On Saturday 11 April 2015, Craig Williams riding Criterion won the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the richest weight for age race over 2000m on turf in the world. The Swiss watch brand Longines is the Title Partner of the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes, as well as the Official Timekeeper and Watch of the racecourse of Royal Randwick, and the Official Timekeeper and Watch of the Australian Turf Club. The winning owner, trainer and jockey were presented with elegant Longines watches from the hands of Mr. Juan-Carlos Capelli, Vice President of Longines and Head of International Marketing, and Chi Ling Lin, Longines Ambassador of Elegance. This event was the occasion to discover Conquest Classic, a collection of Longines timepieces dedicated to horse lovers.
This weekend was also marked by a world premiere. Indeed, during a press conference held in the Longines Owners Pavilion at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Friday 10 April 2015, the Swiss watch brand presented the Longines Positioning System (LPS), a game-changing development for timekeeping and tracking technology in thoroughbred racing. Used for the first time during the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes Raceday, it inaugurates totally new data-handling dimensions and deepens the understanding of the races.
