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.

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

 * 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