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| Grade 1 race | |
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| Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
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| Inaugurated | 1976 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | japanracing.jp/ |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2200 meters (About 11 furlongs / 1+3⁄8 miles) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o & Up, Fillies & Mares only, Thoroughbreds |
| Weight | 3-y-o 54 kg \ 4-y-o & up 56 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 281,800,000 (as of 2023) 1st: ¥ 130,000,000 |
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup until 2012) is an International Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November.
Originally called the Victoria Cup, it was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in 1975 to commemorate the visit of Elizabeth II to Japan.[1]
- ^ "1970年に3歳牝馬三冠競走の最終戦として創設された「ビクトリアカップ」が前身". JRA. Retrieved May 31, 2024.