In 2011 the event was upgraded to a Grade III. The race was inaugurated on with an attractive purse offered of $100,000 as the Turf Monster Handicap.

As of 2019, the event currently carried a purse of $300,000. The Turf Monster Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old or older, over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held annually in September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Horse race Turf Monster Stakes Grade III race