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The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is held on Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ during the prestigious Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival at the state’s premier track, Royal Randwick, on the second Saturday of April.

The Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run at weight-for-age conditions over 2000 metres and, after receiving a substantial prizemoney increase in 2013, is now worth a staggering $4 million in prize money.

For the 2020 running of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes the prize money was cut to $2 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Group 1 event generally draws the best weight-for-age horses from right around Australia as well as international raiders set to make the trip in coming years. That came to fruition in 2020 with the William Haggas-trained UK raider Addeybb becoming the first Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner in the post-Winx era.

The 2020 ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes ran on Saturday April 11, 2020 and was won in a barnstorming performance by the UK raider Addeybb. 

Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday April 11, 2020
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$4,000,000 ($2,000,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Addeybb
• 2nd: #12 Verry Elleegant
• 3rd: #1 Danon Premium

William Haggas’ year long plan to target The Championships in Sydney paid off in the 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes results with the UK raider Addeybb backing-up off his Ranvet Stakes win first-up to salute for the punters with a runaway win over Verry Elleegant. Verry Elleegant had also run second in the Ranvet with a Group 1 Tancred Stakes win between her two second placings behind Addeybb, while third in the Queen Elizabeth went to the Japanese visitor Danon Premium.

Click here to read more on the dominant 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Addeybb.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	2	ADDEYBB (IRE)	William Haggas	Tom Marquand	–	1	59kg	$4.20F
2	12	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	2.8L	2	57kg	$5
3	1	DANON PREMIUM (JPN)	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	James McDonald	3.2L	3	59kg	$4.40
4	10	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	4.8L	12	59kg	$13
5	4	TE AKAU SHARK (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Opie Bosson	5L	8	59kg	$5.50
6	13	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	5.1L	4	57kg	$9
7	3	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Sam Clipperton	9.4L	7	59kg	$81
8	6	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	9.7L	5	59kg	$26
9	5	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Glen Boss	9.8L	6	59kg	$19
10	9	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	13.3L	10	59kg	$101
11	8	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	14.6L	11	59kg	$71
12	7	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	Adam Hyeronimus	16.7L	9	59kg	$151
–	11	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	–	0	–	–

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Form

The Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) are generally considered the best Queen Elizabeth form lead-up races, but in recent years the winners of the Group 1 event have come from a wide variety of races.

The Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) and Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) have both developed into key lead-up races, the latter most recently producing the mighty Winx (2017-19) who did the double three years running.

In 2020 the UK raider Addeybb became the latest horse to do the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double.

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Odds

Early 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds offered under all-in conditions are open at bookmakers weeks out from the race when the nominations are taken by Racing NSW.

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field & Barriers

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field is released on the Tuesday before the race.

The 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be released on Tuesday April 7, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2020 final field attracted 13 weight-for-age hopefuls including Japanese star Danon Premium who is the early favourite with the Tenno Sho runner-up drawn ideally in barrier three.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes field and odds dominated by the internationals.

Update: Trainer Chris Waller is left with four chances at a fourth consecutive Queen Elizabeth Stakes win following the scratching of #11 Life Less Ordinary (12).

Click here for the full 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day Scratchings & Track Report.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x6x110x22x	DANON PREMIUM (JPN)	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	James McDonald	3	59kg	118
2	3x4121x2x1	ADDEYBB (IRE)	William Haggas	Tom Marquand	1	59kg	116
3	84x231x358	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Sam Clipperton	7	59kg	116
4	1x2223x113	TE AKAU SHARK (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Opie Bosson	8	59kg	116
5	6621x421x3	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Glen Boss	6	59kg	113
6	x5111x4577	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	5	59kg	111
7	2x037902x0	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	Adam Hyeronimus	9	59kg	109
8	58166×3205	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	11	59kg	109
9	112x20x810	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	10	59kg	108
10	22x2311x11	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	13	59kg	108
11	03374×6646	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	12	59kg	103
12	x9410x4221	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	2	57kg	116
13	411112×334	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	4	57kg	115

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes First Acceptances

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances close a month before the race takes place on the second Saturday in April and narrow down the list of Group 1 gallopers heading into the feature Randwick race.

