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.

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. 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.

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.

Previously a Listed race, the event was upgraded to Grade III status for 2012 by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

In 2013, Eldaafer, a former winner of the Grade III Breeders' Cup Marathon, won the event as an eight-year-old.

In 2020, Parx Racing cancelled their race meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Records Speed record 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 4 - Paco Lopez (2015, 2018, 2021, 2022)

Most wins by an owner 2 - Michael A. Foster (2023, 2024)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref20254Joel RosarioPaulo H. LoboDuplo Ouro Stables miles2:31.23$200,000III2024Next6Luan MachadoWilliam D. CowansMichael A. Foster miles2:33.61$200,000III2023Next5Luan MachadoWilliam D. CowansMichael A. Foster miles2:33.28$200,000III2022Ridin With Biden4Paco LopezRobert E. Reid Jr.Cash Is King & LC Racing miles2:32.92$200,000III2021Magic Michael 4Frankie PenningtonJamie NessMorris E. Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs & Jagger, Inc. miles2:32.01$200,000III2020Race not held2019Adventist 6John BisonoUriah St. Lewis Bleu Max Stable miles2:33.81$200,000III2018 4Paco LopezTodd A. Pletcher Bortolazzo Stable miles2:32.40$200,000III2017Madefromlucky 5Javier CastellanoTodd A. Pletcher Cheyenne Stables & Mac Nichol miles2:32.72$200,000III2016Scuba 5Brendan P. WalshDARRS, Inc. miles2:32.76$200,000III2015Neck 'n Neck 6Paco LopezIan R. Wilkes Ted Mitzlaff miles2:33.64$200,000III2014Cary Street 5Miguel MenaBrendan P. Walsh JBL Thoroughbreds & Walsh Racing miles2:30.71$200,000III2013Eldaafer 8Ricardo Santana Jr.Diane D. MoriciJim Atwell & Kevin Jacobsen miles2:33.73$200,000III2012Redeemed 4 Jay Em Ess Stable miles2:28.01$200,000III2011†Birdrun 5Rajiv MaraghWilliam I. Mott Preston Stables miles2:30.30$200,000 Listed 2010A. U. Miner 5Frankie PenningtonClark Hanna Don L. Benge miles2:29.97 $240,000 Listed 2009Alcomo (BRZ) 6Willie MartinezEduardo Caramori Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi miles2:31.88$250,000 Listed 2008Evening Attire 10Jose L. EspinozaPatrick J. Kelly Mary & Joseph Grant & Thomas J. Kelly miles2:29.90$250,000 Listed 2005–2007Race not held2004In Hand 4Rafael Mojica Jr.Philip J. Oliver Shining Armor Stable & G. Watts Humphrey Jr. miles2:33.32$100,000 Listed 2003Golden Ticket 5Cesar DeAlbaClifford W. Sise Jr. Glenn Holsinger miles2:31.61$100,000 Listed 2002Cetewayo 8Clinton L. PottsMichael W. Dickinson Dr. John A. Chandler miles2:35.01$100,000 Listed Legend:

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.

See also List of American and Canadian Graded races

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