The Turf Paradise Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually between early and mid February at Turf Paradise Race Course in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

. 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

Graded stakes race

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 stakes that is an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

, 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.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:41.72 - Startac (2001)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 2 - Alfredo Guerrero (1989, 1990)
• 2 - Tim Masters (1991, 1992)
• 2 - Scott A. Stevens (1993, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 5 - Doug Oliver (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Alice Mettler (1989, 1990)
• 2 - Allan Burdick / Arnulf & Rebecca Ueland (1991, 1992)
• 2 - Dennis E. Weir (1996, 1999)

Winners of the Turf Paradise Derby

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Dixie Commander Dixie Commander Bred in Kentucky by Diamond A Racing Corp., Dixie Commander is a 2007 colt out of the winning Go for Gin mare Gin Running, whose dam is a half sister to 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick. He is sired by Dixie Union, a great-grandson of Northern Dancer by his grandsire Dixieland Band. He is...	Wilson Dieguez	Miyadi	Blue Gate Corp. and Steve Miyadi	1:45.97
2009	Mayor Marv	David Flores	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Michael Pegram	1:43.23
2008	Nikki’sgoldensteed	Jon Court Jon Court Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....	Robert Hess Jr.	Lomas & Spenser	1:42.81
2007	Tie Rod	Juan G. Rivera	Joe Johnson	J. Pendergast/J. Johnson	1:43.91
2006	Keagan	Scott A. Stevens	Scott Kruljac	Kruljac, Olsun et al.	1:43.90
2005	General John B	Jon Court Jon Court Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....	Roger Stein	Ross McLeod	1:45.48
2004	Mambo Train	Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s....	Marcelo Polanco	Everest Stables	1:42.07
2003	Robledo	David Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California....	Vladimir Cerin	Push Push Stables	1:41.74
2002	Captain Squire	Chance Rollins	Donald Mills	Jeff Diener/Robert Bone	1:41.76
2001	Startac	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Simon Bray	A. E Paulson Trust Allen E. Paulson Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...	1:41.72
2000	Gilty Moment	Luis H. Jauregui	Richard Mandella	Diamond A Racing	1:42.60
1999	Eagleton	Isaias Enriquez	Kevin Lewis	Dennis E. Weir	1:47:80
1998	Availability	Garrett Gomez	Walter Greenman	Verne Winchell Verne Winchell Vernon Hedges "Verne" Winchell was the founder of Winchell's Donuts.On October 8, 1948 he opened his first donut shop in Temple City, California and earned the nickname "The Donut King" while making a fortune with a chain of Winchell's-branded donut shops in the western United States during the...	1:44.20
1997	White Hot	Danny Sorenson	Kathy Walsh	Dolan & Duggan	1:44.40
1996	Bombay	Sandi L. Gann	Kevin Lewis	Jim & Dennis E. Weir	1:44.20
1995	Speed Predicted	Jake Barton	Doug Oliver	K. & W. Underwood	1:43.40
1994	Screaming Don	Joey Castro	Lanny Sharp	Said, Heim & Sharp	1:42.00
1993	Smokin Albert	Scott A. Stevens	Zenon Lipowicz	Phon Sutton	1:42.60
1992	Wavering Scene	Tim Masters	Doug Oliver	A. Burdick/A.& R Ueland	1:48.40
1991	Honor the Hero	Tim Masters	Doug Oliver	A. Burdick/A. & R. Ueland	1:44.80
1990	Axe Age	Alfredo Guerrero	Doug Oliver	Alice Mettler	1:42.60
1989	Stalixis	Alfredo Guerrero	Doug Oliver	Alice Mettler	1:44.60
1988	Art's Angel	Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse...	Neil French	Robert & Bonnie Walker	1:44.20
1987	Three Phase	Carl Kutz	Bart Hone	Sky Hi Stable	1:43.60
1986	Chuck N Luck	Kenneth Hare	Creed Botts	Donald Baldwin	1:36.40