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West Virginia Derby

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Inaugurated
  
1923

Purse
  
750,000 USD

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Mountaineer Park Chester, West Virginia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.mtrgaming.com/racing/liveracing.html

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

The West Virginia Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia. The race is open to three-year-old horses and is run over a distance of  1 1⁄8 miles. A Grade II stakes race since 2009, it currently offers a purse of $750,000.

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Inaugurated in 1923, the race has been run at three different West Virginia racetracks:

  • Tri State Park Racetrack in Huntington, West Virginia (1923, 1924, 1926)
  • Wheeling Downs in Wheeling, West Virginia (1958, 1959, 1961)
  • Mountaineer Park, formerly known as Waterford Park (1963–present)

    • There was no race in 1925, 1927, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1982–1987, and 1991-1997. In 1926 it was raced at a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles.

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    Records

    Time record: (at current  1 1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:46:29 - Soto (2003) (Stakes and track record)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Floyd Green (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)

    • References

    West Virginia Derby Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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