Arlington Matron Handicap
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The Arlington Matron Handicap is an American Grade III
flat horse race for Thoroughbred
fillies
and mare
s, aged three years and upward. Raced over a distance of 9 furlong
s on the dirt at Arlington Park
, Arlington Heights, Illinois
every spring, it offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1930, Bewitch
won this race in 1949. Real Delight
won it in 1953.
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
flat horse race for Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
and mare
Mare (horse)
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. However, in Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a...
s, aged three years and upward. Raced over a distance of 9 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s on the dirt at Arlington Park
Arlington Park
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...
, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census....
every spring, it offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1930, Bewitch
Bewitch (horse)
Bewitch was a Thoroughbred race horse born in 1945 at Calumet Farm, Kentucky, United States in the same crop in which the stallion Bull Lea produced Citation and Coaltown. Each of these exceptional Bull Lea foals were, in time, inaugurated into the Thoroughbred Hall of Fame...
won this race in 1949. Real Delight
Real Delight
Real Delight , was an American Thoroughbred race horse bred by the famous Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky.A filly sired by one of America’s foundation stallions, the influential Bull Lea , Real Delight’s dam was the stakes winning Blue Delight Real Delight (1949-1969), was an American...
won it in 1953.
Recent winners
- 2011 - Pachattack (Florent Geroux)
- 2010 - Tizaqueena (E.T. Baird)
- 2009 - Euphony (Cliff Berry)
- 2008 - Indescribable (Jeremy RoseJeremy RoseJeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...
) - 2007 - Solo Survivor
- 2006 - Sea Siren
- 2005 - Indy Groove
- 1957 - Pucker UpPucker Up (horse)Pucker Up was an American Champion Thoroughbred racing mare. She was bred by Dan and Ada Rice's Danada Farm, and raced under Mrs. Rice's name. Her training was handled by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy Conway and his assistant, Al Robertson.Racing in Chicago, in July she won the...
- 1947 - But Why NotBut Why NotBut Why Not was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Blue Larkspur and granddaughter of Black Servant will be remembered best for wins in the Alabama Stakes, the Acorn Stakes, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course...