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Turf Paradise Derby

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Inaugurated
  
1986

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
turfparadise.com

Purse
  
75,000 USD

Location
  
Turf Paradise Phoenix, Arizona

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

Turf paradise derby


The Turf Paradise Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually between early and mid February at Turf Paradise Race Course in Phoenix, Arizona. The race is open to three-year-old horses and is competed over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. An ungraded stakes that is an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby, it currently offers a purse of $100,000.

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Inaugurated in 1986, the Turf Paradise Derby was run at a distance of one mile but the following year was modified to its present distance of one and one-sixteenth miles.

Turf paradise derby


Records

Speed record:

  • 1:41.72 - Startac (2001)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Alfredo Guerrero (1989, 1990)
  • 2 - Tim Masters (1991, 1992)
  • 2 - Scott A. Stevens (1993, 2006)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Doug Oliver (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Alice Mettler (1989, 1990)
  • 2 - Allan Burdick / Arnulf & Rebecca Ueland (1991, 1992)
  • 2 - Dennis E. Weir (1996, 1999)

    • References

    Turf Paradise Derby Wikipedia
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