Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under quality handicap conditions, over a distance of 2600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November.[1] Total prize money is A$200,000.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Group 3 race
1954 & 1955 winner Rising Fast
LocationFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1854
Race typeThoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance2,600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree year olds and older that are not maidens
WeightQuality handicap
PurseA$200,000 (2020)
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up

History

Distance

  • 1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1877–1878 - 214 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1880 - 214 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1885 - 212 miles (~4000 metres)
  • 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1889 - 214 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1895–1971 - 112 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1972 - 2400 metres
  • 1973–1993 - 2500 metres
  • 1994 - 2530 metres
  • 1995 - 2500 metres
  • 1996 - 2531 metres
  • 1997–2005 - 2500 metres
  • 2006–2007 – 2520 metres
  • 2008–2009 – 2500 metres
  • 2010 onwards – 2600 metres

Grade

  • 1854–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979–2004 - Group 2
  • 2005 onwards - Group 3

Name

  • 1854-1872 - Queen's Plate
  • 1873-1874 - Flemington Plate
  • 1875-1894 - Canterbury Plate
  • 1895–1968 - C.B. Fisher Plate
  • 1969 - Queen's Cup
  • 1970–1973 - C.B. Fisher Plate
  • 1974 - Queen's Cup
  • 1975–1978 - C.B. Fisher Plate
  • 1979–1984 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
  • 1985 - Queen's Cup
  • 1986–2009 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
  • 2010 - Queen's Cup
  • 2011–2014 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
  • 2015 - Queen's Cup
  • 2016 onwards - Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Winners since 1999[2]

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2020 True Self Hugh BowmanWillie Mullins 2:44.99
2019 True Self Ryan MooreWillie Mullins 2:45.42
2018 Jaameh Mark ZahraDavid & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig 2:45.09
2017 Vengeur Masque Patrick MoloneyMichael Moroney 2:42.99
2016 Francis Of Assisi William BuickCharlie Appleby 2:41.13
2015 Dandino Ben MelhamDarren Weir 2:46.93
2014 Le Roi Damien OliverTony McEvoy 2:43.13
2013 Precedence Craig WilliamsBart & James Cummings 2:46.45
2012 Puissance De Lune Glen BossDarren Weir 2:44.23
2011 Ironstein Brenton AvdullaGerald Ryan 2:44.81
2010 Moudre Craig WilliamsCiaron Maher 2:45.22
2009 Sterling Prince Hugh BowmanWayne Hillis 2:34.58
2008 Capecover Craig WilliamsAlexander Fieldes 2:38.89
2007 Zavite Nash RawillerAnthony Cummings 2:38.57
2006 Gallant Guru Steven ArnoldLee Freedman 2:40.67
2005 Our Smoking Joe Noel CallowLee Freedman 2:33.81
2004 Fantastic Love Kerrin McEvoySaeed bin Suroor 2:44.80
2003 Zazzman Kerrin McEvoyTony Vasil 2:37.52
2002 Makybe Diva Luke CurrieDavid Hall 2:35.78
2001 Hatha Anna Patrick PayneSaeed bin Suroor 2:40.98
2000 Savrocca Brett PrebbleJeff Rogers 2:37.81
1999 Zerpour Brett PrebbleDavid Hall 2:41.04

