# Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

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. Total prize money is A$300,000.

## History
### Distance

* 1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
* 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
* 1877–1878 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
* 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
* 1880 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
* 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
* 1885 - 21⁄2 miles (~4000 metres)
* 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
* 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
* 1889 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
* 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
* 1895–1971 - 11⁄2 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

* 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook front cover
* 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
* 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate starters and results showing the winner, Bronton
* Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates

### Gallery of noted winners

* Phar Lap, 1930 winner
* High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner
* Ajax, 1938 winner
* Eurythmic, 1920 winner

## Earlier winners

* 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