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The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1

Group One

Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

horse race run at Weight for Age

Weight for Age

Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...

, over a distance of 2,000 metres in April or May at Randwick Racecourse

Randwick Racecourse

Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...

, Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Prizemoney in 2010 was A$350,000.

Race history

Name

From 1851 to 1872 known as Queens Plate.
From 1873 to 1954 known as AJC Plate.1934 known as AJC Kings Cup.
From 1954 to present known as Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

note: both AJC plate and Queen Elizabeth Stakes were run in 1954

Distance

1851 to 1922 run over 24 furlongs (approx 4,800 m).
1923 to 1941 and 1947 to 1953 run over 18 furlongs (approx 3,600 m).
1944 to 1946 run over 14 furlongs (approx 2,800 m).
1954, 1970, 1971 run over 12 furlongs (approx 2,400 m).
1955 to 1969 and 1972 run over 11 furlongs (approx 2,200 m).
1973 to 1978 & 1984, 1985 run over 2,400m.
1979 to 1983 and 1986 to present run over 2,000 m.

Past winners

2011 - My Kingdom of Fife
2010 - Road To Rock
2009 - Pompeii Ruler
2008 - Sarrera
2007 - Desert War
Desert War (horse)
Desert War was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse gelding that won six Group one races including the Epsom Handicap , Chipping Norton Stakes, LKS Mackinnon Stakes, AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Ranvet Stakes....
2006 - Eremein
Eremein
Eremein was a notable Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a chestnut gelding foaled in 2001 and bred by Bhima Stud in New South Wales. Eremein was by Timber Country from Marrego by Marscay....
2005 - Grand Armee
Grand Armee (horse)
Grand Armee was a middle distance Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a brown gelding bred by Newhaven Park Stud, New South Wales. Grand Armee was by Hennessy , his dam Tambour won $132,200 and was by Marauding . He was trained by Gai Waterhouse.Grand Armee's biggest win was in the 2003...
2004 - Grand Armee
Grand Armee (horse)
Grand Armee was a middle distance Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a brown gelding bred by Newhaven Park Stud, New South Wales. Grand Armee was by Hennessy , his dam Tambour won $132,200 and was by Marauding . He was trained by Gai Waterhouse.Grand Armee's biggest win was in the 2003...
2003 - Lonhro
Lonhro
Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello...
2002 - Defier
2001 - Shogun Lodge
Shogun Lodge
Shogun Lodge was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Group One races, and had each of his 58 starts in Group races...
2000 - Georgie Boy
1999 - Intergaze
1998 - Might And Power
Might and Power
Might and Power was a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999. As a four-year-old, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and returned at five to become only the second horse in the history of...
1997 - Intergaze
1996 - Doriemus
Doriemus
Doriemus is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who began his career in New Zealand and rose to prominence in Australia by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1995. He became just the ninth of eleven horses to complete the double....
1995 - Jeune
Jeune
Jeune was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in England and Australia and is best known for winning the prestigious Melbourne Cup in 1994. He was an attractive, muscular, chestnut stallion, who sometimes raced in pacifiers...
1994 - Durbridge
1993 - Veandercross
Veandercross
Veandercross was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred gelding who won 14 stakes races, , and was chosen Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year for the 1992/93 season....
1992 - Rough Habit
Rough Habit
Rough Habit was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995....
1991 - Stylish Century
Stylish Century
Stylish Century was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A son of Double Century from the Forex mare Stylish he was foaled in 1986 and was trained by a number of trainers throughout his career including Bart Cummings for a short time....
1990 - Sydeston
Sydeston
Sydeston was one of the best racehorses to come out of Tasmania in the history of Australian racing, and easily the best to do so in the modern era. After winning a number of races in his home state, the plain brown gelding was transferred to Bob Hoysted in the middle of 1989...
1989 - Our Poetic Prince
1988 - Authaal
1987 - Dinky Flyer
1986 - Tristarc
1985 - Rising Prince
1984 - Chiamare
1983 - Fountaincourt
1982 - Prince Majestic
1981 - My Blue Denim
1980 - Iko
1979 - Shivaree
1978 - Ming Dynasty
1977 - Ngawyni
1976 - Taras Bulba
1975 - Jandell
1974 - Battle Heights
1973 - Apollo Eleven
Apollo Eleven
Apollo Eleven is a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1967 by Cyrus out of Lady Rizzio.He is notable for winning the Tancred Stakes and the Auckland Cup.-Major races won:* 1975 Chipping Norton Stakes* 1973 Auckland Cup...
1972 - Tails
1971 - Gay Icarus
1970 - Panvale
1969 - Lowland
1968 - General Command
1967 - Garcon
1966 - Prince Grant
1965 - Fair Patton
1964 - Summer Regent
1963 - Burgos
1962 - Nilarco
1961 - Tulloch
Tulloch (horse)
Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...
1960 - Tulloch
Tulloch (horse)
Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...
1959 - Caesar
1958 - Tulloch
Tulloch (horse)
Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...

