Grade 1 race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1981 (at Hollywood Park Racetrack) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Del Mar |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and mares three-year-olds and older |
Weight | Three-year-olds – 120 lbs. Older – 123 lbs. |
Purse | $300,000 (since 2023) |
The Matriarch Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are of age three-years-old or older over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.