AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run at Weight for Age, over a distance of 2,000 metres in April or May at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Prizemoney in 2010 was A$350,000.

Contents

1 Race history
- 1.1 Name
- 1.2 Distance
2 Past winners
3 See also
4 References

Race history

Name

From 1851 to 1872 known as Queens Plate.
From 1873 to 1954 known as AJC Plate.1934 known as AJC Kings Cup.
From 1954 to present known as Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

note: both AJC plate and Queen Elizabeth Stakes were run in 1954

Distance

1851 to 1922 run over 24 furlongs (approx 4,800 m).
1923 to 1941 and 1947 to 1953 run over 18 furlongs (approx 3,600 m).
1944 to 1946 run over 14 furlongs (approx 2,800 m).
1954, 1970, 1971 run over 12 furlongs (approx 2,400 m).
1955 to 1969 and 1972 run over 11 furlongs (approx 2,200 m).
1973 to 1978 & 1984, 1985 run over 2,400m.
1979 to 1983 and 1986 to present run over 2,000 m.

Past winners

See also

List of Australian Group races

References

Australian Studbook - AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes Race Winners