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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]
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 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 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 race is open to three-year-old filles, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (eight and a half furlongs) on the dirt. The Grade I event carries a purse of US$1 million. From 2006 to 2010 it was called the Fitz Dixon Cotillion to honor Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. of the prominent Widener family of Philadelphia , who have been major figures ...
Joey Logano won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship by winning Sunday's race at Phoenix Raceway. See the winners and losers from the race.
When determining Eclipse Award winners, racing journalists will consider the number and grade of a horse's stakes wins during the year. In general, stakes race refers to the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay, which generally forms part of the prize money offered to the top finishers. Not all stakes races are eligible for grading.