2016 Ontario Matron Stakes Preview, Entries & Odds

OffTrackBetting.com - The Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes comes our way this Sunday, July 17 from Woodbine Racetrack in beautiful Toronto, Ontario. A purse of $150,000 will be on the line for fillies and mares three years old and upward willing to race 1 1/16 miles on Woodbine's All Weather Track.

Nine older females will give it a go in the Ontario Matron Stakes - race 8 on Woodbine's Sunday card. Post time is 4:51 PM. Let's take a glance into the past performances of all nine combatants for this Grade 3 stakes.

2016 Ontario Matron Stakes Race Preview at Woodbine Racetrack

Flipcup 5-2 - Bill Mott trained mare has seven wins, four seconds and five third place finishes in 19 career starts and has won three of her last four ahead of this weekend. She has posted five wins, a second and a third place finish in seven career starts on All Weather Tracks including wins in her last three. Last time out was a nice win in the Grade 3 Arlington Matron Stakes May 28 which followed an uncharacteristic fifth in the minor Bay Ridge Stakes at Aqueduct in December a nice win in the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes here in October and the win in the minor Classy `n Smart Stakes also on this track in September. Flipcup has been superb the last year placing in five of six starts and is expected to be competitive again Sunday from the rail - on a track she's posted four wins, a second and a third place finish in six starts. Luis Contreras has been tabbed to ride the only graded stakes winner in the field and slight morning line favorite.

Miss Chatelaine 3-1 - lightly raced Christophe Clement trained filly has three wins and a third place finish in eight career starts - the best of which was her win in the minor Chelsea Flower Stakes at Belmont Park in October, 2014. She enters off a third in an Allowance Optional Claiming at Belmont Park June 23 after a fifth on October 18 in the Grade 3 Rood and Riddle, an Allowance Optional Claiming score at Belmont Park, a sixth in the Grade 3 Pucker Up Stakes in August and an eighth in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational in July. Miss Chatelaine has been inconsistent indeed and will be out to place in graded stakes company for the first time in her fourth try in her first ever race on this surface. Alan Garcia has the mount on the morning line second choice from post 3.

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Hot Kiss 7-2 - has six wins and two third place finishes in 12 career starts for trainer Michael De Paulo - all on this track. She enters on a nice four race win streak - the minor $100,000 Trillium Stakes last time out June 19, an Allowance Optional Claiming May 6, an Allowance November 27 and an Optional Claiming November 12. Hot Kiss has been untouchable the last eight months and hopes the success translates in her graded stakes debut. Jockey Jesse Campbell will be in charge of keeping an impressive run going on the intriguing third choice from post 7.

Moon Rainbow 6-1 - lightly raced Malcolm Pierce trained filly has three wins and two seconds in seven career starts - all on this track. She enters off a fourth in her graded stakes debut - the Grade 2 Nassau Stakes May 29 after a second behind Strut the Course in an Allowance April 30, a win in a similar race November 13, a second in the minor Carotene Stakes October 12 and an Allowance win in August. Moon Rainbow looks for first stakes score and enters in so-so form from gate 2 with Eurico Rosa Da Silva in the saddle.

Midnight Miley 8-1 - Julia Carey trained filly has four wins, a second and a third place finish in 14 career starts. She won the minor La Lorgnette Stakes here in September and went on to post an Allowance score on this track October 14 and a ninth in her graded stakes debut - the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes here October 31. She has just one start since - a third in the minor Sweet Briar Stakes on this track June 4. Midnight Miley has placed in three of her last four starts overall and will be after her first graded stakes victory from post 5 Sunday. Rafael Manuel Hernandez gets the call.

Minks Aprise 12-1 - has four wins and a second place finish in 11 career starts for trainer Michael Dickinson. She made her graded stakes debut in April and finished an OK fourth in the Grade 2 Great Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos which followed a win by 2 1/4 lengths in the minor Camilla Urso Stakes at Golden Gate March 19, a sixth in the minor Wishing Well Stakes at Santa Anita in January and an Allowance Optional Claiming score in December at Golden Gate. Mikes Aprise has failed to place in her last two starts - a fourth last time out in the Grade 3 Chicago Handicap at Arlington June 25 followed an eighth in the minor Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita May 21. She has failed to place in her last three starts overall and hopes to get back to her early-2016 form. She chases her first graded stakes score from gate 8 with Gary Boulanger aboard.

Galina Point 12-1 - has placed in 13 of 18 career starts for trainer Mark Casse - all on this track and made her graded stakes debut April 10 finishing a good second in the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes. She followed that with another second in the Grade 3 Hendrie Stakes here May 8, a sixth in the minor Ballade Stakes June 4 and a third last time out in the minor Trillium Stakes June 19 - both at Woodbine. Other good results include a runner-up finish in the minor OLG Algoma Stakes here way back in September and a pair of seconds in a pair of minor stakes races last July. She also holds wins in the 2015 Lady Angela Stakes in May and the 2014 South Ocean Stakes. Galina Point now has three wins, eight seconds and two third place finishes and tries for her first win overall since May, 2015. She has placed in four of her last five starts and will leave from the outside post 9 with Patrick Husbands guiding her.

Sweater Weather 15-1 - won the 2014 La Lorgnette Stakes here for trainer Robert Tiller and had been up and down in six starts since. Last time out was an OK second in the minor Trillium Stakes on this track June 19 after a fourth in an Allowance Optional Claiming April 30, a third in the minor Victoriana Stakes in August, a fifth in the minor Sweet Briar Too Stakes last July and a sixth in the minor Trillium Stakes in June, 2015. Before that was a seventh in her only graded stakes action to date - the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes on this track in April, 2015. Sweater Weather hopes for her second stakes win and first graded stakes score as she leaves from gate 6 with Jermaine Bridgmohan guiding her.

London Tower 20-1 - Steve Owens trained filly has placed in eight of 11 career starts - four wins, two seconds and two third place finishes - all on this track. She won the minor Ontario Lassie Stakes in November, 2014 and minor Fury Stakes last May and went on to a second in the Woodbine Oaks, a third in the minor Bison City Stakes July 12 and a nice win in the minor Eternal Search Stakes July 29. London Tower has failed to place in her last three starts however - an ugly ninth last time out in the Grade 2 Nassau Stakes on this track May 29 followed a fifth in an Allowance May 1, a fourth in the minor La Prevoyante Stakes in September and a respectable second in her only graded stakes action to date - the Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes in August. London Tower was good at this time last year but will be out to snap a three race losing streak from gate 4 Sunday. David Moran rides.

2016 Ontario Matron Stakes Entries & Odds

Race 8 on Woodbine's Sunday card with a Post Time of 4:51 PM.