1957 - Empire Link
1956 - Beaupa
1955 - Prince Cortauld
1954 - Blue Ocean
1954 - Lancaster
1953 - 39448
1952 - Aristocrat
1951 - Playboy
1950 - Hurry Up
1949 - Carbon Copy
1948 - Russia
Russia (horse)
Russia was a hardy Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other staying races.-Breeding:He was a chestnut stallion foaled in 1940 by the unplaced, but good sire, Excitement from the unraced Lady March by the useful broodmare sire, Bonnement . Lady March also had...
1947 - Russia
Russia (horse)
Russia was a hardy Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other staying races.-Breeding:He was a chestnut stallion foaled in 1940 by the unplaced, but good sire, Excitement from the unraced Lady March by the useful broodmare sire, Bonnement . Lady March also had...
1946 - Flight
Flight (horse)
Flight was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare that was the highest stakes winning mare in Australasia. Her courageous efforts made her a crowd favourite during the post World War II era and she had victories over some of the great horses of the time including Shannon, Bernborough, Royal Gem and...
1945 - Craigie
1944 - Katanga
1943 - Not Held
1942 - Not Held
1941 - Beau Vite
1940 - Mosaic
1939 - Defaulter
1938 - Old Rowley
1937 - Allunga
1936 - Silver Ring
1935 - Master Brierly
1934 - Rogilla
Rogilla
Rogilla, was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred gelding, who was a versatile racehorse performing in Australia. Known as the Coalfields Champion in Newcastle, Rogilla raced during a vintage era of the Australian turf. He won in each of the six seasons that he raced as a three-year-old to a...
1933 - Peter Pan
Peter Pan III
Peter Pan was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred stallion by Pantheon out of Alwina by St Alwyne . He was foaled at the Baroona Stud north of Sydney Australia in 1929. His sire, Pantheon was an outstanding racehorse winning 10 races from 44 starts in England and Australia...
1932 - Veilmond
1931 - The Dimmer
1930 - Phar Lap
Phar Lap
Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...
1929 - Strephon
1928 - Limerick
1927 - Limerick
1926 - Windbag
1925 - Windbag
1924 - Rapine
1923 - David
1922 - David
1921 - David
1920 - Poitrel
1919 - Poitrel
1918 - Lanius
1917 - Kandos
1916 - Greencap
1915 - Ulva's Isle
1914 - Cagou
1913 - Harpist
1912 - Trafalgar
1911 - Trafalgar
1910 - Prince Foote
1909 - Trafalgar
1908 - Poseidon
Poseidon (horse)
Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 19 races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles...
1907 - Dividend
1906 - Tartan
1905 - Emir

1904 - Lord Cardigan
1903 - The Victory
1902 - Wakeful
1901 - La Carabine
1900 - La Carabine
1899 - Merloolas
1898 - Amberite
1897 - Newhaven
1896 - The Harvester
1895 - Havoc
1894 - Light Artillery
1893 - The Admiral
1892 - La Tosca
1891 - Carbine
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
1890 - Carbine
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
1889 - Carbine
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
1888 - Abercorn
1887 - Trident
1886 - Matchlock
1885 - Reginald
1884 - Legrand
1883 - Plunger
1882 - The Drummer
1881 - Progress
1880 - Caspian
1879 - Chester
Chester (horse)
Chester was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.-Breeding:...
1878 - Chester
Chester (horse)
Chester was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.-Breeding:...
1877 - Robinson Crusoe
1876 - Robin Hood
1875 - Lurline
1874 - Dagworth
1873 - Dagworth
1872 - Hamlet
1871 - Tim Whiffler
1870 - Tim Whiffler
1869 - The Barb
The Barb
The Barb was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, famed for winning the 1866 Melbourne Cup, the Sydney Cup twice, and other quality races. He was bred by George Lee and foaled in 1863 at Leeholme, near Bathurst, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
1868 - Tim Whiffler
1867 - Fishhook
1866 - Cossack
1865 - Canobie
1864 - Tarragon
1863 - Tarragon
1862 - Archer
Archer (horse)
Archer was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more; he is one of only four horses to win two successive Cups.-Breeding:Archer was sired by...
1861 - Talleyrand
1860 - Gratis
1859 - Strop
1858 - Zoe
1857 - Veno
1856 - Cooramin
1855 - Vanguard
1854 - Sportsman
1853 - Sportsman
1852 - Cossack
1851 - Cossack

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