THE scratching yesterday of one of the Cox Plate's likely pacesetters, Descarado, has not changed the pre-race plan of Kerrin McEvoy, who insisted yesterday that he did not have to lead on race favourite Helmet, reports The Age. It says: Many punters expect McEvoy may follow Glen Boss's blueprint for Cox Plate success when he led on the then three-year-old So You Think in 2009. But McEvoy said he was not locked in to having to set the pace and would be happy to sit where the horse was comfortabl

THE scratching yesterday of one of the Cox Plate's likely pacesetters, Descarado, has not changed the pre-race plan of Kerrin McEvoy, who insisted yesterday that he did not have to lead on race favourite Helmet, reports The Age.

It says: Many punters expect McEvoy may follow Glen Boss's blueprint for Cox Plate success when he led on the then three-year-old So You Think in 2009. But McEvoy said he was not locked in to having to set the pace and would be happy to sit where the horse was comfortable.

''We don't have to lead by any means,'' he said. ''It just depends what happens once the barriers open and what the boys do inside me.