The official 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances feature 77 gallopers looking to be the first winner of the race in the post-Winx era with UK raider Addeybb leading betting after winning the Ranvet Stakes first-up in Australia.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	3x4121x2x1	ADDEYBB (IRE)	G	6	William Haggas	–
2	1112×55343	ADMIRAL’S JOKER	G	7	Kylie Vella	–
3	05420×2442	ALIFEROUS	M	4	Kris Lees	86
4	65800×8957	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	4	Gwenda Markwell	101
5	x75720x507	ARISTIA	M	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	–
6	143276×507	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	M	5	Kris Lees	87
7	125x11x680	ATTORNEY (FR)	G	5	Matthew Smith	75
8	2147×54533	AVILIUS (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	116
9	73803523×6	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	108
10	120204231x	BLENHEIM PALACE (IRE)	G	4	Chris Waller	97
11	54713×2531	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	5	James Cummings	104
12	1x4722x681	CASTELVECCHIO	C	3	Richard Litt	108
13	12×349	CHENIER	C	3	Anthony Freedman	–
14	x6306x010x	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	H	5	Kris Lees	103
15	112617×909	COME PLAY WITH ME	G	5	Chris Waller	106
16	3141x0x068	DANCETERIA (FR)	G	5	Kris Lees	110
17	x6x110x22x	DANON PREMIUM (JPN)	H	5	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	–
18	7x5955x566	DANZDANZDANCE	M	5	Chris Waller	107
19	12182115×3	DR DRILL (GB)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	99
20	2x1205x281	DREAMFORCE	G	7	John Thompson	112
21	32x7350x99	EL DORADO DREAMING	M	4	Kris Lees	102
22	10111x42x7	ESTI FENY (HUN)	H	5	Matthew Smith	91
23	20x211x234	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	6	Matthew Smith	113
24	768256×411	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
25	17x77223x0	FRANKELY AWESOME	M	4	Kris Lees	90
26	0426351625	FUN FACT	G	4	Bjorn Baker	88
27	11x211x214	FUNSTAR	F	3	Chris Waller	103
28	2x037902x0	GAILO CHOP (FR)	G	9	Matthew Williams	–
29	x042874x97	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	7	Archie Alexander	–
30	313x09x290	HALLELUJAH BOY (JPN)	G	7	Kris Lees	–
31	84x231x358	HAPPY CLAPPER	G	9	Patrick Webster	116
32	06380×4549	HARLEM (GB)	G	8	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
33	113×40	HEART OF PUISSANCE	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	–
34	172x1260x7	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	6	Anthony Freedman	110
35	22x171353x	IL PARADISO (USA)	H	4	Chris Waller	107
36	x112x20x81	IMAGING (GB)	H	5	Chris Waller	104
37	x58166x320	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	110
38	1x5111x457	KOLDING (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	111
39	50211x8x58	LEVENDI	H	5	David Payne	104
40	03374×6646	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	106
41	54×2561165	LUVALUVA (NZ)	M	5	John Sargent	–
42	3246077×62	MASK OF TIME (IRE)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
43	22x2311x11	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	103
44	x411112x33	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	M	5	Jamie Richards	115
45	x113411x84	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	F	3	Danny O’Brien	–
46	22x30x0364	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	6	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	109
47	278822×118	MISS SISKA	M	6	Grahame Begg	107
48	200x6101x3	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	111
49	131x3002x9	MR QUICKIE	G	4	Phillip Stokes	107
50	x156x11126	MUGATOO (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees	84
51	235160×122	MUSTAJEER (GB)	G	7	Kris Lees	111
52	x836190x14	NETTOYER	M	6	Wendy Roche	100
53	59260×0751	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	103
54	x2893731x7	NORWAY (IRE)	H	4	Chris Waller	102
55	3232621×07	OCEANEX (NZ)	M	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	–
56	7x420142x8	OLMEDO (FR)	H	5	Kacy Fogden	108
57	311x68x072	PRINCE FAWAZ	C	3	Anthony Cummings	95
58	6x7104x356	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	M	4	David Brideoake	–
59	90431x5x08	PURPLE SECTOR (NZ)	H	4	John Thompson	86
60	4x23960x66	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	104
61	170x540x38	RED CARDINAL (IRE)	G	8	Kris Lees	105
62	1x2161x421	REGAL POWER	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams	–
63	100x6x4069	RINGERDINGDING	H	4	Anthony Freedman	–
64	4x3115x514	SHADOW HERO	G	3	Mark Newnham	102
65	611x111x31	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	4	Chris Waller	97
66	25040×8464	SO SI BON	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
67	6441301×79	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	110
68	3x1651x127	SUPER SETH	C	3	Anthony Freedman	108
69	1x2223x113	TE AKAU SHARK (NZ)	G	5	Jamie Richards	116
70	007713116x	THE CANDY MAN	G	6	Barry Baldwin	102
71	3x25110x78	THOUGHT OF THAT	G	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
72	x9410x4221	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	114
73	6621x421x3	VOW AND DECLARE	G	4	Danny O’Brien	–
74	x34121x755	WARNING	G	3	Anthony Freedman	103
75	x185310x39	WOLFE (JPN)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	100
76	878730×425	YOUNGSTAR	M	5	Chris Waller	102
77	0x79851x72	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	H	5	Chris Waller	106

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Nominations

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations close two months out from the race in early February each autumn and attract up to 100 weight-for-age hopefuls after a share in the season’s richest race.

ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes History

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes has undergone plenty of changes since it was first run in 1851 when Cossack won the event. Up until 1872, the event was known as the Queen’s Plate and it was then changed to the AJC Plate. In 1954, the race was titled the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and has maintained that name ever since.

Originally raced over 4800m, the distance slowly decreased to 3600m, 2800m, 2400m, 2200m, and finally stopped at 2000m.

ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes Records (over 2000m)
Fastest Time:	2:01.2 – Intergaze in 1997
Slowest Time:	2:17.00 – Sydeston in 1990
Most wins by a Jockey:	5 wins – Damien Oliver (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2016)

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the feature weight-for-age race during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and has been won by some of the biggest names in the history of Australian racing. Archer (1862) was the first big name to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the race has since been taken out by equine legends like: Carbine (1889, 1890, 1891), Poseidon (1908), Phar Lap (1930), Peter Pan (1932), Russia (1947 and 1948), Tulloch (1958, 1960 and 1961), Ming Dynasty (1978), Veandercross (1993), Doriemus (1996), Might And Power (1998), Lonhro (2003), More Joyous (2012) and the world’s best mare Winx (2017, 2018, 2019).

In 2020 the form of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners became international with UK raider Addeybb saluting for the punters.

2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Betting

Queen Elizabeth Stakes betting is generally very interesting for punters as the Group 1 event has thrown up some interesting results in the past thirty years. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is well known for having short-priced favourites as many of the most successful and most popular horses in Australian racing have contested the race at the height of their powers.

Class gallopers like Sydeston (1990), Rough Habit (1992), Veandercross (1993), Durbridge (1994), Jeune (1995), Might And Power (1998), Lonhro (2003), Grand Armee (2005) Eremein (2006) and More Joyous (2012) have all taken out the race as short-priced favourites, but there have also been a number of upsets. It’s A Dundeel was beaten by Reliable Man as an unbackable favourite in the 2013 edition of the race, while Sarrera won the race in 2008 at the lucrative odds of $51.

The recent record of favourites in Queen Elizabeth Stakes betting was boosted by the trio of wins by odds-on fancy, equine superstar Winx (2017-19) followed by that of European raider Addeybb in 2020.

Recent Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Addeybb	2 minutes 6.92 seconds
	2nd	Verry Elleegant
	3rd	Danon Premium
2019 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Winx	2 minutes 2.54 seconds
	2nd	Kluger
	3rd	Hartnel
2018 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Winx	2 minutes 1.65 seconds
	2nd	Gailo Chop
	3rd	Happy Clapper
2017 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Winx	2 minutes 7.2 seconds
	2nd	Hartnell
	3rd	Sense Of Occasion
2016 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Lucia Valentina	2 minutes 4.8 seconds
	2nd	The United States
	3rd	Happy Clapper
2015 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Criterion	2 minutes 05.4 seconds
	2nd	Red Cadeaux
	3rd	Royal Descent
2014 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	It’s A Dundeel	2 minutes 03.7 seconds
	2nd	Sacred Falls
	3rd	Carlton House
2013 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Reliable Man	2 minutes 01.8 seconds
	2nd	It’s A Dundeel
	3rd	Happy Trails
2012 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	More Joyous	2 minutes 05.3 seconds
	2nd	Manighar
	3rd	Secret Admirer
2011 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	My Kingdom Of Fife	2 minutes 07.7 seconds
	2nd	Sacred Choice
	3rd	Syreon
2010 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Road To Rock	2 minutess 3.89 seconds
	2nd	Triple Honour
	3rd	Monaco Consul
2009 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Pompeii Ruler	2 minutess 7.12 seconds
	2nd	Sarrera (DH)
	2nd	Metal Bender (DH)
2008 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Sarrera	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Nom du Jeu
	3rd	Tuesday Joy
2007 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Desert War	2 minutes 4.2 seconds
	2nd	Haradasun
	3rd	Spirit of Tara
2006 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Eremein	2 minutes 2.49 seconds
	2nd	Aqua d’Amore
	3rd	Ike’s Dream
2005 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Grand Armee	2 minutes 2.66 seconds
	2nd	Delzao
	3rd	Mummify
2004 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Grand Armee	2 minutes 3.26 seconds
	2nd	Lonhro
	3rd	Pentastic
2003 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Lonhro	2 minutes 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Pentastic
	3rd	Republic Lass
2002 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Defier	2 minutes 4.34 seconds
	2nd	Freemason
	3rd	Emission
2001 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Shogun Lodge	2 minutes 5.59 seconds
	2nd	Go Flash Go
	3rd	El Mirada
2000 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	Georgie Boy	2 minutes 7.76 seconds
	2nd	Cronus
	3rd	Referral