Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile at Ascot Racecourse in late September.

It was first run in 1955 and was given Group 2 status when the pattern system was introduced in 1971. This was upgraded to Group 1 in 1987.

In 1966, the race was won by Hill Rise, an American horse won had raced successfully in the U.S.

[edit] Winners since 1985

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1985	Shadeed	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:38.80
1986	Sure Blade	3	Brent Thomson	Barry Hills	Sheikh Mohammed	1:41.71
1987	Milligram	3	Pat Eddery	Michael Stoute	Helena Springfield Ltd	1:40.04
1988	Warning	3	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	1:40.51
1989	Zilzal	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Mana Al Maktoum	1:40.57
1990	Markofdistinction	4	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Gerald Leigh	1:39.70
1991	Selkirk	3	Ray Cochrane	Ian Balding	George Strawbridge	1:44.34
1992	Lahib	4	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:44.50
1993	Bigstone	3	Pat Eddery	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	1:42.89
1994	Maroof	4	Richard Hills	Robert Armstrong	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:42.75
1995	Bahri	3	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:40.54
1996	Mark of Esteem	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:40.95
1997	Air Express	3	Olivier Peslier	Clive Brittain	Mohamed Obaida	1:40.90
1998	Desert Prince	3	Olivier Peslier	David Loder	Lucayan Stud	1:39.63
1999	Dubai Millennium	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:46.24
2000	Observatory	3	Kevin Darley	John Gosden	Khalid Abdullah	1:41.40
2001	Summoner	4	Richard Hills	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:44.54
2002	Where or When	3	Kevin Darley	Terry Mills	John Humphreys	1:41.37
2003	Falbrav	5	Darryll Holland	Luca Cumani	Scuderia Rencati	1:38.99
2004	Rakti	5	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	Gary Tanaka	1:39.82
2005	Starcraft *	5	Christophe Lemaire	Luca Cumani	The Australian Syndicate	1:37.87
2006	George Washington	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	S. Magnier, M. Tabor, Derrick Smith	1:40.06

* The 2005 race took place at Newmarket Racecourse.