Ontario Matron Stakes

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. A grade 3 event, raced over a distance of 11/16 miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the race currently offers a purse of $150,000 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.

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Woodbine Racetrack Graded Stakes Races

Stakes Race	Grade	Purse
Eclipse Stakes	III	$150,000
Nassau Stakes	II	$300,000
King Edward Stakes	II	$250,000
Highlander Stakes	II	$200,000
Singspiel Stakes	III	$150,000
Queen's Plate Stakes	I	$1,000,000
Dominion Day Stakes	III	$200,000
Dance Smartly Stakes	II	$300,000
Ontario Matron Stakes	III	$150,000
Nijinsky Stakes	II	$300,000
Royal North Stakes	III	$150,000
Sky Classic Stakes	II	$250,000
Ontario Colleen Stakes	III	$150,000
Play the King Stakes	II	$200,000
Seaway Stakes	III	$150,000
Natalma Stakes	III	$200,000
Summer Stakes	III	$250,000
Canadian Stakes	II	$300,000
Northern Dancer Turf Stakes	I	$500,000
Woodbine Mile Stakes	I	$1,000,000
Selene Stakes	III	$250,000
Grey Stakes	III	$200,000
Nearctic Stakes	I	$500,000
E.P. Taylor Stakes	I	$1,000,000
Canadian International Stakes	I	$1,500,000
Autumn Stakes	II	$150,000
Kennedy Road Stakes	III	$150,000
Bessarabian Stakes	III	$150,000
Valedictory Stakes	III	$150,000