The Matron Stakes is an American Grade III flat

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million y ...

race for

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

and

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

s, aged three years and upward. Raced over a distance of 9

furlong A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hors ...

s on the dirt at

Arlington Park Arlington International Racecourse (formerly Arlington Park, the name was Arlington Park Jockey Club from as soon as 1948 up to 1955) was a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago regi ...

Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the ...

every spring. It currently offers a purse of $100,000. The event was moved to Churchill Downs in 2017. Inaugurated in 1930, Hall of Fame member,

Bewitch Bewitch (1945–1959) was a Thoroughbred race horse born in 1945 at Calumet Farm, Kentucky, United States in the same crop in which the stallion Bull Lea produced Citation and Coaltown. Each of them was eventually inaugurated into the Thoroughbr ...

, ran second in 1949.

Real Delight Real Delight (1949–1969), was an American Thoroughbred race horse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for c ...

won it in 1953.American Racing Manual 2010

Recent winners

* 1947 –

But Why Not But Why Not (foaled in 1944) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Blue Larkspur and granddaughter of Black Servant is probably best remembered for wins in the Alabama Stakes, the Acorn Stakes, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pi ...

* 1949 – Lithe * 1957 – Pucker Up * 2005 – Indy Groove ( Charles Woods) * 2006 – Sea Siren * 2007 – Solo Survivor * 2008 – Indescribable (

Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose (born April 1, 1979 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the ...

) * 2009 – Euphony (

Cliff Berry Monte Clifton Berry (born August 23, 1962, in Joplin, Missouri) is an American retired jockey who successfully competed in American Quarter Horse racing and in Thoroughbred racing. On Dec. 10, 2010, he became one of only four jockeys in U.S. r ...

) * 2010 – Tizaqueena ( E. T. Baird) * 2011 – Pachattack (

Florent Geroux Florent Geroux (born July 16, 1986) is a jockey who has earned over 1,700 wins in American thoroughbred horse racing, including the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic on Gun Runner, two Breeders' Cup Distaff wins with Monomoy Girl, and the 2021 Kentucky ...

) * 2012 – Upperline ( James Graham) * 2013 – Imposing Grace ( João Moreira) * 2014 – La Tia ( E. T. Baird) * 2015 – ''Race not held'' * 2016 – Flipcup ( Christopher A. Emigh) * 2017 – Walkabout * 2018 – Princess La Quinta * 2019 – Coachwhip

References

{{Reflist Graded stakes races in the United States 1930 establishments in Illinois Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Recurring sporting events established in 1930 Arlington Park Horse races in Illinois