Ontario Matron Stakes

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Ontario Matron Stakes
Grace III race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfacePolytrack
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
WeightWeight-For-Age
Purse$115,635 (2016)
Bonuses$50,000 for Ontario-bred horses from the

The Ontario Matron Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the third week of July, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. Once an ungraded stakes, it is now a Grade III and raced over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the race currently offers a purse of $115,635 with an addition $50,000 for Ontario bred horses from the (T.I.P.).

The Ontario Matron Stakes was first run in 1979. Until 2006 it was known as the Ontario Matron Handicap.

Records[]

Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:42.70 - La Tia (2014)

Most wins:

  • 2 - La Voyageuse (1979, 1980)
  • 2 - (1990, 1991)
  • 2 - Santa Amelia (1997, 1998)
  • 2 - One For Rose (2004, 2005)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - (2004, 2005, 2006)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 6 - Todd Kabel (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners[]

Year
Winner
Age
 Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2021 Art Of Almost 5 Emma-Jayne Wilson Mark Casse D J Stable 1:43.99
2020 Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Pamina 4 Luis Contreras Michael Dickinson Augustin Stable 1:42.42
2018 Gamble's Ghost 5 Eurico Rosa da Silva Josie Carroll Ivan Dalos 1:44.88
2017 Ami's Mesa 4 Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Ivan Dalos 1:43.44
2016 4 Little Red Feather Racing 1:43.74
2015 (IRE) 4 Alan Garcia Roger L. Attfield Triton Racing 1:43.74
2014 La Tia 5 Salvador Hernandez 1:42.70
2013 5 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Mark E. Casse Gary Barber 1:43.41
2012 5 Alex Solis Mark R. Frostad Grange House Partnership 1:45.04
2011 3 Patrick Husbands Todd Pletcher 1:43.39
2010 4 James McAleney Peter Redekop 1:45.63
2009 5 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings 1:43.55
2008 4 Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:42.85
2007 4 Garrett Gomez 1:44.22
2006 5 Emma-Jayne Wilson Sid C. Attard 1:45.52
2005 One For Rose 6 Emile Ramsammy Sid C. Attard 1:45.28
2004 One For Rose 5 Emile Ramsammy Sid C. Attard 1:44.22
2003 4 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Stronach Stables 1:43.72
2002 4 David Clark Roger Attfield 1:43.67
2001 Mountain Angel 4 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:44.36
2000 4 Neil Poznansky Wings of Erin Farm 1:44.04
1999 4 Todd Kabel Kirby Canada Farm 1:43.69
1998 Santa Amelia 6 Todd Kabel Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:43.80
1997 Santa Amelia 5 Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:45.20
1996 5 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:44.80
1995 4 Todd Kabel Peter DiPasquale 1:44.20
1994 4 Robert Landry Roger Attfield Anderson Farms et al. 1:43.60
1993 4 Robert Landry 1:43.40
1992 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Tibor Bankuti/Larson 1:45.80
1991 5 Robin Platts 1:45.00
1990 4 Robin Platts 1:46.00
1989 5 David Clark Golden Willow Farm 1:44.40
1988 4 Don Seymour Sunlight Farm 1:45.40
1987 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:44.40
1986 Bessarabian 4 Robin Platts 1:45.20
1985 4 Larry Attard Bonnie Acres Farm 1:44.80
1984 5 M. S. & J. Passero, Jr. 1:47.20
1983 Eternal Search 5 Lloyd Duffy 1:43.80
1982 5 Larry Attard Sid C. Attard Tom Campbell 1:47.20
1981 4 1:44.40
1980 La Voyageuse 5 Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Levesque 1:44.80
1979 La Voyageuse 4 Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Levesque 1:45.20

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