Cosmic Crusader defies the bookies to win the Cox Plate. Cosmic Crusader won the $6 million Cox Plate at Flemington for trainer Andrea Leek and jockey William Pike, beating Birdman and Aeliana. History was the only certainty on Saturday at Flemington in the 106th and first Group 1 WS Cox Plate (2040m) away from its spiritual Moonee Valley home.