Lucia Valentina and Damien Oliver victorious at the LONGINES Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Lucia Valentina and Damien Oliver won one of the richest races in the world
set to draw runners from right around the globe, the Longines Queen
Elizabeth Stakes. The Swiss watch brand Longines has the honour to lend its
name to this race, as well as be the Official Timekeeper and Watch of the
Royal Randwick racecourse and the Australian Turf Club. The winning owner,
trainer and jockey were awarded an elegant Longines watch from the hands of
Longines Ambassador of Elegance Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Another elegant
Longines watch was presented as the Longines Prize for Elegance by the
Longines Ambassador to praise Petra Nolan from Sydney’s highly
distinguished outfit during the raceday.

The Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes holds a special place in Longines
illustrious history in equestrian timekeeping dating back to 1878 with the
creation of a chronograph, which was used at New York racetracks three
years later. It was indeed during this raceday that the Swiss watch brand
launched the latest and game-changing development for timekeeping and
tracking technology in thoroughbred racing: the Longines Positioning System
(LPS). The innovative new LPS inaugurates totally new data-handling
dimensions and deepens the understanding of the races.