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The race was inaugurated in 2010 [1] with an attractive purse offered of $300,000 [1] as a preparatory race for the Grade I Pennsylvania Derby where the winner was given automatic entry. The event is named in honor of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, and hometown Pennsylvania hero Smarty Jones .
Previously a Listed race, the event was upgraded to Grade III status for 2012 by the American Graded Stakes Committee. [1] In 2013, Eldaafer, a former winner of the Grade III Breeders' Cup Marathon, won the event as an eight-year-old. [4] In 2020, Parx Racing cancelled their race meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [3]
Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Pennsylvania Derby: I $1,000,000 3yo open 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles: Dirt Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Gallant Bob Stakes: II $400,000 3yo open 6 furlongs: Dirt Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Turf Monster Stakes: Listed $250,000 3&up open 5 furlongs: Turf Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Greenwood Cup Stakes: III $200,000 3 ...
The race was inaugurated in 2011 [1] with an attractive purse offered of $200,000 [1] as the Parx Dash Handicap.. In 2013 the event was upgraded to a Grade III. [2]The event has attracted fast sprinters from the East Coast of the US, including Ben's Cat [3] and Pure Sensation who both won this event three times.
The Pennsylvania Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Parx Racing and Casino (formerly known as Keystone Race Track, then from 1986 through 2010 as Philadelphia Park) each year. The track's premiere event is open to horses, age three, and is run at a distance of 1.125 miles (1.811 km) (9 furlongs ) on the dirt and since 2007 normally ...
The race was inaugurated in 1979 [1] as the Gallant Bob Handicap [2] after the horse Gallant Bob [3] who was the first Pennsylvania based horse to earn an Eclipse Award in 1975. [2] The inaugural even was run with conditions of four year olds and older and was held in January.
The Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the turf held annually in July at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
Clairiere, finally in her fourth Grade I start won the Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing. With jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. aboard, Clairiere rallied five-wide down the stretch and continued on to a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 length victory in the 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles event.