Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

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 at Flemington Racecourse on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November. Total prize money is A$300,000.

History

Distance

1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres) 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) 1877–1878 - 2 miles (~3600 metres) 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) 1880 - 2 miles (~3600 metres) 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) 1885 - 2 miles (~4000 metres) 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres) 1889 - 2 miles (~3600 metres) 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres) 1895–1971 - 1 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

1951 racebook

Gallery of noted winners

Winners since 1999

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