Turf Monster Stakes

Turf Monster Stakes

Class	Grade III
Location	Parx Casino and Racing Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated	2002 (as Turf Monster Handicap)
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Parx
Race information
Distance	5 furlongs
Surface	Turf
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three years old and older
Weight	Base 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.

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]

The 2024 running was moved off the turf to the dirt track due to the poor state of the turf track. ^[7]

Records

Speed record:

• 5 furlongs – 55.53 - Smart Enough (2007)

Margins:

• 5+1⁄4 lengths – Worldwind Romance (2005)

Most wins by a jockey

• 4 – Kendrick Carmouche (2008, 2015, 2017, 2018)

Most wins by a trainer

• 4 – Christophe Clement (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Most wins by an owner

• 4 – Patricia A. Generazio (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Winners of Parx Dash Stakes – Turf Monster Stakes double

• Ben's Cat (2012), Pure Sensation (2017, 2019)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
Turf Monster Stakes
2024	Smooth B	5	Mychel Sanchez	Robert Reid Jr.	LC Racing	5 furlongs	58.31	$250,000	Listed	Off turf [8]
2023	Nobody Listens	5	Tyler Gaffalione	Tim Eggleston	Matt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor & Roger D. Browning	5 furlongs	1:01.40	$250,000	III	[9]
2022	That's Right	3	Andy Hernandez	Michael M. Moore	James A. Shannon Jr.	5 furlongs	57.66	$300,000	III	[10]
2021	† Beer Can Man	3	Flavien Prat	Mark Glatt	Little Red Feather Racing & Sterling Stables	5 furlongs	59.51	$300,000	III	[5]
2020	Race not held
2019	Pure Sensation	8	Paco Lopez	Christophe Clement	Patricia A. Generazio	5 furlongs	57.80	$300,000	III	[11]
2018	Pure Sensation	7	Kendrick Carmouche	Christophe Clement	Patricia A. Generazio	5 furlongs	56.42	$300,000	III	[12]
2017	Pure Sensation	6	Kendrick Carmouche	Christophe Clement	Patricia A. Generazio	5 furlongs	57.13	$300,000	III	[13]
2016	Doctor J Dub	6	Sheldon Russell	Jena Antonucci	Drawing Away Stable	5 furlongs	58.73	$300,000	III	[14]
Turf Monster Handicap
2015	Pure Sensation	4	Kendrick Carmouche	Christophe Clement	Patricia A. Generazio	5 furlongs	55.81	$300,000	III	[15]
2014	Sharp Sensation	4	David Moran	Reade Baker	Jim & Susan Hill	5 furlongs	57.39	$300,000	III	[16]
2013	Stormofthecentury	5	Stewart Elliott	Louis V. Ruberto Jr.	Beechwood Racing Stable	5 furlongs	57.44	$350,000	III	[17]
2012	Ben's Cat	6	Julian Pimentel	King T. Leatherbury	The Jim Stable	5 furlongs	1:00.62	$350,000	III	[18]
2011	Ben's Cat	7	Jeremy Rose	King T. Leatherbury	The Jim Stable	5 furlongs	57.30	$356,000	III	[19]
2010	Chamberlain Bridge	6	Jamie Theriot	W. Bret Calhoun	Carl R. Moore Management	5 furlongs	56.63	$251,000	Listed	[20]
2009	Chamberlain Bridge	5	John R. Velazquez	W. Bret Calhoun	Carl R. Moore Management	5 furlongs	57.14	$250,000	Listed	[21]
2008	True to Tradition	6	Kendrick Carmouche	Scott A. Lake	Ben Mondello & Adam Russo	5 furlongs	56.17	$250,000	Listed	[22]
2007	Smart Enough	4	Joe Bravo	John R. S. Fisher	Edith R. Dixon	5 furlongs	55.53	$200,000	Listed	[23]
2006	Max West	6	Jose Luis Flores	Juan Carlos Guerrero	Juan Carlos Guerrero	5 furlongs	56.63	$100,000	Listed	[24]
2005	Worldwind Romance	7	Ryan Barber	Mark Shuman	Michael J. Gill	5 furlongs	57.07	$100,000	Listed	[25]
2004	Abderian (IRE)	7	Victor H. Molina	Benjamin M. Feliciano Jr.	Richard A. Englander	5 furlongs	57.53	$100,000	Listed	[26]
2003	Testify	6	Greta Kuntzweiler	Randy L. Morse	Robert S. Mitchell Trust	5 furlongs	1:00.15	$100,000	Listed	[27]
2002	Joe's Son Joey	4	Nick Santagata	Timothy A. Hills	Joseph R. Lunetta	5 furlongs	57.73	$100,000	Listed	[28]

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

See also

• List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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