Turf Monster Stakes
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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 with an attractive purse offered of $100,000 as the Turf Monster Handicap.
In 2011 the event was upgraded to a Grade III.
The event has attracted fast sprinters from the East Coast of the US, including Pure Sensation, who won this event four times and Ben's Cat who won this event twice.
The race was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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, but the horse was later disqualified after drug testing found the prohibited substance levamisole.
The 2024 running was moved off the turf to the dirt track due to the poor state of the turf track.
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
- 4 – Christophe Clement (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
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 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Race not held | |||||||||
| 2024 | Smooth B | 5 | Mychel Sanchez | Robert Reid Jr. | LC Racing | 5 furlongs | 58.31 | $250,000 | Listed | Off turf |
| 2023 | Nobody Listens | 5 | Tyler Gaffalione | Tim Eggleston | Matt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor & Roger D. Browning | 5 furlongs | 1:01.40 | $250,000 | III | |
| 2022 | That's Right | 3 | Andy Hernandez | Michael M. Moore | James A. Shannon Jr. | 5 furlongs | 57.66 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2021 | † Beer Can Man | 3 | Flavien Prat | Mark Glatt | Little Red Feather Racing & Sterling Stables | 5 furlongs | 59.51 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2020 | Race not held | |||||||||
| 2019 | Pure Sensation | 8 | Paco Lopez | Christophe Clement | Patricia A. Generazio | 5 furlongs | 57.80 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2018 | Pure Sensation | 7 | Kendrick Carmouche | Christophe Clement | Patricia A. Generazio | 5 furlongs | 56.42 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2017 | Pure Sensation | 6 | Kendrick Carmouche | Christophe Clement | Patricia A. Generazio | 5 furlongs | 57.13 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2016 | Doctor J Dub | 6 | Sheldon Russell | Jena Antonucci | Drawing Away Stable | 5 furlongs | 58.73 | $300,000 | III | |
| Turf Monster Handicap | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Pure Sensation | 4 | Kendrick Carmouche | Christophe Clement | Patricia A. Generazio | 5 furlongs | 55.81 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2014 | Sharp Sensation | 4 | David Moran | Reade Baker | Jim & Susan Hill | 5 furlongs | 57.39 | $300,000 | III | |
| 2013 | Stormofthecentury | 5 | Stewart Elliott | Louis V. Ruberto Jr. | Beechwood Racing Stable | 5 furlongs | 57.44 | $350,000 | III | |
| 2012 | Ben's Cat | 6 | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 5 furlongs | 1:00.62 | $350,000 | III | |
| 2011 | Ben's Cat | 7 | Jeremy Rose | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 5 furlongs | 57.30 | $356,000 | III | |
| 2010 | Chamberlain Bridge | 6 | Jamie Theriot | W. Bret Calhoun | Carl R. Moore Management | 5 furlongs | 56.63 | $251,000 | Listed | |
| 2009 | Chamberlain Bridge | 5 | John R. Velazquez | W. Bret Calhoun | Carl R. Moore Management | 5 furlongs | 57.14 | $250,000 | Listed | |
| 2008 | True to Tradition | 6 | Kendrick Carmouche | Scott A. Lake | Ben Mondello & Adam Russo | 5 furlongs | 56.17 | $250,000 | Listed | |
| 2007 | Smart Enough | 4 | Joe Bravo | John R. S. Fisher | Edith R. Dixon | 5 furlongs | 55.53 | $200,000 | Listed | |
| 2006 | Max West | 6 | Jose Luis Flores | Juan Carlos Guerrero | Juan Carlos Guerrero | 5 furlongs | 56.63 | $100,000 | Listed | |
| 2005 | Worldwind Romance | 7 | Ryan Barber | Mark Shuman | Michael J. Gill | 5 furlongs | 57.07 | $100,000 | Listed | |
| 2004 | Abderian (IRE) | 7 | Victor H. Molina | Benjamin M. Feliciano Jr. | Richard A. Englander | 5 furlongs | 57.53 | $100,000 | Listed | |
| 2003 | Testify | 6 | Greta Kuntzweiler | Randy L. Morse | Robert S. Mitchell Trust | 5 furlongs | 1:00.15 | $100,000 | Listed | |
| 2002 | Joe's Son Joey | 4 | Nick Santagata | Timothy A. Hills | Joseph R. Lunetta | 5 furlongs | 57.73 | $100,000 | Listed |
Legend: Dirt Turf Notes: † In 2021, Hollywood Talent finished first but was later disqualified due to a medication violation.