Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Group 3 race
1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast
LocationFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1854
Race typeThoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance2,600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree year olds and older that are not maidens
WeightQuality handicap
PurseA$300,000 (2022)
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up
Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up
Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up
Gothic, 1928 winner

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 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.

  1. ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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