Queen Elizabeth Stakes: Randwick 2000m

Race Overview

date Sat 13 Apr 2024
track Randwick
distance 2000m
conditions Weight-For-Age
status Group 1
prizemoney $5,000,000

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes has been set up to be the Cox Plate of the autumn, where Australia’s best middle distance horses test themselves against each other, and tackle any international raider that wants to take us on too.

This race is the crown jewel of The Championships at Royal Randwick, which were launched in 2014. Winx won this race three times in her golden stretch of 2017-2019, adding weight to the esteem in which it is held.

Horses with international credentials like Addeybb and Criterion also sit on the honour board, and we usually see the best of the best shine through.

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Betting guide

Dubai Honour shares the head of the market with Anaome, and those two will vie for favouritism right up until race time. Punters and bookies have decided that this is essentially a match race.

Racing isn’t always simple, although in WFA contests at this distance range it sometimes can be. Let’s take a horse like Mo’unga. The last three times he has raced Anamoe, he has lost to him by an average margin of 1.7 lengths. Dubai Honour beat him by 5.5.

A heavy track is going to add the complexity. Anamoe has won on it, including his Cox Plate, but also flopped badly last year in this race. Dubai Honour has never seen it, but shown a liking for soft tracks in Europe.

Preview & tips

Unicorn Lion will ensure a genuine tempo, with Numerian and Mo’unga likely to push forward too. Dubai Honour will look for the one-one, and Anamoe on his back, while the rest sort themselves out.

Anamoe, is a winning machine that has won seven out of eight races this season, six of them at Group 1 WFA, including the Cox Plate. He’s a champion whichever way we look at it, is a cut above the local horses, and now gets tested against two worthy international challengers.

in his first start in Australia, Dubai Honour bolted in the Ranvet Stakes three weeks ago, looking every bit the powerhouse. He dominated the likes of Montefilia, Mo’unga and others in a more visually impressive performance than anything Anamoe has produced against those same horses.

Anamoe and Dubai Honour have drawn alongside each other, and Anamoe will likely track his key rival throughout the race. May the best horse win.

Unicorn Lion is a third tier Japanese horse that doesn’t have the credentials of 2019 Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux, horses from the land of the rising sun tend to be competitive wherever they go. He’s an unknown on wet ground, if that’s what we strike, but he should give the two favourites something to catch.

Selections: 1.Dubai Honour 2.Anamoe 3.Unicorn Lion 4.Cascadian

Expert Tips

Author
Cameron rose's Tip

Dubai Honour

WIN

Longines Queen Elizabeth Stks 08 April 15:55
2. Dubai Honour
Win 2.45
Place 1.28

* Odds Correct At Time Of Posting. Check Playup Website For Latest Odds

Punters' poll

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ANAMOE
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DUBAI HONOUR
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ALENQUER
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CASCADIAN
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MO'UNGA
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NUMERIAN
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UNICORN LION
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ZEYREK
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PROTAGONIST
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GEAR UP
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HEZASHOCKA
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MONTEFILIA
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Past Winners Of The Queen Elizabeth Stakes

YEAR HORSE JOCKEY TRAINERS
2023 Dubai Honour Tom Marquand William Haggas
2022 Think It Over Nash Rawiller Kerry Parker
2021 Addeybb Tom Marquand William Haggas
2020 Addeybb Tom Marquand William Haggas
2019 Winx Hugh Bowman Chris Waller
2018 Winx Hugh Bowman Chris Waller
2017 Winx Hugh Bowman Chris Waller
2016 Lucia Valentina Damien Oliver Kris Lees
2015 Criterion Craig Williams David Hayes and Tom Dabernig
2014 It's A Dundeel James McDonald Murray Baker
2013 Reliable Man Hugh Bowman Chris Waller
2012 More Joyous Nash Rawiller Gai Waterhouse
2011 My Kingdom of Fife Nash Rawiller Chris Waller
2010 Road To Rock Damien Oliver Anthony Cummings

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