Greenwood Cup Stakes

Greenwood Cup Stakes
Grade III race
LocationParx Casino and Racing
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated2002 (as Greenwood Cup Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteParx
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
Older: 126 lbs
3YOs: 123 lbs
Purse$200,000 (since 2011)

The Greenwood Cup Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older, over a distance of one-and-one-half miles on the dirt held annually in September during the fall meeting at Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The current purse is $200,000.

History

The race is named for Greenwood Racing, Inc. who purchased Philadelphia Park in December 1990.[1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 8 June 2002 under handicap conditions and held on the turf course as the Greenwood Cup Handicap. The event was won by multiple Grade I winner, eight-year-old Cetewayo, bred and owned by Dr. John A. Chandler. The horse finished strongly as the 1/2 odds-on favorite to win by a length in a time of 2:35.01.[2] The following year the event was moved off the turf and raced on a sloppy dirt track. It was won by Golden Ticket, who led all the way, winning by ten-and-one-quarter lengths.[2]

The event was not held between 2005 and 2007. When the event resumed, it was scheduled in mid-July and was held on the dirt track as a stakes allowance.[3]

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]

Records

Speed record
  • 1+1⁄2 miles: 2:28.01 Redeemed (2012)
Margins
  • 25 lengths – Next (2023)
Most wins
  • 2 – Next (2023, 2024)
Most wins by a trainer
  • 2 - Brendan P. Walsh (2014, 2016)
  • 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2017, 2018)
  • 2 - William D. Cowans (2023, 2024)
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by an owner
  • 2 - Michael A. Foster (2023, 2024)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 Next 6 Luan Machado William D. Cowans Michael A. Foster 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.61 $200,000 III [5]
2023 Next 5 Luan Machado William D. Cowans Michael A. Foster 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.28 $200,000 III [6]
2022 Ridin With Biden 4 Paco Lopez Robert E. Reid Jr. Cash Is King & LC Racing 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.92 $200,000 III [7]
2021 Magic Michael 4 Frankie Pennington Jamie Ness Morris E. Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs & Jagger, Inc. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.01 $200,000 III [8]
2020 Race not held
2019 Adventist 6 John Bisono Uriah St. Lewis Bleu Max Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.81 $200,000 III [9]
2018 You're to Blame 4 Paco Lopez Todd A. Pletcher Bortolazzo Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.40 $200,000 III [10]
2017 Madefromlucky 5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Cheyenne Stables & Mac Nichol 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.72 $200,000 III [11]
2016 Scuba 5 Kendrick Carmouche Brendan P. Walsh DARRS, Inc. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.76 $200,000 III [12]
2015 Neck 'n Neck 6 Paco Lopez Ian R. Wilkes Ted Mitzlaff 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.64 $200,000 III [13]
2014 Cary Street 5 Miguel Mena Brendan P. Walsh JBL Thoroughbreds & Walsh Racing 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.71 $200,000 III [14]
2013 Eldaafer 8 Ricardo Santana Jr. Diane D. Morici Jim Atwell & Kevin Jacobsen 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.73 $200,000 III [4]
2012 Redeemed 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Jay Em Ess Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.01 $200,000 III [15]
2011 †Birdrun 5 Rajiv Maragh William I. Mott Preston Stables 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.30 $200,000 Listed [16]
2010 A. U. Miner 5 Frankie Pennington Clark Hanna Don L. Benge 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.97 $240,000 Listed [17]
2009 Alcomo (BRZ) 6 Willie Martinez Eduardo Caramori Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.88 $250,000 Listed [18]
2008 Evening Attire 10 Jose L. Espinoza Patrick J. Kelly Mary & Joseph Grant & Thomas J. Kelly 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.90 $250,000 Listed [19]
2005–2007 Race not held
2004 In Hand 4 Rafael Mojica Jr. Philip J. Oliver Shining Armor Stable & G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.32 $100,000 Listed [20]
2003 Golden Ticket 5 Cesar DeAlba Clifford W. Sise Jr. Glenn Holsinger 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.61 $100,000 Listed Off turf[21]
2002 Cetewayo 8 Clinton L. Potts Michael W. Dickinson Dr. John A. Chandler 1+1⁄2 miles 2:35.01 $100,000 Listed [2]

Legend:
  Turf   Dirt
Notes:
† In the 2011 running, A. U. Miner was first past the post and wagering was paid out as the winner, however the horse returned a positive swab for methylprednisolone and was disqualified from first place purse money. The redistributed winner's purse went to Birdrun, who finished second.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Greenwood Cup Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "2002 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 10)". Equibase. 8 June 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "GREENWOOD CUP STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2013 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "2024 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 7)". Equibase. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2021 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. ^ "2019 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ^ "2018 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ "2017 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 6)". Equibase. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "2016 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 7)". Equibase. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ^ "2015 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  14. ^ "2014 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ^ "2012 Greenwood Cup Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  16. ^ "2011 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  17. ^ "2010 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  18. ^ "2009 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  19. ^ "2008 Greenwood Cup Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  20. ^ "2004 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  21. ^ "2003 Greenwood Cup Handicap Listed - (race 10)". Equibase. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. ^ Mitchell, Ron; Shandler, Jason (13 October 2011). "A. U. Miner DQ'd from Greenwood Cup Win". Retrieved 20 September 2021.