Turf Monster Stakes

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Turf Monster Stakes
Grade III race
Location Parx Casino and Racing
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated2002 (as Turf Monster Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Parx
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years old and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
Older: 126 lbs
3YOs: 122 lbs
Purse $300,000 (2019)

The Turf Monster Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old or older, over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held annually in September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. As of 2019, the event currently carried a purse of $300,000.

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History

The race was inaugurated on May 27, 2002 [1] with an attractive purse offered of $100,000 [1] as the Turf Monster Handicap.

In 2011 the event was upgraded to a Grade III. [2]

The event has attracted fast sprinters from the East Coast of the US, including Pure Sensation, who won this event four times [3] and Ben's Cat who won this event twice. [4]

The race was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] In 2021 the ten-year-old Hollywood Talent finished with a late surge and won by 1+1⁄4 lengths at odds of 108-1, [5] but the horse was later disqualified after drug testing found the prohibited substance levamisole. [6]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer
Most wins by an owner
Winners of Parx Dash Stakes – Turf Monster Stakes double

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Turf Monster Stakes
2023Nobody Listens5 Tyler Gaffalione Tim EgglestonMatt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor & Roger D. Browning5 furlongs1:01.40$250,000III [7]
2022That's Right3Andy HernandezMichael M. MooreJames A. Shannon Jr.5 furlongs57.66$300,000III [8]
2021† Beer Can Man3 Flavien Prat Mark GlattLittle Red Feather Racing & Sterling Stables5 furlongs59.51$300,000III [5]
2020Race not held
2019Pure Sensation8 Paco Lopez Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs57.80$300,000III [9]
2018Pure Sensation7Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs56.42$300,000III [10]
2017Pure Sensation6Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs57.13$300,000III [11]
2016Doctor J Dub6Sheldon Russell Jena Antonucci Drawing Away Stable5 furlongs58.73$300,000III [12]
Turf Monster Handicap
2015Pure Sensation4Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs55.81$300,000III [13]
2014Sharp Sensation4David Moran Reade Baker Jim & Susan Hill5 furlongs57.39$300,000III [14]
2013Stormofthecentury5 Stewart Elliott Louis V. Ruberto Jr.Beechwood Racing Stable5 furlongs57.44$350,000III [15]
2012Ben's Cat6Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5 furlongs1:00.62$350,000III [16]
2011Ben's Cat7 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5 furlongs57.30$356,000III [17]
2010Chamberlain Bridge6 Jamie Theriot W. Bret Calhoun Carl R. Moore Management5 furlongs56.63$251,000Listed [18]
2009Chamberlain Bridge5 John R. Velazquez W. Bret Calhoun Carl R. Moore Management5 furlongs57.14$250,000Listed [19]
2008True to Tradition6Kendrick Carmouche Scott A. Lake Ben Mondello & Adam Russo5 furlongs56.17$250,000Listed [20]
2007Smart Enough4 Joe Bravo John R. S. FisherEdith R. Dixon5 furlongs55.53$200,000Listed [21]
2006Max West6Jose Luis FloresJuan Carlos GuerreroJuan Carlos Guerrero5 furlongs56.63$100,000Listed [22]
2005Worldwind Romance7Ryan BarberMark ShumanMichael J. Gill5 furlongs57.07$100,000Listed [23]
2004Abderian (IRE)7Victor H. MolinaBenjamin M. Feliciano Jr.Richard A. Englander5 furlongs57.53$100,000Listed [24]
2003Testify6Greta KuntzweilerRandy L. MorseRobert S. Mitchell Trust5 furlongs1:00.15$100,000Listed [25]
2002Joe's Son Joey4Nick SantagataTimothy A. HillsJoseph R. Lunetta5 furlongs57.73$100,000Listed [26]

Notes:
† In 2021, Hollywood Talent finished first but was later disqualified due to a medication violation. [6]

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  4. ↑ BloodHorse staff (4 September 2015). "Ben's Cat Still After Third Turf Monster Win". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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