Grade III race | |
Location | Mountaineer Park Chester, West Virginia, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1923 (as Huntington Tri-State Park) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Mountaineer Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | 124 lbs. with allowances |
Purse | $500,000 (since 2018) |
The West Virginia Derby is an American Grade III stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horses run over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia in August.[1] The purse for the event is US$500,000.[1]