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Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

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History

BIG ROCK winning the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
BIG ROCK winning the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Picture: Healy Photography

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for open class horses at Ascot conducted by the Ascot Racecourse.

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is run over the straight mile. As this race, it was first run in 1955 and was won by Hafiz.

From inception it was known as the Knights' Royal Stakes in 1947 but was renamed after the new Queen who was coronated a few years earlier.

It is run as a feature on the newly Ascot established British Champions Day as the end of season UK championship race meeting.

In 1971 it was classified as a Group 2 but later upgraded to a Group 1 in 1987.

Frankie Dettori loves this race. It gave him with his first ever Group 1 victory with Markofdistinction in 1990 and when Mark Of Esteem got up in 1996, it was the third leg of his "Magnificent Seven". On that card he won every race on the Ascot program.

The only multiple winners are Brigadier Gerard and Rose Bowl.

Since 2006, 13 x three year olds have won.

Frankel ended his 3yo season beating a top field easily in 2011. Excelebration was vanquished there but came back a year later to win it.

In a quite fantastic performance, Horse Of The Year Roaring Lion dropped in ground to run at the mile and finished strongly to take it out leaving stable mate Cracksman to win the Champion Stakes.

Baaeed showed his incredible talents winning a great QE over Palace Pier and would continue that on as a 4yo winning more G1 miles.

Leading trainer is Saeed bin Suroor with five wins while Willie Carson has tasted success on eight occasions.

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes was worth £1,100,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes include Big Rock (2023), Baaeed (2021), Roaring Lion (2018), Minding (2016), Solow (2015), Excelebration (2012), Frankel (2011), George Washington (2006), Starcraft (2005), Rakti (2004), Falbrav (2003), Dubai Millenium (1999), Mark Of Esteem (1996), Warning (1988), Shadeed (1985), Kris (1979), Rose Bowl (1975/1976), Brigadier Gerard (1971/1972), Reform (1967), Hill Rise (1966) and Hafiz (1955).

The 2023 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes was won by Big Rock from Facteur Cheval and Tahiyra.


Racing and Sports

Previous Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
BIG ROCK (FR) 3C
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) - HARDIYNA (IRE) SEA THE STARS (IRE)
AURELIEN LEMAITRE 58.5 CHRISTOPHER HEAD 6
BAYSIDE BOY (IRE) 3C
NEW BAY (GB) - ALAVA (IRE) ANABAA (USA)
TOM MARQUAND 58.5 ROGER VARIAN 7
BAAEED (GB) 3C
SEA THE STARS (IRE) - AGHAREED (USA) KINGMAMBO (USA)
JIM CROWLEY 57.5 W J HAGGAS 10
THE REVENANT (GB) 5G
DUBAWI (IRE) - HAZEL LAVERY (IRE) EXCELLENT ART (GB)
PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT 59.0 F-H GRAFFARD 6
KING OF CHANGE (GB) 3C
FARHH (GB) - SALACIA (IRE) ECHO OF LIGHT (GB)
S M LEVEY 57.5 RICHARD HANNON JR 12
ROARING LION (USA) 3C
KITTEN'S JOY (USA) - VIONNET (USA) STREET SENSE (USA)
OISIN MURPHY 57.5 JOHN GOSDEN 15
PERSUASIVE (IRE) 4F
DARK ANGEL (IRE) - CHOOSE ME (IRE) CHOISIR (AUS)
L DETTORI 57.5 JOHN GOSDEN 6
MINDING (IRE) 3F
GALILEO (IRE) - LILLIE LANGTRY (IRE) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
RYAN MOORE 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 8
SOLOW (GB) 5G
SINGSPIEL (IRE) - HIGH MAINTENANCE (FR) HIGHEST HONOR (FR)
MAXIME GUYON 59.0 FREDDIE HEAD 2
CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) 3C
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - L'ENJOLEUSE (IRE) MONTJEU (IRE)
O PESLIER 57.5 FREDDIE HEAD 7
OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) 3C
CHOISIR (AUS) - ACIDANTHERA (GB) ALZAO (USA)
R HUGHES 57.0 R HANNON 7
EXCELEBRATION (IRE) 4H
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - SUN SHOWER (IRE) INDIAN RIDGE (GB)
J P O'BRIEN 58.5 A P O'BRIEN 6
FRANKEL (GB) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - KIND (IRE) DANEHILL (USA)
T P QUEALLY 57.0 SIR HENRY CECIL 2
POET'S VOICE (GB) 3C
DUBAWI (IRE) - BRIGHT TIARA (USA) CHIEF'S CROWN (USA)
L DETTORI 56.5 SAEED BIN SUROOR 2
RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - LOOKING BACK (IRE) STRAVINSKY (USA)
J MURTAGH 56.5 A P O'BRIEN 1
RAVEN'S PASS (USA) 3C
ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - ASCUTNEY (USA) LORD AT WAR (ARG)
JIMMY FORTUNE 56.5 JOHN GOSDEN 1
RAMONTI (FR) 5M
MARTINO ALONSO (IRE) - FOSCA (USA) EL GRAN SENOR (USA)
L DETTORI 58.5 SAEED BIN SUROOR 8
GEORGE WASHINGTON (IRE) 3F
DANEHILL (USA) - BORDIGHERA (USA) ALYSHEBA (USA)
M KINANE 56.5 A P O'BRIEN 7
STARCRAFT (NZ) 5H
SOVIET STAR (USA) - FLYING FLOOZIE (NZ) POMPEII COURT (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 57.5 L M CUMANI 2
RAKTI (GB) 5H
POLISH PRECEDENT (USA) - RAGERA (IRE) RAINBOW QUEST (USA)
PHILIP ROBINSON 57.5 M A JARVIS 13
FALBRAV (IRE) 5H
FAIRY KING (USA) - GIFT OF THE NIGHT (USA) SLEWPY (USA)
D HOLLAND 57.5 L M CUMANI 4
WHERE OR WHEN (IRE) 3C
DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - FUTURE PAST (USA) SUPER CONCORDE (USA)
K DARLEY 56.0 T G MILLS 3
SUMMONER (GB) 4G
INCHINOR (GB) - SUMOTO (GB) MTOTO (GB)
R HILLS 57.5 SAEED BIN SUROOR 7
OBSERVATORY (USA) 3C
DISTANT VIEW (USA) - STELLARIA (USA) ROBERTO (USA)
K DARLEY 56.0 JOHN GOSDEN 6

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