| Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
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| 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 | ¥172,000,000 (as of 2011) |
The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup is an 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.
| 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 Pandore * | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toshiaki Shirai | Fusao Sekiguchi | 2:11.6 |
| 2007 | Daiwa Scarlet | 3 | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | Keizo Oshiro | 2:11.9 |
| 2008 | Little Amapola | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Shadai Racehorse Co | 2:12.1 |
| 2009 | Queen Spumante | 5 | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Shigeyuki Kojima | Green Farm | 2:13.6 |
| 2010 | Snow Fairy | 3 | Ryan Moore | Ed Dunlop | Anamoine Ltd | 2:12.5 |
| 2011 | Snow Fairy | 4 | Ryan Moore | Ed Dunlop | Anamoine Ltd | 2:11.6 |
* Kawakami Princess finished first in 2006 but was demoted to 12th place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
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