Ontario Matron Stakes

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+116 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 T.I.P.

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+116 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 Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (T.I.P.).

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