Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

{{short description|Victoria Racing Club horse race at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne}}

{{for|other races with similar names| Queen's Cup (disambiguation)|King's Plate (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox horseraces

| surface = Turf

| class = Group 3

| horse race = Queen Elizabeth Stakes

| image = 260px

| caption = 1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast

| location = Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia

| inaugurated = 1854

| race type = Thoroughbred - flat

| website =

| distance = 2,600 metres

| track = Left-handed

| qualification = Three year olds and older that are not maidens

| weight = Quality handicap

| purse = A$300,000 (2024)

| bonuses =

| sponsor =

}}

Image:Rogilla 1932 VATC Caulfield Cup Return to Scale Jockey George Robinson Trainer Les Haigh.jpg, 1933 winner George Robinson up]]

Image:Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up]]

File:Lavendo 1915 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey Frank Dempsey Trainer Lou Robertson.jpg

File:Gothic 1928 VATC Caulfield Stakes Jockey Jim Pike Trainer Lou Robertson.jpg, 1928 winner]]

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, first known as Queen's Plate (1854-1872), and then by various other names at different times in its history (Queen's Cup, Flemington Plate, Canterbury Plate, C.B. Fisher Plate), is an Australian horse race run in Melbourne, Victoria.

It is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under quality handicap conditions, over a distance of {{cvt|2600|m|mi}} at Flemington Racecourse on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November.{{cite web|url=http://www.progroupracing.com.au/group-races/victoria-racing-club/queen-elizabeth-stakes|title=Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes|work = Pro Group Racing Australia|date=2014|access-date=5 November 2014}} Total prize money is A$300,000.

History

=Distance=

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1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1877–1878 - 2{{frac|1|4}} miles (~3600 metres)
1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1880 - 2{{frac|1|4}} miles (~3600 metres)
1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1885 - 2{{frac|1|2}} miles (~4000 metres)
1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
1889 - 2{{frac|1|4}} miles (~3600 metres)
1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1895–1971 - 1{{frac|1|2}} miles (~2400 metres)
1972 – 2400 metres
1973–1993 – 2500 metres
1994 – 2530 metres
1995 – 2500 metres
1996 – 2531 metres
1997–2005 – 2500 metres
2006–2007 – 2520 metres
2008–2009 – 2500 metres
2010 onwards – 2600 metres

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=Grade=

1854–1978 - Principal Race
1979–2004 - Group 2
2005 onwards - Group 3

=Name=

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1854-1872 - Queen's Plate
1873-1874 - Flemington Plate
1875-1894 - Canterbury Plate
1895–1968 - C.B. Fisher Plate
1969 - Queen's Cup
1970–1973 - C.B. Fisher Plate
1974 - Queen's Cup
1975–1978 - C.B. Fisher Plate
1979–1984 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
1985 - Queen's Cup
1986–2009 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
2010 - Queen's Cup
2011–2014 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
2015 - Queen's Cup
2016 - 2021 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
2022 - Queen's Cup
2023 - present - Queen Elizabeth Stakes

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=1951 racebook=

File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P1.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover

File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P2.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials

File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P3.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton

File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P4.jpg|Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates

= Gallery of noted winners =

File:Phar Lap.jpg|Phar Lap, 1930 winner

File:High Caste 1940 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate Flemington Racecourse Jockey Ted Bartle Trainer Jack Jamieson.jpg|High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner

File:Ajax 1937 RRC Rosehill Guineas Jockey Maurice McCarten Trainer Frank Musgrave.jpg|Ajax, 1938 winner

File:Eurythmic racehorse with jockey ca. 1920..jpg|Eurythmic, 1920 winner

Winners since 1999

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingaustralia.horse/FreeFields/RaceHistory.aspx?GroupID=413|title = Racing Australia | Horse Racing Results}}

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! width="40px" | Year

! width="175px" | Winner

! width="175px" | Jockey

! width="250px" | Trainer

! width="40px" | Time

2024

| Smokin' Romans

| 2:47.20

2023

| Muramasa

| Daniel Moor

| Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young

| 2:42.26

2022

| Soulcombe

| Craig Williams

| 2:43.87

2021

| Nash Rawiller

Anthony & Sam Freedman

| 2:44:69

2020

| True Self

| 2:44.99

2019

| True Self

| 2:45.42

2018

| Jaameh

| Mark Zahra

David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig

| 2:45.09

2017

| Vengeur Masque

| Patrick Moloney

Michael Moroney

| 2:42.99

2016

| Francis Of Assisi

| William Buick

Charlie Appleby

| 2:41.13

2015

| Dandino

Darren Weir

| 2:46.93

2014

| Le Roi

| Damien Oliver

Tony McEvoy

| 2:43.13

2013

| Precedence

| Craig Williams

Bart & James Cummings

| 2:46.45

2012

| Puissance De Lune

Darren Weir

| 2:44.23

2011

| Ironstein

| Brenton Avdulla

Gerald Ryan

| 2:44.81

2010

| Moudre

| Craig Williams

| 2:45.22

2009

| Sterling Prince

Wayne Hillis

| 2:34.58

2008

| Capecover

| Craig Williams

Alexander Fieldes

| 2:38.89

2007

| Zavite

| Nash Rawiller

Anthony Cummings

| 2:38.57

2006

| Gallant Guru

| Steven Arnold

| 2:40.67

2005

| Our Smoking Joe

| Noel Callow

| 2:33.81

2004

| Fantastic Love

| Kerrin McEvoy

Saeed bin Suroor

| 2:44.80

2003

| Zazzman

| Kerrin McEvoy

Tony Vasil

| 2:37.52

2002

David Hall

| 2:35.78

2001

| Hatha Anna

| Patrick Payne

Saeed bin Suroor

| 2:40.98

2000

| Savrocca

| Brett Prebble

Jeff Rogers

| 2:37.81

1999

| Zerpour

| Brett Prebble

David Hall

| 2:41.04

Earlier winners

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See also

References

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