VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2500 metres.

It is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.

Race History

Distance

1854 - 1874 held over 24 furlongs (approx. 4800m)<br>1875 - 1876 held over 16 furlongs (approx. 3200m)<br>1877 - 1878 held over 18 furlongs (approx. 3600m)<br>1879 held over 16 furlongs<br>1880 held over 18 furlongs<br>1881 - 1884 held over 16 furlongs<br>1885 held over 20 furlongs (approx. 4000m)<br>1886 - 1887 held over 16 furlongs<br>1888 held over 24 furlongs (approx. 4800m)<br>1889 held over 18 furlongs<br>1890 - 1894 held over 16 furlongs<br>1895 - 1971 held over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400m)<br>1972 held over 2400m<br>1973 onwards held over 2500m.

Class

1854–1978 was a Principal Race<br>1979–2004 was a Group 2<br>2005 onwards Group 3

Name

1854 - 1872 the race was known as the ‘Queen’s Plate’<br>1873 - 1874 the race was known as the ‘Flemington Plate’<br>1875 - 1894 the race was known as the ‘Canterbury Plate’<br>1895 - 1968 the race was known as the ‘C.B. Fisher Plate’<br>1969 the race was known as the ‘Queen’s Cup’<br>1970 - 1973 the race was known as the ‘C.B. Fisher Plate’<br>1974 the race was known as the ‘Queen’s...
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