Queen Elizabeth Stakes Tips, Betting, Odds, Horses & More 2025

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be held at Randwick Racecourse (one of the top tracks in Australia) on Saturday, April 12. Please use this page as a guide to everything you could possibly need to know about the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

At OnlyRacing.com.au, we include critical information on both the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (including tips and analysis), as well as historical information that pertains to the race and its home track, Randwick Racecourse. We’ve got you covered from every angle, that’s for sure!

There’s no doubt that there has been increased interest in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes over the past few years and this resulted in a $1 million prize money increase in 2023. This means that participants are competing for a share of a cool $5 million!

It is going to be very interesting to see which horse will step up in 2025 and claim the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Will the eventual favourite cross the line first, or will a roughie break the hearts of favourite punters all around Australia? Be sure to block out your calendars on April 12 so you do not miss out on a great showing!

The pledge by Racing NSW to increase the total prize money of its big Group One races has greatly benefited the staple races in New South Wales. This includes the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which has upped its prize money from 2022 by a full million. By increasing from $4 million to $5 million, there is even more incentive to get over the line first in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Here at OnlyRacing, our experts take horse racing very seriously! This includes putting in the hard yards to ensure our readers get only the best free horse racing tips going around. At this stage, our Queen Elizabeth Stakes tips are not available for the 2025 race as the final field is yet to be announced and we don’t know all the runners that will take part in the race.

We know you came here for tips, so let there be tips! Check out our best bet, next best and best roughie below (we will replace our tips for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2025 as soon as we can):

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Best Bet - Pride Of Jenni

My best bet won the Doncaster Mile last week. Can I make it two from two with the headline act on Day Two of The Championships? Well, I think I can with Pride Of Jenni! I just love her racing style, it is suited perfectly for a race like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the small field works to her advantage as well.

In the Australian Cup two weeks ago, she looked the winner but then just got pipped at the last second by Cascadian. Yes, it is a very high-quality field, but the fact that there are only 10 runners means jockey Declan Bates will have all the space in the world to set Pride Of Jenni up in the perfect position come the closing stages.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Next Best - Cascadian

As I just said, Pride Of Jenni just got beat by Cascadian last time out in the Australian Cup, but looking at the current prices for this race, Pride Of Jenni is $3.80, while Cascadian is $8.50. Much confusion! I can’t really explain that too much and while I do think Pride Of Jenni can turn the tables on Cascadian here, I don’t see how there could be that much of a difference. 

He enjoys Randwick and the softer ground, so that’s all working in his favour. Jockey Ben Melham gets the ride and has built a solid relationship with the runner. He has two placings from five rides so far. Cascadian knows what it takes to win at this level and as we saw in the Australian Cup last time out, you can never discount him!

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Best Roughie - Place Du Carrousel

I was tossing up a few runners for the best roughie, but I ended up landing on Place Du Carrousel because I think the soft track will be best suited to her. She was as classy as they come in the Ranvet Stakes two weeks ago and her turn of foot is something she’ll need in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday.

Her second-up form is excellent as well, so she is definitely the value play for mine at current odds of $11. She’s got a run of 2,000m under her belt and I think she is as ready as she’ll ever be. Just needs a smidge of luck and she could cause an upset I reckon!

It is always a tough choice where to place your money for such big Group 1 thoroughbred races as the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Thankfully, at OnlyRacing, we have a dedicated bookmaker reviews page that comprehensively lists every available Australian bookmaker that offers horse racing markets. Therefore, all these bookies will have Queen Elizabeth Stakes markets.

To decide which bookie to use to bet on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, compare the odds of your preferred market and place with the bookmaker that will give you the best payout. You should also use several different betting apps, as this means you can take advantage of all the various betting promotions on offer.

When it comes to Queen Elizabeth Stakes betting, there are a few horse racing betting sites in particular that we like, and we think you’ll like them too! These Australian betting sites include; VolcanoBet, WellBet and PuntersPal.

VolcanoBet has competitive odds, so it is a good idea to have them in your back pocket to see what odds they are offering for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes runner you want to back. The graphics on their website are really fun as well, so if you want something a little different, they are certainly worth checking out.

