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Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

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Inaugurated
  
1854

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
2,600 m

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - flat

Track
  
Left-handed

Purse
  
300,000 AUD (2016)

Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

Location
  
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia

Qualification
  
Three year olds and older that are not maidens

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, raced as the Queen's Cup (2015) is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November. Total prize money is A$300,000

Contents

Race grade

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

    Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) Wikipedia


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