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The Tom Ridge Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
run at
Presque Isle Downs Presque Isle Downs & Casino is a casino and horse racing track near Erie, Pennsylvania, owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc. History The developer, MTR Gaming Group, broke ground in October 2005 for the new facility, which opened on February ...
in
Erie Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 a ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. First run in 2007, it was originally known as the Tom Ridge Labor Day Stakes when it was run the first two years on
Labor Day Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United St ...
. The race is a six-
furlong A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hors ...
event for three-year-old horses and is raced on Tapeta synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $100,000. The race is named for
Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. ...
, who was the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001.


Records

Speed record: * 1:08.16 - Noholdingback Bear (2016) (at current distance of 6 furlongs)


Winners

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, Tom R. Walters , 1:10.69 , - , 2008 , Fatal Bullet ,
Eurico Rosa Da Silva Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
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Reade Baker Reade Baker (born April 30, 1947, in Port Dalhousie, Ontario) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who was voted the 2005 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer in Canada and who in 2018 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hal ...
, Bear Stables , 1:08.60 , - , 2009 , Great Love , Erick D. Rodriguez , John J. Robb , Janet L. Wayson , 1:10.00 , - , 2010 ,
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, Willie Martinez ,
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, Ralph T. Piercy , 1:08.42 , - , 2011 ,
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Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States. He has won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile with Champion Turf Mare T ...
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, Clarkland Farm/Foley , 1:09.12 , - , 2012 , Sum of the Parts ,
Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States. He has won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile with Champion Turf Mare T ...
, Tom Amoss , Klaravich Stables/Lawrence , 1:09.02 , - , 2013 ,
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, Scott Spieth , Ricky Griffith , Debmar Stables , 1:09:79 , - , 2014 , Choctaw Chuck , Jose Angel Garcia ,
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, Clyde D. Rice , 1:09.46 , - , 2015 , Cyclogenisis ,
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, George Weaver , Matthew Schera , 1:09.33 , - , 2016 , Noholdingback Bear ,
Eurico Rosa Da Silva Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
, Michael P. De Paulo , Bear Stables , 1:08.16 , - , 2017 , Balandeen , Albin Jimenez , Chris Hartman , Joey Keith Davis , 1:10.31 , - , 2018 ,
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, Irwin Rosendo , Mike Rone , Brinley Enterprises , 1:08.71 , - Flat horse races for three-year-olds Recurring sporting events established in 2007 Sports in Erie, Pennsylvania Ungraded stakes races in the United States