The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field faces off on Day 2 of The Championships on Saturday April 17, 2021. 

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes field can be run with a maximum of 14 runners but the Group 1 event does not always draw a capacity field; with quality over quantity generally the scenario for the feature event of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’.

The increased prizemoney of offer for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with the race now worth a generous $4 million, is expected to see the competition for places in the field heat-up.

In the past decade the feature has run at a capacity field of 14 twice when Pompeii Ruler won in 2009 and Lucia Valentina saluted in 2016.

For three years from 2017-19, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes field was dominated by the world’s best mare Winx who enjoyed a hat-trick of wins before her retirement.

Horses that win the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m), Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) gain automatic entry into the Queen Elizabeth Stakes field with ballot exemption on offer to those earlier autumn carnival champions.

Addeybb (2000) was the last horse to complete the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes  draws the best weight-for-age horses from right around Australia and the Australian Turf Club (ATC) is hopeful that the race can become the true Australian Weight-For-Age Championship of the season rivalling even the spring’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley; with the best three-year-olds in the country taking on the older horses.

$4 million in prizemoney makes the Queen Elizabeth Stakes one of the most lucrative races on the global racing calendar and the event is expected to feature a number of horses from right around the globe in future years.

In 2020 despite the decrease in prize money due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the William Haggas-trained Addeybb became the first international raider to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Bet on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2021 Field

Betting markets on the likely runners in the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes field will be provided below once released by Ladbrokes.com.au.

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2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field

The final 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes field is released by Racing NSW on the Tuesday before the race and will be published below on April 13, 2021.  

2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes First Acceptances

About a month after the nominations are taken for the autumn’s richest race the list of potential runners is narrowed down with the Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances closing in early March.

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances closed at midday on Tuesday the 9th of March, 2021 with last year’s winning quinella of Addeybb and Verry Elleegant dominating the remainign 62 entries.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	2x11x2x11x	ADDEYBB (IRE)	G	7	William Haggas
2	111×116	AEGON (NZ)	G	3	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	106
3	6x2593x665	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
4	5x523151x2	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams
5	1322×11112	AVANTAGE	M	5	Jamie Richards	113
6	3x462605x3	AVILIUS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	111
7	x300922142	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings
8	11733×70	BUCHAREST	C	3	Chris Waller	78
9	1x2203x234	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	5	Michael Moroney	102
10	9x440825x3	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	105
11	11x1348x10	CHAILLOT	M	4	Archie Alexander	97
12	5x2193x735	CHAPADA	G	5	Michael Moroney
13	1x0561x124	COLETTE	M	4	James Cummings	115
14	4x1x1736x3	COLLIDE (GB)	H	6	Kris Lees	95
15	x131283x27	CRIADERAS	G	4	James Cummings	96
16	1117x332x7	DAWN PASSAGE	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	105
17	71x1546x	ENGLISH KING (FR)	H	4	Michael Moroney	89
18	x65119x241	ENTENTE	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
19	x8352x7208	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	6	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
20	42x6220x44	FUNSTAR	M	4	Chris Waller	108
21	7x4230x801	GRANDSLAM	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
22	0x32400x65	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
23	242512×335	ICEBATH (NZ)	M	4	Brad Widdup	104
24	x02110x225	KOLDING (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	114
25	1x2112x51	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	G	3	John O’Shea	104
26	14x04508x6	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	106
27	x60113x191	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	M	6	Jamie Richards
28	3x74108x93	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	110
29	4x314113x6	MONTEFILIA	F	3	David Payne	106
30	1x117x32	MO’UNGA (NZ)	C	3	Annabel Neasham	100
31	213x41x211	MOUNT POPA (IRE)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	98
32	2x27106x30	MR QUICKIE	G	5	Phillip Stokes	112
33	6x11124x51	MUGATOO (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	111
34	5x00980x48	MUSTAJEER (GB)	G	8	Kris Lees	106
35	x350x033x7	MY SWASHBUCKLER (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	75
36	211x2235x1	NIMALEE	M	4	Matthew Smith	92
37	0142x8x60x	OLMEDO (FR)	H	6	Annabel Neasham	107
38	2310×15	POLAND	C	3	Michael Moroney	90
39	68x0720x89	PRINCE FAWAZ	H	4	Anthony Cummings	99
40	8x2117x110	PROBABEEL (NZ)	M	4	Jamie Richards	115
41	803x2117x5	PURPLE SECTOR (NZ)	G	5	John Thompson	101
42	3115x05x75	QUICK THINKER	H	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	102
43	12451211	ROCKET SPADE	C	3	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	90
44	11x21238x2	RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE)	H	4	Danny O’Brien	113
45	15x11624x8	SAMADOUBT	G	7	Bjorn Baker	111
46	x513883x28	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani
47	092527×120	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller
48	6x06014x30	SHOUT THE BAR	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	110
49	x222x16x79	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	114
50	3973410×51	SO SI BON	G	7	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
51	522621×623	SOUND (GER)	H	8	Michael Moroney	106
52	41301x79x7	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
53	4x1x2211x2	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	G	6	Mark Newnham	101
54	x22095x416	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	108
55	2x18734x26	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	110
56	707×513813	THE CULLINAN	G	3	Bryan Dais
57	71211178	THE ELANORA	C	3	Chris Waller	84
58	2325103×12	THINK IT OVER	G	5	Kerry Parker	106
59	x58203x681	TOFFEE TONGUE (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	102
60	2x14117x31	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	120
61	123×752	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	3	Danny O’Brien	86
62	13x8x3647x	ZAAKI (GB)	G	6	Annabel Neasham	106

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Nominations

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations close in early February, two months before the race headlines the second of two The Championships race days at Royal Randwick in April during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Each year the Queen Elizabeth Stakes early entries can attract up to 100 weight-for-age hopefuls before the first round of acceptances narrows down the list of hopefuls.

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations close on Tuesday the 9th of February, 2021.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2021 nominations attracted 104 weight-for-age hopefuls including the UK-trained Addeybb who won the race 12 months ago.

	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.