Turf Monster Stakes

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Turf Monster Stakes
ClassGrade III
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+14 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:

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
2024Smooth B5Mychel SanchezRobert Reid Jr.LC Racing5 furlongs58.31$250,000ListedOff turf [8]
2023Nobody Listens5 Tyler Gaffalione Tim EgglestonMatt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor & Roger D. Browning5 furlongs1:01.40$250,000III [9]
2022That's Right3Andy HernandezMichael M. MooreJames A. Shannon Jr.5 furlongs57.66$300,000III [10]
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 [11]
2018Pure Sensation7Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs56.42$300,000III [12]
2017Pure Sensation6Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs57.13$300,000III [13]
2016Doctor J Dub6Sheldon Russell Jena Antonucci Drawing Away Stable5 furlongs58.73$300,000III [14]
Turf Monster Handicap
2015Pure Sensation4Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio5 furlongs55.81$300,000III [15]
2014Sharp Sensation4David Moran Reade Baker Jim & Susan Hill5 furlongs57.39$300,000III [16]
2013Stormofthecentury5 Stewart Elliott Louis V. Ruberto Jr.Beechwood Racing Stable5 furlongs57.44$350,000III [17]
2012Ben's Cat6Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5 furlongs1:00.62$350,000III [18]
2011Ben's Cat7 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5 furlongs57.30$356,000III [19]
2010Chamberlain Bridge6 Jamie Theriot W. Bret Calhoun Carl R. Moore Management5 furlongs56.63$251,000Listed [20]
2009Chamberlain Bridge5 John R. Velazquez W. Bret Calhoun Carl R. Moore Management5 furlongs57.14$250,000Listed [21]
2008True to Tradition6Kendrick Carmouche Scott A. Lake Ben Mondello & Adam Russo5 furlongs56.17$250,000Listed [22]
2007Smart Enough4 Joe Bravo John R. S. FisherEdith R. Dixon5 furlongs55.53$200,000Listed [23]
2006Max West6Jose Luis FloresJuan Carlos GuerreroJuan Carlos Guerrero5 furlongs56.63$100,000Listed [24]
2005Worldwind Romance7Ryan BarberMark ShumanMichael J. Gill5 furlongs57.07$100,000Listed [25]
2004Abderian (IRE)7Victor H. MolinaBenjamin M. Feliciano Jr.Richard A. Englander5 furlongs57.53$100,000Listed [26]
2003Testify6Greta KuntzweilerRandy L. MorseRobert S. Mitchell Trust5 furlongs1:00.15$100,000Listed [27]
2002Joe's Son Joey4Nick SantagataTimothy A. HillsJoseph R. Lunetta5 furlongs57.73$100,000Listed [28]

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

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "TURF MONSTER STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Angst, Frank (2 September 2019). "Spun to Run, Pure Sensation Earn Graded Wins at Parx". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. BloodHorse staff (4 September 2015). "Ben's Cat Still After Third Turf Monster Win". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 "2021 Turf Monster Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Juan Vazquez To Sit Out For A Month, Two Of His Runners Suspended 90 Days Over Levamisole Positives". Paulick Report. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. "Turf Monster Transferred To Dirt Following Earlier Incident". Thoroughbred Daily News. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
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