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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 but was boosted back to $4 million in 2021.

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 2021 ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes runs on Saturday April 10, 2021. 

Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday April 10, 2021
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$4,000,000

2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2021 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.

2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Odds

Early 2021 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ALL-IN 2021 QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES ODDS (Post-Nominations) 

RUNNER	WIN*	PLACE*
Addeybb	4.40	1.85
Verry Elleegant	6.00	2.25
Salios	8.00	2.75
Arcadia Queen	10.00	3.25
Russian Camelot	10.00	3.25
Sir Dragonet	12.00	3.75
Mugatoo	15.00	4.50
Probabeel	17.00	5.00
Master Of Wine	21.00	6.00
Aegon	26.00	7.30

*All-In 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds Top 10 only, subject to change, post-nominations and correct as of 12/02/2021

2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field & Barriers

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

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be released on Tuesday April 6, 2021 and will be published in full below.

2021 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 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday March 9, 2021. 

2021 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.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2021 nominations closed at midday on Tuesday February 9, 2021. 

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations attracted 104 autumn hopefuls including the reigning UK-trained winner Addeybb, Japanese galloper Salios and Chris Waller’s Caulfield Cup winning mare Verry Elleegant.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	21x2x11x2x	ADDEYBB (IRE)	G	7	William Haggas
2	111x1x	AEGON (NZ)	G	3	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
3	56x2593x6x	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
4	05x523151x	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams
5	04x241441x	ATTORNEY (FR)	G	6	Matthew Smith
6	1x1322x11x	AVANTAGE	M	5	Jamie Richards
7	33x462605x	AVILIUS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings
8	4x3009221x	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings
9	2218x3350x	BOTTEGA	H	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	90
10	11733x	BUCHAREST	C	3	Chris Waller	78
11	0x11x2203x	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	5	Michael Moroney
12	19x440825x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	105
13	11x1348x	CHAILLOT	M	4	Archie Alexander
14	3125x2193x	CHAPADA	G	5	Michael Moroney
15	1111x0561x	COLETTE	M	4	James Cummings	110
16	x4x1x1736x	COLLIDE (GB)	H	6	Kris Lees
17	11x131283x	CRIADERAS	G	4	James Cummings	92
18	x00x044x6x	DADOOZDART (GB)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
19	12x235407x	DALASAN	H	4	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas
20	81117x332x	DAWN PASSAGE	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	105
21	1212x5111x	DEFIBRILLATE (NZ)	G	6	Patrick Payne
22	x2810x017x	DREAMFORCE	G	8	John Thompson	113
23	3x	EMISSARY (GB)	H	4	Michael Moroney
24	71x1546x	ENGLISH KING (FR)	H	4	Michael Moroney
25	113x65119x	ENTENTE	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	91
26	2348x3136x	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	7	Matthew Smith
27	x411x8352x	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	6	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	112
28	3x	FORT MYERS (USA)	H	4	Annabel Neasham
29	2142x6220x	FUNSTAR	M	4	Chris Waller	108
30	224x285x7x	GLOBAL QUEST	C	3	Annabel Neasham	78
31	517x4230x	GRANDSLAM	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
32	x768254x7x	HARLEM (GB)	G	9	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
33		HISHI IGUAZU (JPN)	H	5	Noriyuki Hori
34	85x1230x4x	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	8	Chris Waller
35	000x32400x	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
36	23x242512x	ICEBATH (NZ)	M	4	Brad Widdup	104
37	22x171353x	IL PARADISO (USA)	G	5	Chris Waller	107
38	0x34303x2x	IMAGING (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller
39	6133x4x	JET PROPULSION	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
