Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

For other races with similar names, see Queen's Cup (disambiguation) and King's Plate (disambiguation).

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$300,000 (2024)
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up
Gothic, 1928 winner

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, first known as Queen's Plate (1854-1872), and then by various other names at different times in its history (Queen's Cup, Flemington Plate, Canterbury Plate, C.B. Fisher Plate), is an Australian horse race run in Melbourne, Victoria.

It 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 2,600 m (1.6 mi) at Flemington Racecourse on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November.[1] Total prize money is A$300,000.

History

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Distance

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  • 1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1877–1878 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1880 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1885 - 21⁄2 miles (~4000 metres)
  • 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
  • 1889 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
  • 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1895–1971 - 11⁄2 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

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

Name

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  • 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 - 2021 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
  • 2022 - Queen's Cup
  • 2023 - present - Queen Elizabeth Stakes

1951 racebook

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  • 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover
    1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover
  • 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
    1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
  • 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton
    1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton
  • Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates
    Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates
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Winners since 1999[2]

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Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2024 Smokin' Romans Ben Melham Ciaron Maher 2:47.20
2023 Muramasa Daniel Moor Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 2:42.26
2022 Soulcombe Craig Williams Chris Waller 2:43.87
2021 Warning Nash Rawiller Anthony & Sam Freedman 2:44:69
2020 True Self Hugh Bowman Willie Mullins 2:44.99
2019 True Self Ryan Moore Willie Mullins 2:45.42
2018 Jaameh Mark Zahra David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig 2:45.09
2017 Vengeur Masque Patrick Moloney Michael Moroney 2:42.99
2016 Francis Of Assisi William Buick Charlie Appleby 2:41.13
2015 Dandino Ben Melham Darren Weir 2:46.93
2014 Le Roi Damien Oliver Tony McEvoy 2:43.13
2013 Precedence Craig Williams Bart & James Cummings 2:46.45
2012 Puissance De Lune Glen Boss Darren Weir 2:44.23
2011 Ironstein Brenton Avdulla Gerald Ryan 2:44.81
2010 Moudre Craig Williams Ciaron Maher 2:45.22
2009 Sterling Prince Hugh Bowman Wayne Hillis 2:34.58
2008 Capecover Craig Williams Alexander Fieldes 2:38.89
2007 Zavite Nash Rawiller Anthony Cummings 2:38.57
2006 Gallant Guru Steven Arnold Lee Freedman 2:40.67
2005 Our Smoking Joe Noel Callow Lee Freedman 2:33.81
2004 Fantastic Love Kerrin McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 2:44.80
2003 Zazzman Kerrin McEvoy Tony Vasil 2:37.52
2002 Makybe Diva Luke Currie David Hall 2:35.78
2001 Hatha Anna Patrick Payne Saeed bin Suroor 2:40.98
2000 Savrocca Brett Prebble Jeff Rogers 2:37.81
1999 Zerpour Brett Prebble David Hall 2:41.04

Earlier winners

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Racing Australia | Horse Racing Results".
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