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Princess Elizabeth Stakes

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Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Distance
  
1m 114y (1,714 metres)

Track
  
Left-handed

Website
  
Epsom Downs

Surface
  
Turf

Sponsor
  
Location
  
Epsom Downs Epsom, England

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The Princess Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile and 114 yards (1,714 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.

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History

An event called the Princess Elizabeth Stakes used to be contested at Epsom in April. It was restricted to three-year-old fillies, and it served as a trial for the Oaks. For a period it held Group 3 status, but it was subsequently downgraded to Listed level. It was switched to Kempton Park in 1991, and it was discontinued in 1992.

The present version has developed from the Victress Stakes, a Listed race established in 1995. It was renamed the Princess Elizabeth Stakes in 2001, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2004.

The race is now held on the second day of Epsom's two-day Derby Festival meeting, the same day as the Derby.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Echelon – 2006, 2007
  • Antara – 2010, 2011
  • Thistle Bird - 2013, 2014

    • Leading jockey (5 wins):

  • Frankie Dettori – Fairy Queen (1999), Gonfilia (2004), Sundrop (2005), Antara (2010, 2011)

    • Leading trainer (5 wins):

  • Saeed bin Suroor – Fairy Queen (1999), Gonfilia (2004), Sundrop (2005), Antara (2010, 2011)

    • References

    Princess Elizabeth Stakes Wikipedia
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