Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) Winners
From the race’s inauguration in 1854, all the way up to 2024, we have listed all of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) winners from past race meets. Included are finishing times, sex, age and more details of the winners of the Melbourne Cup Carnival Group 3.

The event has also been run many times over its history as the Queen’s Cup and so the below list of champions also includes Queen’s Cup winners.
View a complete list of every past Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) / Queen’s Cup winners, plus additional details including the winning jockeys and trainers of the race dating back to 2003.
Shadow was the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) winner back in 1854.
Tim Whiffler (1867 & 1870) was the first two-time Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) winner. He also completed the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) – Melbourne Cup double in 1867.
Other multiple VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners include: True Self (2019 & 2020), Hyperno (1979 & 1980), Sailor’s Guide (1956 & 1958), Rising Fast (1954 & 1955), Hydrogen (1952 & 1953), High Caste (1939, 1940 & 1941), and Alawa (1908, 1909 & 1910).
Other Melbourne Cup winners to also take out the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC) during their careers include: Warrior (1871), Don Juan (1873), Patron (1893), Artilleryman (1919), Phar Lap (1930), Even Stevens (1962), Galilee (1966), Rain Lover (1968), Hyperno (1979-80), Might And Power (1998), and history’s only three-time Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva (2002).
The 2022 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Soulcombe returned the following spring to finish runner-up in the 2023 Melbourne Cup results behind Without A Fight.
The 2023 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner was the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained favourite Muramasa ($4.40F) who made it three wins on the trot backing-up from a Group 3 Coongy Cup victory to storm home the closing stages for an impressive 2.5 length win for the punters on Stakes Day.
The 2024 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner was the Ciaron Maher-trained Smokin’ Romans ($13) with the eight-year-old hitting the front soon after jump in a big move by jockey Ben Melham to lead all-the-way and hold out the late chargers to salute at double-figures.
queen elizabeth stakes (VRC) WINNERS 2000 – THE PRESENT
Year | Winner – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
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SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) 8G | BEN MELHAM | 56.5 | CIARON MAHER | 4 | |
MURAMASA (AUS) 4G | DANIEL MOOR | 54.0 | TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG | 7 | |
SOULCOMBE (GB) 3G | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 54.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 7 | |
WARNING (AUS) 5G | N RAWILLER | 59.0 | A & S FREEDMAN | 3 | |
TRUE SELF (IRE) 7M | HUGH BOWMAN | 57.5 | WILLIEM PETER MULLINS | 2 | |
TRUE SELF (IRE) 6M | RYAN MOORE | 56.5 | WILLIEM PETER MULLINS | 4 | |
JAAMEH (IRE) 5G | M J ZAHRA | 56.0 | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 8 | |
VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE) 5G | PATRICK MOLONEY | 54.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 9 | |
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (IRE) 6G | WILLIAM BUICK | 58.0 | C APPLEBY | 4 | |
DANDINO (GB) 8H | B MELHAM | 58.0 | DARREN WEIR | 4 | |
LE ROI (GER) 5H | DAMIEN OLIVER | 56.5 | TONY MCEVOY | 9 | |
PRECEDENCE (NZ) 8G | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 58.0 | BART & JAMES CUMMINGS | 8 | |
PUISSANCE DE LUNE (IRE) 4H | G BOSS | 54.5 | DARREN WEIR | 7 | |
IRONSTEIN (AUS) 6G | B AVDULLA | 54.0 | GERALD RYAN | 9 | |
MOUDRE (AUS) 5G | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.0 | CIARON MAHER | 1 | |
STERLING PRINCE (NZ) 6G | HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | VANESSA HILLIS | 1 | |
