Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

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.

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 (2022)
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up
Gothic, 1928 winner

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

Distance
  • 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
  • 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 - 2021 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
  • 2022 - Queen's Cup

1951 racebook
  • Front cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook
    Front cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook
  • Inside cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
    Inside cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
  • Starters and results of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing the winner, Bronton
    Starters and results of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate 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

Winners since 1999[2]
Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2022 Soulcombe Craig WilliamsChris Waller 2:43.87
2021 Warning Nash RawillerAnthony & Sam Freedman 2:44:69
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
  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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