40	3x	KEATS (IRE)	H	4	Michael Moroney
41	x911x7390x	KING’S LEGACY	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
42	8x02110x2x	KOLDING (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	116
43	1x2112x	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	G	3	John O’Shea	86
44		LOVES ONLY YOU (JPN)	M	5	Yoshito Yahagi
45	114x04508x	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
46	6x60113x1x	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	M	6	Jamie Richards
47	117x637x4x	MERCHANT OF VENICE	G	5	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold
48	643x74108x	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
49	1x1x30x0x	MOHICAN HEIGHTS (IRE)	G	4	Chris Waller	80
50	14x314113x	MONTEFILIA	F	3	David Payne
51	4123x6525x	MOONLIGHT MAID	M	4	Mitchell Freedman
52	1x117x	MO’UNGA (NZ)	C	3	Annabel Neasham	79
53	2213x41x2x	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	90
54	902x27106x	MR QUICKIE	G	5	Phillip Stokes
55	x6x834470x	MR SATCHMO (FR)	G	6	Chris Waller
56	126x11124x	MUGATOO (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	111
57	225x00980x	MUSTAJEER (GB)	G	8	Kris Lees
58	2x350x033x	MY SWASHBUCKLER (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	75
59	10x002900x	NETTOYER	M	7	Wendy Roche	105
60	2553x4x11x	NICKAJACK CAVE (IRE)	G	5	Peter G Moody
61	75100x285x	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	7	Archie Alexander
62	1211x2235x	NIMALEE	M	4	Matthew Smith	86
63	21x3719x3x	NONCONFORMIST	G	4	Grahame Begg
64	0142x8x60x	OLMEDO (FR)	H	6	Annabel Neasham	107
65	x313x21x5x	PAPPALINO (FR)	H	5	Archie Alexander
66	1x24511x1x	PELTZER	C	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	96
67	130x52221x	PERSONAL	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
68	2310x1x	POLAND	C	3	Michael Moroney
69	1x68x0720x	PRINCE FAWAZ	H	4	Anthony Cummings	100
70	125x35627x	PRISE DE FER (NZ)	G	5	Jamie Richards
71	28x2117x1x	PROBABEEL (NZ)	M	4	Jamie Richards
72	0803x2117x	PURPLE SECTOR (NZ)	G	5	John Thompson	101
73	423115x05x	QUICK THINKER	H	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
74	61x421x90x	REGAL POWER	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams
75	124512x	ROCKET SPADE	C	3	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott
76	411x21238x	RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE)	H	4	Danny O’Brien
77	1x	SALIOS (JPN)	H	4	Noriyuki Hori
78	915x11624x	SAMADOUBT	G	7	Bjorn Baker	111
79	38x513883x	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani
80	x092527x1x	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	106
81	216x06014x	SHOUT THE BAR	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
82	210x110x9x	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
83	x222x16x7x	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
84	11x451459x	SKYWARD (FR)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
85	453973410x	SO SI BON	G	7	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
86	x522621x6x	SOUND (GER)	H	8	Michael Moroney
87	441301x79x	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
88	25x434322x	SOUTHERN LEGEND	G	8	Caspar Fownes
89	24x1x2211x	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	G	6	Mark Newnham	101
90	0x22095x4x	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	107
91	x339x2023x	STAY FOOLISH (JPN)	H	6	Yoshito Yahagi	106
92	115224x2x	SUBEDAR	G	4	James Cummings	81
93	124x360x3x	TAGALOA	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
94	572x18734x	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
95	707x513x	THE CULLINAN	G	3	Bryan Dais
96	712111x	THE ELANORA	C	3	Chris Waller
97	x11x11111x	THE HARROVIAN	G	7	Toby & Trent Edmonds
98	8x2325103x	THINK IT OVER	G	5	Kerry Parker	103
99	221x58203x	TOFFEE TONGUE (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	104
100	212x14117x	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	121
101	5633x7600x	WARNING	G	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman
102	x66x44214x	YAO DASH	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	88
103	123x7x	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	3	Danny O’Brien
104		ZAAKI (GB)	G	6	Annabel Neasham

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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)

2021 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.

2021 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
2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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