Earlier winners

  • 1998 - Might And Power
  • 1997 - †Bright Spot / Vita Man
  • 1996 - Valance
  • 1995 - Pindi
  • 1994 - Bullwinkle
  • 1993 - Hear That Bell
  • 1992 - Kawtuban
  • 1991 - Frontier Ban
  • 1990 - Savage Toss
  • 1989 - Our Shannon Lad
  • 1988 - Zamakima
  • 1987 - Globetrotter
  • 1986 - Colour Page
  • 1985 - Chelaware
  • 1984 - Irish Lord
  • 1983 - Fountaincourt
  • 1982 - My Sir Avon
  • 1981 - Kip
  • 1980 - Hyperno
  • 1979 - Hyperno
  • 1978 - Salamander
  • 1977 - Tom's Mate
  • 1976 - Perhaps
  • 1975 - Four Leaf
  • 1974 - Leilani
  • 1973 - Director
  • 1972 - Scotch And Dry
  • 1971 - Classic Mission
  • 1970 - Big Philou
  • 1969 - Lochcourt
  • 1968 - Rain Lover
  • 1967 - General Command
  • 1966 - Galilee
  • 1965 - Craftsman
  • 1964 - Piper's Son
  • 1963 - Summer Fair
  • 1962 - Even Stevens
  • 1961 - Dhaulagiri
  • 1960 - Nilarco
  • 1959 - Webster
  • 1958 - Sailor's Guide
  • 1957 - Redcraze
  • 1956 - Sailor's Guide
  • 1955 - Rising Fast
  • 1954 - Rising Fast
  • 1953 - Hydrogen
  • 1952 - Hydrogen
  • 1951 - Bronton
  • 1950 - Playboy
  • 1949 - Dickens
  • 1948 - Phoibos
  • 1947 - Columnist
  • 1946 - Leonard
  • 1945 - Don Pedro
  • 1944 - Race Not Held
  • 1943 - Race Not Held
  • 1942 - Race Not Held
  • 1941 - High Caste
  • 1940 - High Caste
  • 1939 - High Caste
  • 1938 - Ajax
  • 1937 - Black Mac
  • 1936 - Queen Of Song
  • 1935 - Hall Mark
  • 1934 - Nightly
  • 1933 - Rogilla
  • 1932 - Kuvera
  • 1931 - Veilmond
  • 1930 - Phar Lap
  • 1929 - Amounis
  • 1928 - Gothic
  • 1927 - Silvius
  • 1926 - Pantheon
  • 1925 - Pilliewinkie
  • 1924 - Lilypond
  • 1923 - Rivoli
  • 1922 - Violoncello
  • 1921 - Tangalooma
  • 1920 - Eurythmic
  • 1919 - Artilleryman
  • 1918 - Kennaquhair
  • 1917 - Wallace Isinglass
  • 1916 - Lavendo
  • 1915 - Carlita
  • 1914 - Mountain Knight
  • 1913 - Radnor
  • 1912 - Cider
  • 1911 - Trafalgar
  • 1910 - Alawa
  • 1909 - Alawa
  • 1908 - Alawa
  • 1907 - Mountain King
  • 1906 - Dividend
  • 1905 - Tartan
  • 1904 - Sweet Nell
  • 1903 - Combat
  • 1902 - Wakeful
  • 1901 - Rock Gun
  • 1900 - Maltster
  • 1899 - Merriwee
  • 1898 - The Grafter
  • 1897 - Aurum
  • 1896 - Bloodshot
  • 1895 - †Auraria / Wallace
  • 1894 - The Harvester
  • 1893 - Patron
  • 1892 - The Admiral
  • 1891 - Steadfast
  • 1890 - Megaphone
  • 1889 - Abercorn
  • 1888 - Mentor
  • 1887 - The Australian Peer
  • 1886 - Trident
  • 1885 - Trenton
  • 1884 - Commotion
  • 1883 - Off Colour
  • 1882 - Commotion
  • 1881 - Wellington
  • 1880 - Progress
  • 1879 - Suwarrow
  • 1878 - Warlock
  • 1877 - Pluto
  • 1876 - Calamia
  • 1875 - Richmond
  • 1874 - Melbourne
  • 1873 - Don Juan
  • 1872 - King Of The Ring
  • 1871 - Warrior
  • 1870 - Tim Whiffler
  • 1869 - Charon
  • 1868 - Glencoe
  • 1867 - Tim Whiffler
  • 1866 - Race Not Held
  • 1865 - Volunteer
  • 1864 - Race Not Held
  • 1863 - Musidora
  • 1862 - Race Not Held
  • 1861 - Race Not Held
  • 1860 - Race Not Held
  • 1859 - The Moor
  • 1858 - Green Linnet
  • 1857 - Crockford
  • 1856 - Tomboy
  • 1855 - I Want It
  • 1854 - Shadow

Dead heat

See also

References

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