The two-day championship culminating with the much-anticipated Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes, attracts some of world top horses, trainers, owners and jockeys and is considered as a highlight in Australia’s sporting and social calendar. As the Title Partner of the event, Longines timed the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which features the richest weight for age race over 2000m on turf in the world. This Group 1 race was clinched by champion mare Winx and the winning owner, trainer and jockey were presented with an elegant Longines watch. Elegance was also rewarded, as Longines hosted its famous Longines Prize for Elegance, which crowned the lady representing best the value dear to the brand.
The Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes was the occasion chosen by Longines to officially launch new models from The Longines Master Collection, displaying a sunray blue dial. These fashionable chromatic variations are perfectly in line with the classic and understated spirit of this collection and come in several diameters, so that men and women can find the watch best suited to their wrist. These elegant timepieces, housing a mechanical self-winding movement, are complimented by a steel bracelet or blue alligator watch strap, all fitted with a folding safety clasp.
The Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes holds a special place in Longines history in equestrian timekeeping as it was during this race day that the watch brand launched the latest and game-changing development for timekeeping and tracking technology in thoroughbred racing: the Longines Positioning System (LPS). The innovative LPS inaugurates totally new data-handling dimensions and deepens the understanding of the races.
