The Matron Stakes is an American
Grade III flat
horse race for
Thoroughbred fillies and
mares, aged three years and upward. Raced over a distance of 9
furlongs on the dirt at
Arlington Park,
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
* 1949 –
Lithe
* 1957 –
Pucker Up
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The album contains the minor hit " How Long", a cover of the 1974 hit by Ace, reaching ...
* 2005 – Indy Groove (
Charles Woods)
* 2006 – Sea Siren
* 2007 – Solo Survivor
* 2008 – Indescribable (
Jeremy Rose)
* 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
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)
* 2017 – Walkabout
* 2018 – Princess La Quinta
* 2019 – Coachwhip
References
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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