In 1979 he became the only horse ever have won all four prestigious turf races of the United States.
She was not a favorite, and the competition in the one-and-one-sixteenth-mile turf race was much stronger.
The only turf race is the Forerunner; all others are on dirt.
Last year, only six turf races were switched all season.
The turf race had to moved to the dirt track for the 2001 and 2003 runnings.
Moved to Woodbine Racetrack, in 1958 it became a turf race.
Last year the meet was nettled by heavy rains, which forced the cancellation of 32 turf races.
Denon, the favorite, finished third in the $500,000 turf race at one and three-eighths miles.
In 2011, due to heavy rain, this turf race was held on the main track.
It has been a turf race since 1994.