Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup

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Grade 1 race
Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup エリザベス女王杯

Location	Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Inaugurated	1976
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	japanracing.jp/
Race information
Distance	2200 meters (About 11 furlongs / 1 ⅜ miles)
Track	Turf, Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o & Up, Fillies & Mares only, Thoroughbreds
Weight	3-y-o 54 kg \ 4-y-o & up 56 kg
Purse	¥192,700,000 (as of 2007)

The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup is a International Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November.

The race was first run in 1976 over a distance of 2,400 metres (1 mile 4 furlongs). It was originally for three-year-old fillies only and was the third leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown. In 1996, it was opened to older female horses and was reduced to its present distance. That same year the Shuka Sho was established and became the third leg of the Fillies' Triple Crown.

It is only one of the two Grade 1 races for older female horses in Japan.

[edit] Winners since 1996

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1996	Dance Partner	4	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	Katsumi Yoshida	2:14.3
1997	Erimo Chic	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Yoshio Oki	Shinichi Yamamoto	2:12.5
1998	Mejiro Dober	4	Yutaka Yoshida	Yokichi Okubo	Mejiro Shoji	2:12.8
1999	Mejiro Dober	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Yokichi Okubo	Mejiro Shoji	2:13.5
2000	Phalaenopsis	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Mitsumasa Hamada	North Hills Management Co Ltd	2:12.8
2001	To the Victory	5	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Makoto Kaneko	2:11.2
2002	Fine Motion	3	Yutaka Take	Yuji Ito	Tatsuo Fushikida	2:13.2
2003	Admire Groove	3	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	2:11.8
2004	Admire Groove	4	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	2:13.6
2005	Sweep Tosho	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Akio Tsurudome	Tosho Sangyo	2:12.5
2006	Fusaichi Pandora *	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Toshiaki Shirai	Fusao Sekiguchi	2:11.6
2007	Daiwa Scarlet	3	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	Keizo Oshiro	2:11.9