Turf Paradise Derby

Turf Paradise Derby
Ungraded race
LocationTurf Paradise
Phoenix, Arizona
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websiteturfparadise.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

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. It is an ungraded stakes race that is a prep for the Kentucky Derby, although it does not offer Derby qualifying points.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "2022/23 Kentucky Derby Prep Races". kentuckyderby.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.