Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Group 3 race
1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast
Location Flemington Racecourse
Inaugurated 1854
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance 2,600 metres
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification three year olds and older
Weight handicap conditions
Purse A$301,500 (2014)
This article is about a Victoria Racing Club horse race at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. For race with similar name run at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney during the autumn ATC Championships series, see Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC).
Rogilla,1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis,1929 Jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo,1916 winner Frank Dempsey up

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November.[1] Total prize money is A$301,500

Race History

Race 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 (~3600 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 (~3600 metres)
  • 1972 – 2400 metres
  • 1973–1993 – 2500 metres
  • 1994 – 2530 metres
  • 1995 – 2500 metres
  • 1996 – 2531 metres
  • 1987–2005 – 2500 metres
  • 2006–2007 – 2520 metres
  • 2008–2009 – 2500 metres
  • 2010 onwards - 2600 metres

Race grade

Race name


The winners

  • 2014 - Le Roi [2]
  • 2013 - Precedence [3]
  • 2012 - Puissance De Lune[4]
  • 2011 - Ironstein [5]
  • 2010 - Moudre [6]
  • 2009 - Sterling Prince [7]
  • 2008 - Capecover[8]
  • 2007 - Zavite[9]
  • 2006 - Gallant Guru[10]
  • 2005 - Our Smoking Joe[11]
  • 2004 - Fantastic Love[12]
  • 2003 - Zazzman[13]
  • 2002 - Makybe Diva[14]
  • 2001 - Hatha Anna[15]
  • 2000 - Savrocca[16]
  • 1999 - Zerpour[17]
  • 1998 - Might And Power[18]
  • 1997 - †Vita Man / Bright Spot [19]
  • 1996 - Valance[20]
  • 1995 - Pindi[21]
  • 1994 - Bullwinkle[22]
  • 1993 - Hear That Bell[23]
  • 1992 - Kawtuban[24]
  • 1991 - Frontier Ban[25]
  • 1990 - Savage Toss[26]
  • 1989 - Our Shannon Lad[27]
  • 1988 - Zamakima[28]
  • 1987 - Globetrotter[29]
  • 1986 (Nov.) - Colour Page[30]
  • 1986 (Mar.) - Janneau[31]
  • 1985 - Chelaware[32]
  • 1984 - Irish Lord[33]
  • 1983 - Fountaincourt[34]
  • 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 - Fileur
  • 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 - † Wallace / Auraria
  • 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

† Deadheat

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "2012 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "2011 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "2010 Result (as Queen's Cup)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "2009 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "2008 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "2007 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "2006 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "2005 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "2004 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "2003 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "2002 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "2001 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "2000 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "1999 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "1998 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "1997 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "1996 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  21. ↑ "1995 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "1994 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  23. ↑ "1993 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  24. ↑ "1992 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  25. ↑ "1991 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  26. ↑ "1990 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  27. ↑ "1989 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  28. ↑ "1988 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  29. ↑ "1987 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  30. ↑ "Nov. 1986 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  31. ↑ "March 1986 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  32. ↑ "1985 Result (as Queen's Cup)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  33. ↑ "1984 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  34. ↑ "1983 Result". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.