West Australian gelding Cosmic Crusader ran down Birdman and favourite Aeliana to win the $6 million Cox Plate at Flemington, giving trainer Andrea Leek and jockey William Pike a famous double.

Ciaron Maher trained the first three in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup at Flemington, with mare Juja Kibo winning the final ballot-free ticket into the Melbourne Cup.

David Payne's filly Proxima Dea made it five from five with a strong win in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick and now looks set for the VRC Oaks.

Twelve weight-for-age stars line up in the $6 million Cox Plate at Flemington on Saturday. Here is the form behind every runner, from joint favourites Sir Delius and Aeliana to Caulfield Guineas winner Warwoven.

Point Of Law, So You Are, The Euphrates and Omni Man have been scratched from Saturday's Moonee Valley Gold Cup at Flemington, leaving 16 runners chasing a ballot-exempt start in the Melbourne Cup.