The Hilton International Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club

Victoria Racing Club

The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual “race that stops a nation”, the Melbourne Cup, which was first contested in 1861.From its...

 Group 2

Group races

Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...

 Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n 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...

 horse race for mares aged four years old and over under handicap

Handicapping

Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is calculated...

 conditions, over a distance of 2000 metres.

It is held at Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...

 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

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Race History

1995 onwards held over 2000m.

1995–2000 was a Listed Race

2001–2004 was a Group 3

2005 onwards Group 2

1995 - 2004 the race was known as the ‘Matriarch Stakes’

2005 onwards the race has been called ‘Hilton International Stakes’

The winners

• 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