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.
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.
Read more about Turf Paradise Derby: Records, Winners of The Turf Paradise Derby
Famous quotes containing the words turf and/or paradise:
“Lie lightly on her, turf and dew:
She put so little weight on you.”
—Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)
“Fool’s paradise may the only one.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)