Matriarch Stakes

This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see Matriarch Stakes (Australia).

The Matriarch Stakes is an American Grade I turf race for thoroughbred horses now run during Del Mar Racetrack's Fall Meet in early December with a current purse of $300,000. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, and is contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs.

Prior to 2014, the Matriarch was run at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California). The race was not run in 2005 due to problems with Hollywood Park's grass course.

Inaugurated in 1981 as a weight-for age race, since inception the Matriarch has been contested at various distances:

• 1 mile : 2003 to present
•  1 ¹⁄₈ miles : 1981-1994, 1998-2002
•  1 ¹⁄₄ miles : 1995-1998

The Matriarch Stakes was run in two divisions in 1982.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:33.58 - Ventura (2009) (at current distance of 1 mile)
• 1:46.14 - Flawlessly (1992) (at previous distance of  1 ¹⁄₈ miles)

Most wins:

• 3 - Flawlessly (1991, 1992, 1993)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Chris McCarron (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 - Robert J. Frankel (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by an owner :

• 6 - Juddmonte Farms (1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009)

Winners

References

• The Matriarch Stakes at Pedigree Query
• The 2007 Matriarch Stakes at the NTRA