Greenwood Cup Stakes

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Greenwood Cup Stakes
Grade III race
Location Parx Casino and Racing
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated2002 (as Greenwood Cup Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Parx
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
Older: 126 lbs
3YOs: 123 lbs
Purse $200,000 (since 2011)

The Greenwood Cup Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older, over a distance of one-and-one-half miles on the dirt held annually in September during the fall meeting at Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The current purse is $200,000.

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History

The race is named for Greenwood Racing, Inc. who purchased Philadelphia Park in December 1990. [1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 8 June 2002 under handicap conditions on held on the turf course as the Greenwood Cup Handicap. The event was won by multiple Grade I winner, the Dr. John A. Chandler bred and owned eight-year-old Cetewayo, who finished strongly as the 1/2 odds-on favorite to win by a length in a time of 2:35.01. [2] The following year the event was moved off the turf and raced on a sloppy dirt track and was won by Golden Ticket who led all the way winning by ten-and-one-quarter lengths. [2]

The event was not held between 2005 and 2007. When the event resumed it was scheduled in mid-July and was held on the dirt track as a stakes allowance. [3]

Previously a Listed race, the event was upgraded to Grade III status for 2012 by the American Graded Stakes Committee. [1]

In 2013, Eldaafer a former winner of the Grade III Breeders' Cup Marathon won the event as an eight year old. [4]

In 2020, Parx Racing cancelled their race meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [3]

Records

Speed record
Margins
Most wins by a trainer
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by an owner

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
2023Next5Luan MachadoWilliam D. CowansMichael A. Foster1+1⁄2 miles2:33.28$200,000III [5]
2022Ridin With Biden4 Paco Lopez Robert E. Reid Jr.Cash Is King & LC Racing1+1⁄2 miles2:32.92$200,000III [6]
2021Magic Michael4Frankie PenningtonJamie NessMorris E. Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs & Jagger, Inc.1+1⁄2 miles2:32.01$200,000III [7]
2020Race not held
2019Adventist6John BisonoUriah St. LewisBleu Max Stable1+1⁄2 miles2:33.81$200,000III [8]
2018You're to Blame4 Paco Lopez Todd A. Pletcher Bortolazzo Stable1+1⁄2 miles2:32.40$200,000III [9]
2017Madefromlucky5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Cheyenne Stables & Mac Nichol1+1⁄2 miles2:32.72$200,000III [10]
2016Scuba5Kendrick CarmoucheBrendan P. WalshDARRS, Inc.1+1⁄2 miles2:32.76$200,000III [11]
2015Neck 'n Neck6 Paco Lopez Ian R. Wilkes Ted Mitzlaff1+1⁄2 miles2:33.64$200,000III [12]
2014Cary Street5 Miguel Mena Brendan P. WalshJBL Thoroughbreds & Walsh Racing1+1⁄2 miles2:30.71$200,000III [13]
2013 Eldaafer 8 Ricardo Santana Jr. Diane D. MoriciJim Atwell & Kevin Jacobsen1+1⁄2 miles2:33.73$200,000III [4]
2012Redeemed4 Ramon A. Dominguez Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Jay Em Ess Stable1+1⁄2 miles2:28.01$200,000III [14]
2011†Birdrun5 Rajiv Maragh William I. Mott Preston Stables1+1⁄2 miles2:30.30$200,000Listed [15]
2010A. U. Miner5Frankie PenningtonClark HannaDon L. Benge1+1⁄2 miles2:29.97$240,000Listed [16]
2009Alcomo (BRZ) 6 Willie Martinez Eduardo CaramoriAbdul Rahman Al Jasmi1+1⁄2 miles2:31.88$250,000Listed [17]
2008 Evening Attire 10 Jose L. Espinoza Patrick J. KellyMary & Joseph Grant & Thomas J. Kelly1+1⁄2 miles2:29.90$250,000Listed [18]
2005–2007Race not held
2004In Hand4Rafael Mojica Jr.Philip J. OliverShining Armor Stable & G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1+1⁄2 miles2:33.32$100,000Listed [19]
2003Golden Ticket5Cesar DeAlbaClifford W. Sise Jr.Glenn Holsinger1+1⁄2 miles2:31.61$100,000ListedOff turf [20]
2002Cetewayo8Clinton L. Potts Michael W. Dickinson Dr. John A. Chandler1+1⁄2 miles2:35.01$100,000Listed [2]

Legend:
  Turf  Dirt
Notes:
† In the 2011 running, A. U. Miner was first past the post and wagering was paid out as the winner, however the horse returned a positive swab for methylprednisolone and was disqualified from first place purse money. The redistributed winner's purse went to Birdrun, who finished second. [21]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "2002 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 10)". Equibase. 8 June 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "GREENWOOD CUP STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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  5. ↑ "2023 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 7)". Equibase. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "2022 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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  8. ↑ "2019 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "2018 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "2017 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 6)". Equibase. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "2016 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 7)". Equibase. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "2015 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "2014 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "2012 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "2011 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "2010 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "2009 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "2008 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "2004 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "2003 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 10)". Equibase. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  21. ↑ Mitchell, Ron; Shandler, Jason (13 October 2011). "A. U. Miner DQ'd from Greenwood Cup Win" . Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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