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.

2022 Queen's Cup winner Soulcombe
2022 Queen’s Cup winner Soulcombe. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

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

COMPLETE LIST OF PAST queen elizabeth stakes (vrc) winners

Year Winner
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

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