AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes

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The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in April. 2006 prizemoney is AUD$750,000.

[edit] Race history

  • From 1851 to 1872 known as Queens Plate.
  • From 1873 to 1954 known as AJC Plate.
  • From 1854 to present known as Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
note: both AJC plate and Queen Elizabeth Stakes run in 1954


  • 1851 to 1922 run over 24 furlongs (approx 4800m).
  • 1923 to 1941 and 1947 to 1953 run over 18 furlongs (approx 3600m).
  • 1944 to 1946 run over 14 furlongs (approx 2800m).
  • 1954, 1970, 1971 run over 12 furlongs (approx 2400m).
  • 1955 to 1969 and 1972 run over 11 furlongs (approx 2200m).
  • 1973 to 1978 & 1984, 1985 run over 2400m.
  • 1979 to 1983 and 1986 to present run over 2000m.

[edit] The Winners


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