CAPECOVER (NZ) 6G | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 53.5 | A FIELDES | 6 | |
ZAVITE (NZ) 5G | N RAWILLER | 54.5 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 7 | |
GALLANT GURU (AUS) 4H | S W ARNOLD | 56.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 1 | |
OUR SMOKING JOE (AUS) 5G | N CALLOW | 57.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 5 | |
FANTASTIC LOVE (USA) 4G | K MCEVOY | 56.0 | SAEED BIN SUROOR | 6 | |
ZAZZMAN (AUS) 6G | K MCEVOY | 56.5 | TONY VASIL | 8 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST queen elizabeth stakes (vrc) winners
Year | Winner |
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2024 | Smokin’ Romans |
2023 | Muramasa |
2022 | Soulcombe |
2020 | True Self |
2021 | Warning |
2020 | True Self |
2019 | True Self |
2018 | Jaameh |
2017 | Vengeur Masque |
2016 | Francis Of Assisi |
2015 | Dandino |
2014 | Le Roi |
2013 | Precedence |
2012 | Puissance De Lune |
2011 | Ironstein |
2010 | Moudre |
2009 | Sterling Prince |
2008 | Capecover |
2007 | Zavite |
2006 | Gallant Guru |
2005 | Our Smoking Joe |
2004 | Fantastic Love |
2003 | Zazzman |
2002 | Makybe Diva |
2001 | Hatha Anna |
2000 | Savrocca |
1999 | Zerpour |
1998 | Might And Power |
1997 | Vita Man / Bright Spot |
1996 | Valance |
1995 | Pindi |
1994 | Bullwinkle |
1993 | Hear That Bell |
1992 | Kawtuban |
1991 | Frontier Ban |
1990 | Savage Toss |
1989 | Our Shannon Lad |
1988 | Zamakima |
1987 | Globetrotter |
1986 | Colour Page |
1986 | Janneau |
1985 | Chelaware |
1984 | Irish Lord |
1983 | Fountaincourt |
1982 | My Sir Avon |
1981 | Kip |
1980 | Hyperno |
1979 | Hyperno |
1978 | Salamander |
1977 | Tom’s Mate |
1976 | Perhaps |
1975 | Four Leaf |
1974 | Leilani |
1973 | Director |
1972 | Scotch And Dry |
1971 | Classic Mission |
1970 | Fileur |
1969 | Lochcourt |
1968 | Rain Lover |
1967 | General Command |
1966 | Galilee |
1965 | Craftsman |
1964 | Piper’s Son |
1963 | Summer Fair |
1962 | Even Stevens |
1961 | Dhaulagiri |
1960 | Nilarco |
1959 | Webster |
1958 | Sailor’s Guide |
1957 | Redcraze |
1956 | Sailor’s Guide |
1955 | Rising Fast |
1954 | Rising Fast |
1953 | Hydrogen |
1952 | Hydrogen |
1951 | Bronton |
1950 | Playboy |
1949 | Dickens |
1948 | Phoibos |
1947 | Columnist |
1946 | Leonard |
1945 | Don Pedro |
1944 | Race Not Held |
1943 | Race Not Held |
1942 | Race Not Held |
1941 | High Caste |
1940 | High Caste |
1939 | High Caste |
1938 | Ajax |
1937 | Black Mac |
1936 | Queen Of Song |
1935 | Hall Mark |
1934 | Nightly |
1933 | Rogilla |
1932 | Kuvera |
1931 | Veilmond |
1930 | Phar Lap |
1929 | Amounis |
1928 | Gothic |
1927 | Silvius |
1926 | Pantheon |
1925 | Pilliewinkie |
1924 | Lilypond |
1923 | Rivoli |
1922 | Violoncello |
1921 | Tangalooma |
1920 | Eurythmic |
1919 | Artilleryman |
1918 | Kennaquhair |
1917 | Wallace Isinglass |
1916 | Lavendo |
1915 | Carlita |
1914 | Mountain Knight |
1913 | Radnor |
1912 | Cider |
1911 | Trafalgar |
1910 | Alawa |
1909 | Alawa |
1908 | Alawa |
1907 | Mountain King |
1906 | Dividend |
1905 | Tartan |
1904 | Sweet Nell |
1903 | Combat |
1902 | Wakeful |
1901 | Rock Gun |
1900 | Maltster |
1899 | Merriwee |
1898 | The Grafter |
1897 | Aurum |
1896 | Bloodshot |
1895 | Wallace / Auraria |
1894 | The Harvester |
1893 | Patron |
1892 | The Admiral |
1891 | Steadfast |
1890 | Megaphone |
1889 | Abercorn |
1888 | Mentor |
1887 | The Australian Peer |
1886 | Trident |
1885 | Trenton |
1884 | Commotion |
1883 | Off Colour |
1882 | Commotion |
1881 | Wellington |
1880 | Progress |
1879 | Suwarrow |
1878 | Warlock |
1877 | Pluto |
1876 | Calamia |
1875 | Richmond |
1874 | Melbourne |
1873 | Don Juan |
1872 | King Of The Ring |
1871 | Warrior |
1870 | Tim Whiffler |
1869 | Charon |
1868 | Glencoe |
1867 | Tim Whiffler |
1866 | Race Not Held |
1865 | Volunteer |
1864 | Race Not Held |
1863 | Musidora |
1862 | Race Not Held |
1861 | Race Not Held |
1860 | Race Not Held |
1859 | The Moor |
1858 | Green Linnet |
1857 | Crockford |
1856 | Tomboy |
1855 | I Want It |
1854 | Shadow |