WellBet’s mobile app is on fire! It is as slick as they come, and don’t forget to keep an eye out for any betting sites bonuses that may be on offer. You never know when something is going to pop up, and there’s no worse feeling than missing out on a good promotion.

We think PuntersPal is one of the best betting apps because of their same race multis. It is a great seamless experience all around and hopefully, you can bag a same race multi winner - the payout for those is usually quite lucrative!

There you have it, dear readers, our top three recommended bookies for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. We’ve got several more bookies on our bookmaker review page, so if you want more, check out our “Betting Sites” section above!

You may have already discovered that there are many different Queen Elizabeth Stakes bet types available. We go through all the main bet types below to give you an idea of which bet you should place on this Group 1.

Take a look below at the range of bet types available for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes:

The field for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes is not yet available. However, we can expect a bumper field with some of the top racehorses in the country stepping out to the 2,000m and showing Australia what they’ve got. We will also list the Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds, if they are available in our “Odds” section below. 

Some of the important dates you should know for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes:

As the field is not available, we expect the odds for the potential Queen Elizabeth Stakes runners to fluctuate constantly. When more information comes to light about how each potential runner is performing and if they are indeed going to target this Group 1 race, you’ll see the odds change.

While you are already here, check out the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes field in the table below. We will have all the 2025 field information during race week!

For the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, we saw 11 runners confirmed with no emergencies listed either. In the end, we saw two scratchings Lindermann and Atishu, which resulted in the final field being cut to just nine runners.

While scratchings can be pretty annoying, they are fairly common, even in major races like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. There are a fair few reasons as to why a runner is scratched and it can happen at any time before the race. If you’ve bet on a horse that ends up being scratched, you don’t have to stress as you’ll get your stake back (hopefully in time for you to bet on another runner in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes!).

Something else you should look at when going through the final field is the barrier draw. The barrier each runner starts from can play a major role in race tactics. Some barriers produce more winners than others as well, so the connections of runners want to land a successful starting barrier.

We already know that some barriers produce more winners than others in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but which barriers are they? Have a look at the table below, as we list the best and worst barriers of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (from 2000):

Due to the layout of the track and the starting position, we find that those runners with an inside barrier will tend to have more success. This is reflected in the data as barriers 1 through 4 have seen 14 winners, as opposed to barriers 7 through 10, which have seen just seven.

Barriers 5 and 8 have only seen one winner since 2000, and four of the last five winners have come from barrier 4 or less. However, the 2023 Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner, Dubai Honour won from barrier 9.

Before you go running off to place your Queen Elizabeth Stakes bets, we think it’s a good idea to look at the form guide and find any key form indicators that might guide you in the right direction. While going through pages upon pages form isn’t the funnest thing, you don’t have to do that, because we’ve done all the hard work for you!

We have gone through all the data and found some key form indicators that you should be aware of before placing any bets. With a race like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, there is a lot of data to sift through and we’ve found some good patterns that could point to the next winner of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. 

Before we get started it’s important to note that a lot of these form indicators are influenced by Winx’s three victories in the race, from 2017 to 2019. She was in a class of her own, and her victories have majorly shaped the data. So, without further ado, let’s take a look!

The winner of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes almost always comes into the race in red-hot form. From 2010 until now, all but three winners have either won their previous race or finished second. In 2024, Pride Of Jenni came second in the Australian Cup before winning the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

When looking at the favourites, they have a pretty good record, especially considering the record of favourites in other major Group 1 races. Since 2005, the favourite has won nine times, including in 2023 when Dubai Honour won as favourite with odds of $2.50. Winx won all three of her Queen Elizabeth Stakes as the heavy favourite.

The age of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner has a decent spread year-to-year, but one age you don’t want to bet on is 3YOs. The last 3YO to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes was Intergaze, in 1997!

Despite Winx winning the Queen Elizabeth Stakes three years in a row, there have only been eight mares who have won the race since 1987. Before Winx, the last mare to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes was More Joyous back in 2012. Pride Of Jenni won the race as a 6YO mare in 2024.

Lastly, if you want to look at some specific lead-up races, then we recommend you check out the Tancred Stakes (run two weeks before) or the Doncaster Mile (run one week before), as 22 of the last 39 winners have come from one of those two races. 

