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 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: 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 RefTurf Monster Stakes2025Race not held2024Smooth B 5Mychel Sanchez Robert Reid Jr. LC Racing5 furlongs58.31$250,000Listed2023Nobody Listens 5Tyler GaffalioneTim EgglestonMatt Kwiatkowski, Jason Kaylor & Roger D. Browning5 furlongs1:01.40$250,000III2022That's Right3Andy HernandezMichael M. MooreJames A. Shannon Jr.5 furlongs57.66$300,000III2021 † Beer Can Man 3 Flavien Prat Mark Glatt Little Red Feather Racing & Sterling Stables 5 furlongs 59.51$300,000III2020Race not held2019 Pure Sensation 8 Paco Lopez Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio 5 furlongs 57.80$300,000III2018 Pure Sensation 7 Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio 5 furlongs 56.42$300,000III2017 Pure Sensation 6 Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio 5 furlongs 57.13$300,000III2016 Doctor J Dub 6 Sheldon Russell Jena Antonucci Drawing Away Stable 5 furlongs 58.73$300,000IIITurf Monster Handicap2015 Pure Sensation 4 Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Patricia A. Generazio 5 furlongs 55.81$300,000III2014 Sharp Sensation 4 David Moran Reade Baker Jim & Susan Hill 5 furlongs 57.39$300,000III2013 Stormofthecentury 5 Stewart Elliott Louis V. Ruberto Jr. Beechwood Racing Stable 5 furlongs 57.44$350,000III2012 Ben's Cat 6 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 furlongs 1:00.62$350,000III2011 Ben's Cat 7 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 furlongs 57.30$356,000III2010 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$100,000Listed 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:

Notes:

† In 2021, Hollywood Talent finished first but was later disqualified due to a medication violation.

See also List of American and Canadian Graded races

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