rate, accelerating away quickly to down Red Ruler by 2-1/4 lengths.

Down the field were a number of Group One winners including boom three-year-old Monaco Consul who was seemingly undone by the hard track which suited the winner.

In the more immediate future, Lynds said he would seek further weight-for-age 2000m Group One success in the International Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa in February and the New Zealand Stakes (2000m) back at Ellerslie in March.

The victory took Vosne Romanee's earnings to $1.08 million, a great return for Martinborough winery owners Ian and Alana Smart.

"We're really thrilled. It's great for a family from Wairarapa to come up to the big smoke and take on the big boys," Ian Smart said.

Vosne Romanee is the second horse the Smarts have raced. They bred him from the Morcon mare Madison Avenue, a mare they bought into some years ago.

He was put up for sale at Karaka but bidding did not reach their reserve and was instead sent back to Lynds to train.

Vosne Romanee is named for a village in Burgundy, France that is well known for producing outstanding wines.