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes has been run since 1851 and has undergone different name changes over that time due to a change in monarchs. As such, there has been enough of a storied history to include some of Australia’s greatest-ever champions in the long list of Queen Elizabeth Stakes victors.

Some of these great champions that have won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes include Phar Lap, Winx, Tulloch, Might and Power, Peter Pan, and many more. While we cannot include all the best Queen Elizabeth Stakes horses in this section, we have hand-picked a couple that we want to talk about in further detail.

Check out six of the key Queen Elizabeth Stakes horses that have won this great race below:

Archer - 1862

Famously known as the inaugural winner of the Melbourne Cup (as well as the second edition of the race that stops the nation), Archer also won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1862. He ended his career with a record of 17:12-0-3 and in 2017 he claimed his rightful place in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

Phar Lap - 1930

We can’t have a list of the best Queen Elizabeth Stakes horses and not mention Phar Lap! The gelding has a long list of Group 1 victories, including; the Melbourne Cup, the Victoria Derby and the Cox Plate (twice), just to name a few. He was inducted into both the Australian and New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame as well.

Tulloch - 1958, 1960 & 1961

This Tommy Smith-trained gelding won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on three separate occasions, and much like Phar Lap, he was inducted into the Australian and the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Some of his other notable wins include; the Caulfield Cup, the Cox Plate and the Chipping Norton Stakes. 

Might And Power - 1998

Might And Power was very dominant in 1998, winning races like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Doomben Cup, the Caulfield Stakes and the Cox Plate. If we take things back to 1997, the gelding won the biggest race of them all, the Melbourne Cup. He ended his career with a record of 33:15-7-1 and over $5 million in prize money!

Lonhro - 2003

Lonhro’s amazing career and number of Group 1 wins means the stallion certainly deserves a place on this list. Along with the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the John Hawkes-trained Lonhro won Group 1 races like the Australian Cup, the George Ryder Stakes (twice), Caulfield Guineas and the Caulfield Stakes (twice). He ended his career with an amazing record of 35:26-3-2.

Winx - 2017-2019

Winx has become the most famous horse of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, winning the race three times in a row. Crowds were packed each year she ran in the race, just to catch a glimpse of the great mare. We could go on and on about this one-of-a-kind racehorse but we just don’t have the time! Winx was so dominant when she was racing and she was named Australian Horse of the Year from 2015 until 2019!

Sometimes, if you find a runner you want to bet on in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but the odds are too low, then you don’t have any value in that runner. The odds are critical to finding value in this major race. 

With a race like the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, you’ll find that all the big horse racing betting apps will provide betting markets months in advance. We are still waiting for our favourite bookie, PlayUp, to release their odds for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2025. 

The odds in these horse racing markets will fluctuate in the lead-up to the race, as more information about the potential runners becomes available. If you’re going to bet on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, we think you should do so as soon as possible, when the market is “Before Noms”.

This means you’ll get your funds back if your chosen horse doesn’t make the final field. Betting in futures markets also means you could find the eventual favourite for better odds, therefore giving you more value and bang for your buck! 

While we wait for the odds to be released, why don’t you take a look back at the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds of the entire field below, thanks to PlayUp, just a couple of days before the race:

*Odds correct as of 11/04/2024.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is steeped in history, which means there are a lot of stats and interesting facts about the race that have emerged over the years! There are so many aspects that make the Queen Elizabeth Stakes the race it is today.

Here are some stats associated with the Queen Elizabeth Stakes to hype you up for the upcoming race:

