| Group 1 race | |
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| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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| Inaugurated | 1851 (as Queen's Plate) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Longines (2023) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Three year old and older |
| Weight | weight-for-age |
| Purse | $4,000,000 (2023) |
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The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, formerly known as the Queen's Plate, AJC Plate, and AJC King's Cup, is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia, in the autumn during the ATC Championships series.[1] Prize money in 2013 was A$500,000 and was increased to A$4,000,000 in 2014 to become the richest race of the Sydney Autumn Carnival and as of 2020 the third richest WFA race in Australia (after the W. S. Cox Plate and the Everest).[2]
- ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "The Championships" (PDF). australianturfclub.com.au. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.