The Greenwood Cup Stakes is a Grade III American

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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

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. 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 on held on the turf course as the Greenwood Cup Handicap. The event was won by multiple

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winner, the Dr. John A. Chandler bred and owned eight-year-old Cetewayo, who 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 and 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

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. In 2013, Eldaafer a former winner of the Grade III

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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 * lengths – Madefromlucky (2017) ;Most wins by a trainer * 2 - Brendan P. Walsh (2014, 2016) * 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2017, 2018) ;Most wins by a jockey * 4 - Paco Lopez (2015, 2018, 2021, 2022) ;Most wins by an owner * No owner has won this event more than once

Winners

''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

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and was disqualified from first place purse money. The redistributed winner's purse went to Birdrun, who finished second.

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References