• There have been multiple two-time champions in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes’ long and storied history, however, there have only been five three-time winners.
  • First was Carbine in the Queen’s Plate from the year 1889 to 1891. 
  • Next was Trafalgar in the 1909, 1911 and 1912 Queen Elizabeth Stakes races. 
  • David won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes three times on the trot from 1921 to 1923. 
  • Then, Tulloch claimed the 1958, 1960 and 1961 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. 
  • There was an almost 60-year drought for this achievement before the legendary Winx won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes from 2017 to 2019.
• When looking at trainer victories at the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Etienne L de Mestre has claimed victory as the horse trainer in a whopping nine different Queen Elizabeth Stakes races.
  • These victories include 1862, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1878 and 1879!
• George Moore is the most successful jockey in the history of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, claiming victory six times.
  • This is one more than the famous Damien Oliver, Peter Cook and Neville Selwood.
• Hugh Bowman, made famous for jockeying Winx to three successive titles from 2017 to 2019, has won four different Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
• In 1873, when the Queen Elizabeth Stakes was still the Queen’s Plate, Dagworth ran a dead heat with Reprieve. 
• As was common practice with dead heats back then, there was a rerun between Dagworth and Reprieve to decide the 1873 champion of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
  • Dagworth edged out Reprieve to claim a famous victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes’ celebrated history.
• In a shock disqualification in the 1868 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The Barb was stripped of his title although being the first horse past the finish line due to carrying more than the assigned weight.
  • As a result, Tim Whiffler was crowned the 1868 Queen Elizabeth Stakes champion.

How’s that for some interesting stats about the great race? There have been some epic editions of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes over the years, that’s for sure. While these are just some interesting stats, if you're looking for more information about form indicators, head on to our “Form Guide” section on this page.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes races at Randwick Racecourse and is one of Australia’s most prestigious thoroughbred races on the racing calendar. It’s no secret that Randwick Racecourse is one of the top tracks in Australia, and it is home to several Group 1 races each year.

The three years and up weight for age race was initially run and named in honour of the late Queen Victoria, as it was the Queen’s Plate back in 1851. Since then, many iterations of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes have been run but the quality and prestige have remained at the highest level. The race is run each year during the Autumn Racing Carnival, which just happens to be one of the biggest horse racing carnivals in Australia!

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the third richest race on the Australian racing calendar after The Everest at Randwick Racecourse and the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes will offer its participants a share of a gigantic $5 million, thanks in large part to Racing New South Wales’ pledge to pour over $20 million into the prize money for the season, back in 2023. 

Through the years, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes has undergone a series of name changes since its inception in 1851. Its first 20 years of running were under the name Queen’s Plate, as previously mentioned in honour of the late Queen Victoria. 

Following this, the AJC Plate was run from 1873 to 1954 with the only differences being in 1928 and 1934 where the Queen Elizabeth Stakes went by the AJC King’s Cup. Since 1954, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes has been named as such.

Initially starting as a three-mile race, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, has progressively shortened its distance to accommodate for the shift in entertainment value inscribed in shorter distance races. The race has dropped in distance dramatically.

What was once an approximately 4800m race in 1851 has now been run at 2000m since 1986. However, the talent of the field of runners for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes has always remained top shelf due to its large prize money offering and sheer prestige.

As you may already know, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes is just one of many races on the Australian racing calendar. So, if you want to learn more about some of the other Group 1s, you’re in luck! All you need to do is visit our pages with the Group One races list and choose the next race you want to investigate.

Want to know the full Queen Elizabeth Stakes results? Well, once again, we have you covered here at OnlyRacing! We’ve got the full results table listed below, as well as a full race replay video.

It was all Pride of Jenni in the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, gapping the field early and winning by a margin of 6.54L. Yes, that’s right - 6.54L! The mare was handed a peach of a ride from jockey Declan Bates to claim the lion’s share of the prize money.

In second place was the Chris Waller-trained Via Sistina, who was the pre-race favourite. Mr Bridghtside finished in third place, a total of 8.38L off the pace. The race was run in quick time, just 2:02.02 and there was a total of 16.33L between the nine runners.

Check out the full Queen Elizabeth Stakes results below:

As promised, we also have the race video for your viewing pleasure! Click play to see the full race replay of the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes:

Want to know which horses have won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in the past? Check out the table below to see all the most recent winners (up until 2010) of this great race:

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is one of the richest races on the Australian calendar. With so much prize money on offer, all runners down to 12th get a share in the cash. The winner of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes gets the lion’s share of the prize.

There is a total of $5 million on offer, so let’s see how it’s split between the top 12 runners below:

You’ve reached the last section on our Queen Elizabeth Stakes page. You are now an expert on the race! But before you go, if you have any lingering questions about the race, take a look at the FAQs below. Hopefully, we have answered them below: