Matriarch Stakes (VRC)
The Matriarch Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and upwards, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 2,000 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in November on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000.
History
Grade
- 1995-2000 - Listed Race
- 2001-2004 - Group 3
- 2005 - onwards Group 2
Name
- 1995-2004 - Matriarch Stakes
- 2005-2007 - Hilton International Stakes
- 2008-2012 - Matriarch Stakes
- 2013-2014 - Momentum Energy Stakes
- 2015 - Matriarch Stakes
Winners
- 2024 - Hinged
- 2023 - Deny Knowledge
- 2022 - Atishu
- 2021 - Zayydani
- 2020 - Affair To Remember
- 2019 - Oceanex
- 2018 - Kenedna
- 2017 - Savapinski
- 2016 - Jessy Belle
- 2015 - Lucia Valentina
- 2014 - Suavito
- 2013 - Girl Gone Rockin'
- 2012 - Midnight Martini
- 2011 - Vintedge
- 2010 - Well Rounded
- 2009 - Purple
- 2008 - Bird Of Fire
- 2007 - Hidden Strings
- 2006 - Brom Felinity
- 2005 - Sutology
- 2004 - Demerger
- 2003 - Sweet Corn
- 2002 - Damaschino
- 2001 - Piper Star
- 2000 - Flushed
- 1999 - Sly Sandra
- 1998 - Laebeel
- 1997 - Battocchi
- 1996 - Gold City
- 1995 - Magical Storm
- 1994 - Sudden Wonder
- 1993 - Gilded Splendor