The Greenwood Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide 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 National Hunt racing...

 run annually each summer at Philadelphia Park Racetrack

Philadelphia Park Racetrack

Parx Racing and Casino is a thoroughbred horse racetrack and racino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It currently houses 3,300 slot machines.-History:...

 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States which borders the northeast section of Philadelphia. The township is composed of many communities, including Bensalem, Trevose, Oakford, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, and Andalusia...

. Open to three-year-olds and up, the ungraded stakes

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 event is set at a distance of 1½ miles on dirt. The race offers a purse of $200,000 plus $50,000 from the Breeders' Cup

Breeders' Cup

The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Thoroughbred horse races, most but not all Grade I, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days. The location...

.

The race is named for Greenwood Racing, Inc. who purchased Philadelphia Park in December 1990.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 and 2009 Greenwood Cup Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Marathon

Breeders' Cup Marathon

The Breeders' Cup Marathon is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race established in 2008 as part of the annual Breeders' Cup World Championships. A Weight for Age race open to horses three years old and up, it was contested on dirt at a distance of 1½ miles in its inaugural running. For 2009,...

. http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx

Past winners

• 2011 - Birdrun (5) (Rajiv Maragh
  Rajiv Maragh
  Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....
  
  ) (A.U. Miner (6) ridden by Calvin Borel
  Calvin Borel
  Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby...
  
   - A.U. Miner DISQUALIFIED FOR POSITIVE DRUG FINDINGS ON 10/13/11)
• 2010 - A.U. Miner (5) (Frankie Pennington)
• 2009 - Alcomo (5) (Willie Martinez
  Willie Martinez (jockey)
  Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...
  
  )
• 2008 – Evening Attire
  Evening Attire (horse)
  Evening Attire is a Kentucky bred Thoroughbred racehorse, foaled on February 14, 1998, though most of his racing career has taken place in New York.-A little history, early and late:Bred by Joseph M. Grant and Hall of Famer Thomas J...
  
   (10) (Jose Espinoza
  Jose L. Espinoza
  Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.-Year-end charts:Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....
  
  ) (broke the track record for the distance)
• 2007 - NOT RUN
• 2006 - NOT RUN
• 2005
• 2004 - In Hand
• 2003 - Golden Ticket
• 2002 - Cetewayo

External links

• Philadelphia Park Racetrack official web site