- Matriarch Stakes
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Grade 1 race
Matriarch StakesLocation Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United StatesInaugurated 1981 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.hollywoodpark.com Race information Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs) Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Three-year-olds & up Weight Assigned Purse $500,000 The Matriarch Stakes is an American Grade I turf race for thoroughbred horses run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California for a purse of $500,000. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, and is contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs.
Like all Fall turf stakes, the race was on hiatus 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
- 1⅛ miles : 1981-1994, 1998-2002
- 1¼ 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 1⅛ 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
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2010 Gypsy's Warning 5 Joel Rosario Graham Motion Team Valor/Green Lantern Stables 1:34.01 2009 Ventura 5 Garrett Gomez Humberto Ascanio Juddmonte Farms 1:33.58 2008 Cocoa Beach 4 Ramon Dominguez Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 1:35.49 2007 Precious Kitten 4 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Ken & Sarah Ramsey 1:33.63 2006 Price Tag 3 Edgar Prado Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:34.70 2005 no race 2004 Intercontinental 4 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:35.87 2003 Heat Haze 4 John Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:34.43 2002 Dress to Thrill 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud 1:48.31 2001 Starine 4 John Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Robert J. Frankel 1:50.16 2000 Tout Charmant 4 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Stonerside Stable 1:46.06 1999 Happyanunoit 4 Brice Blanc Robert J. Frankel Amerman Racing Stables 1:46.30 1998 Squeak 3 Alex Solis Ben D. A. Cecil Gary A. Tanaka 2:05.08 1997 Ryafan 3 Alex Solis Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 2:05.80 1996 Wandesta 5 Corey Nakatani Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 2:00.14 1995 Duda 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Madeleine Paulson 2:00.37 1994 Exchange 6 Laffit Pincay, Jr. William B. Spawr Sid & Jenny Craig 1:49.42 1993 Flawlessly 5 Chris McCarron Charlie Whittingham Harbor View Farm 1:46.78 1992 Flawlessly 4 Chris McCarron Charlie Whittingham Harbor View Farm 1:46.14 1991 Flawlessly 3 Chris McCarron Charlie Whittingham Harbor View Farm 1:46.60 1990 Countus In 5 Corey Nakatani Steven M. Rieser Charles G. Middleton III 1:46.20 1989 Claire Marine 4 Chris McCarron Charlie Whittingham Sidney L. Port/C. E. Whittingham 1:47.40 1988 Nastique 4 Bill Shoemaker Stephen A. DiMauro Bernard Chaus & Herb Goldstein 1:47.00 1987 Asteroid Field 4 Aaron Gryder John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 1:51.00 1986 Auspiciante 5 Cash Asmussen Ron McAnally Jack Kent Cooke 1:48.00 1985 Fact Finder 6 Sandy Hawley Charlie Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt 1:48.20 1984 Royal Heroine 4 Fernando Toro John Gosden Robert Sangster 1:49.40 1983 Sangue 5 Bill Shoemaker Henry Moreno L. Charlene Parks 1:49.40 1982 Pale Purple 4 Ray Sibille not found not found 1:48.60 1982 Castilla 3 Ray Sibille Charlie Whittingham Mary Jones Bradley 1:47.40 1981 Kilijaro 5 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Charlie Whittingham Edward Seltzer et al. 1:47.00 References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
- Grade 1 turf stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
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