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.
| Group 3 race | |
.jpg) 1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1854 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three year olds and older that are not maidens |
| Weight | Quality handicap |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2024) |
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 2,600 m (1.6 mi) at Flemington Racecourse on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November.[1] Total prize money is A$300,000.
History
editDistance
edit- 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 (~4000 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 (~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
Grade
edit- 1854–1978 - Principal Race
- 1979–2004 - Group 2
- 2005 onwards - Group 3
Name
edit- 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
1951 racebook
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1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover -
1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials -
1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton -
Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates
Gallery of noted winners
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Phar Lap, 1930 winner -
High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner -
Ajax, 1938 winner -
Eurythmic, 1920 winner
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Smokin' Romans | Ben Melham | Ciaron Maher | 2:47.20 |
| 2023 | Muramasa | Daniel Moor | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 2:42.26 |
| 2022 | Soulcombe | Craig Williams | Chris Waller | 2:43.87 |
| 2021 | Warning | Nash Rawiller | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 2:44:69 |
| 2020 | True Self | Hugh Bowman | Willie Mullins | 2:44.99 |
| 2019 | True Self | Ryan Moore | Willie Mullins | 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 | Ben Melham | 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 | Glen Boss | Darren Weir | 2:44.23 |
| 2011 | Ironstein | Brenton Avdulla | Gerald Ryan | 2:44.81 |
| 2010 | Moudre | Craig Williams | Ciaron Maher | 2:45.22 |
| 2009 | Sterling Prince | Hugh Bowman | 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 | Lee Freedman | 2:40.67 |
| 2005 | Our Smoking Joe | Noel Callow | Lee Freedman | 2:33.81 |
| 2004 | Fantastic Love | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:44.80 |
| 2003 | Zazzman | Kerrin McEvoy | Tony Vasil | 2:37.52 |
| 2002 | Makybe Diva | Luke Currie | 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
edit- 1998 - Might And Power
- 1997 - †Bright Spot / Vita Man
- 1996 - Valance
- 1995 - Pindi
- 1994 - Bullwinkle
- 1993 - Hear That Bell
- 1992 - Kawtuban
- 1991 - Frontier Ban
- 1990 - Savage Toss
- 1989 - Our Shannon Lad
- 1988 - Zamakima
- 1987 - Globetrotter
- 1986 - Colour Page
- 1985 - Chelaware
- 1984 - Irish Lord
- 1983 - Fountaincourt
- 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 - Big Philou
- 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 - †Auraria / Wallace
- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Racing Australia | Horse Racing Results".