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 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]

More information Year, Winner ...

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]

Turf Monster Stakes

History

Records

Winners

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References

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