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
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 (~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
- 1854–1978 - Principal Race
- 1979–2004 - Group 2
- 2005 onwards - Group 3
Name
- 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
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
Phar Lap, 1930 winner
High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner
Ajax, 1938 winner
Eurythmic, 1920 winner
Winners since 1999[2]
| 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
- 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
References
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