The Matron Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the fall season at Belmont Park, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) track in Elmont, Long Island, New York.
There was no race held from 1895 to 1898 and as a result of the passage of New York state's Hart–Agnew Law that banned parimutuel wagering, from 1911 to 1913.
When it was revived in 1923 as part of the Belmont Park schedule, the Matron was won by the Greentree Stable filly Tree Top who beat twelve other competitors.
Runner-up Nellie Morse went on to win the 1924 Preakness Stakes and earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors.
[2] In 2001 the race was cancelled in observance of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.