Matriarch Stakes

The Matriarch Stakes is an American Grade I turf race for thoroughbred horses now run during Del Mar Racetrack's Fall Meet (relocated from Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California) for 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. 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:

Matriarch Stakes

The Matriarch Stakes is an American Grade I turf race for thoroughbred horses now run during Del Mar Racetrack's Fall Meet (relocated from Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California) for 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. 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: