Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

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 • 2023 - present - Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1951 racebook File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P1.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P2.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P3.jpg|1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton File:1951 VRC C.B.Fisher Plate Racebook P4.jpg|Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates Gallery of noted winners File:Phar Lap.jpg|Phar Lap, 1930 winner File:High Caste 1940 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate Flemington Racecourse Jockey Ted Bartle Trainer Jack Jamieson.jpg|High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner File:Ajax 1937 RRC Rosehill Guineas Jockey Maurice McCarten Trainer Frank Musgrave.jpg|Ajax, 1938 winner File:Eurythmic racehorse with jockey ca. 1920..jpg|Eurythmic, 1920 winner ==Winners since 1999==

• 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 † Dead heat ==See also==