Turf Monster Stakes

Turf Monster Stakes
Grade III race
LocationParx Casino and Racing
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated2002 (as Turf Monster Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteParx
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.

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
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

References

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  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "2021 Turf Monster Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "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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