Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Group 3 race
1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast
Location Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated 1854
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance 2,600 metres
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three year olds and older that are not maidens
Weight Quality handicap
Purse A$300,000 (2017)
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open 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$300,000.

History

Distance

  • 1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1877–1878 - 2​1⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1880 - 2​1⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1885 - 2​1⁄2 miles (~4000 metres)
  • 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1889 - 2​1⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1895–1971 - 1​1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1972 – 2400 metres
  • 1973–1993 – 2500 metres
  • 1994 – 2530 metres
  • 1995 – 2500 metres
  • 1996 – 2531 metres
  • 1987–2005 – 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

  • 2017 - Vengeur Masque[2]
  • 2016 - Francis Of Assisi[3]
  • 2015 - Dandino[4]
  • 2014 - Le Roi[5]
  • 2013 - Precedence[6]
  • 2012 - Puissance De Lune[7]
  • 2011 - Ironstein[8]
  • 2010 - Moudre[9]
  • 2009 - Sterling Prince[10]
  • 2008 - Capecover[11]
  • 2007 - Zavite[12]
  • 2006 - Gallant Guru[13]
  • 2005 - Our Smoking Joe[14]
  • 2004 - Fantastic Love[15]
  • 2003 - Zazzman[16]
  • 2002 - Makybe Diva[17]
  • 2001 - Hatha Anna[18]
  • 2000 - Savrocca[19]
  • 1999 - Zerpour[20]
  • 1998 - Might And Power[21]
  • 1997 - †Vita Man / Bright Spot[22]
  • 1996 - Valance[23]
  • 1995 - Pindi[24]
  • 1994 - Bullwinkle[25]
  • 1993 - Hear That Bell[26]
  • 1992 - Kawtuban[27]
  • 1991 - Frontier Ban[28]
  • 1990 - Savage Toss[29]
  • 1989 - Our Shannon Lad[30]
  • 1988 - Zamakima[31]
  • 1987 - Globetrotter[32]
  • 1986 (Nov.) - Colour Page[33]
  • 1986 (Mar.) - Janneau[34]
  • 1985 - Chelaware[35]
  • 1984 - Irish Lord[36]
  • 1983 - Fountaincourt[37]
  • 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 - Fileur
  • 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 - † Wallace / Auraria
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "2017 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 11 November 2017)". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "2016 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 5 November 2016)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "2015 Result – Queen's Cup (held 7 November 2015)". racing.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "2014 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 8 November 2014)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "2013 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 9 November 2013)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "2012 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 10 November 2012)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "2011 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 5 November 2011)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "2010 Result – Queen's Cup (held 6 November 2010)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "2009 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 7 November 2009)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "2008 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 8 November 2008)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "2007 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 10 November 2007)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "2006 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stakes (held 11 November 2006)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "2005 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 5 November 2005)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "2004 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 6 November 2004)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "2003 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 8 November 2003)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "2002 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 9 November 2002)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "2001 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 10 November 2001)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "2000 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 11 November 2000)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "1999 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 6 November 1999)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "1998 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 7 November 1998)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "1997 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 8 November 1997)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "1996 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 9 November 1996)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "1995 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 11 November 1995)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "1994 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 5 November 1994)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  26. ↑ "1993 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 6 November 1993)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "1992 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 7 November 1992)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "1991 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 9 November 1991)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "1990 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 10 November 1990)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "1989 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 11 November 1989)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  31. ↑ "1988 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 5 November 1988)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "1987 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 7 November 1987)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  33. ↑ "1986 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 8 November 1986)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  34. ↑ "1986 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 8 March 1986)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  35. ↑ "1985 Result – Queen's Cup (held 9 November 1985)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  36. ↑ "1984 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 10 November 1984)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  37. ↑ "1983 Result – Queen Elizabeth Stks (held 5 November 1983)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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