Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

2016
Minding	Ribchester	Lightning Spear

Previous years
2015
Solow	Belardo	Gabrial
2014
Charm Spirit	Night Of Thunder	Toormore
2013
Olympic Glory	Top Notch Tonto	Kingsbarns
2012
Excelebration	Cityscape	Elusive Kate
2011
Frankel	Excelebration	Immortal Verse

2010-2001
2010
Poet's Voice	Rip Van Winkle	Red Jazz
2009
Rip Van Winkle	Zacinto	Delegator
2008
Raven's Pass	Henrythenavigator	Sabana Perdida
2007
Ramonti	Excellent Art	Duke Of Marmalade
2006
George Washington	Araafa	Court Masterpiece
2005
Starcraft	Dubawi	Blatant
2004
Rakti	Lucky Story	Refuse To Bend
2003
Falbrav	Russian Rhythm	Tillerman
2002
Where Or When	Hawk Wing	Tillerman
2001
Summoner	Noverre	Hawkeye

2000-1991
2000
Observatory	Giant's Causeway	Best of The Bests
1999
Dubai Millennium	Almushtarak	Gold Academy
1998
Desert Prince	Dr Fong	Second Empire
1997
Air Express	Rebecca Sharp	Faithful Son
1996
Mark of Esteem	Bosra Sham	First Island
1995
Bahri	Ridgewood Pearl	Soviet Line
1994
Maroof	Barathea	Bigstone
1993
Bigstone	Barathea	Kingmambo
1992
Lahib	Brief Truce	Selkirk
1991
Selkirk	Kooyonga	Shadayid

1990-1982
1990
Markofdistinction	Distant Relative	Green Line Express
1989
Zilzal	Polish Precedent	Distant Relative
1988
Warning	Salse	Persian Heights
1987
Milligram	Miesque	Sonic Lady
1986
Sure Blade	Teleprompter	Efisio
1985
Shadeed	Teleprompter	Zaizafon
1984
Teleprompter	Katies	Sackford
1983
Sackford	Adonijah	Montekin
1982
Buzzards Bay	Noalcoholic	Achieved

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place as part of British Champions Day each year in October.

History

The event was established in 1955, and it was originally held in September. It was created when a race called the Knights' Royal Stakes^[1] was renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. The first three winners were all trained in France.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the "QEII" was initially given Group 2 status. It was promoted to Group 1 level in 1987.

The race was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2008. From this point the winner earned an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Mile. It was removed from the series in 2012.

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes was switched to October in 2011. It became part of a new fixture called British Champions Day, and its prize fund was increased fourfold to £1,000,000. It now serves as the mile-category final of the British Champions Series.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Brigadier Gerard – 1971, 1972
• Rose Bowl – 1975, 1976

Leading jockey (8 wins):

• Willie Carson – Rose Bowl (1975, 1976), Trusted (1977), Homing (1978), Known Fact (1980), Teleprompter (1984), Lahib (1992), Bahri (1995)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

• Saeed bin Suroor – Mark of Esteem (1996), Dubai Millennium (1999), Summoner (2001), Ramonti (2007), Poet's Voice (2010)

Leading owner (5 wins):

• Godolphin – Mark of Esteem (1996), Dubai Millennium (1999), Summoner (2001), Ramonti (2007), Poet's Voice (2010)

Winners since 1970

^a The 1974 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.
^b The 2005 edition was held at Newmarket.

Earlier winners

Knights' Royal Stakes

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

* The 1960 and 1963 runnings took place at Newbury.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Paris-Turf:
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• Racing Post:
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  • "1998". , "1999". , "2000". , "2001". , "2002". , "2003". , "2004". , "2005". , "2006". , "2007". 
  • "2008". , "2009". , "2010". , "2011". , "2012". , "2013". , "2014". , "2015". , "2016".