Optimism reigns supreme...Not much chance but good luck to Sth Aussie trainer Will Clarken who has entered his filly Molto Bene in the Cox Plate. She's one of 155 entries for the prestigious Grp 1 2040m wfa classic. Noms have closed. Molto Bene won the Grp 3 SA Sires Produce Stakes in April. She's the roughie among 6 South Australians entered for the Cox Plate. Another surprise nom is Tony McEvoy's French import Sysmo. Clarken is the first to admit he's aiming high with Molto Bene. He says: 'She

Optimism reigns supreme...Not much chance but good luck to Sth Aussie trainer Will Clarken who has entered his filly Molto Bene in the Cox Plate. She's one of 155 entries for the prestigious Grp 1 2040m wfa classic. Noms have closed. Molto Bene won the Grp 3 SA Sires Produce Stakes in April. She's the roughie among 6 South Australians entered for the Cox Plate. Another surprise nom is Tony McEvoy's French import Sysmo. Clarken is the first to admit he's aiming high with Molto Bene. He says: 'She's after the Thousand Guineas, that's her goal and so we'd be rapt if we could get her there and get a run in it...She'll be nominated for the Wakeful and the Oaks later on - her brother won a Tasmanian Derby, so he could stay.'