The West Virginia Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia. The race is open to three-year-old horses and is run over a distance of  1 1⁄8 miles. A Grade II stakes race since 2009, it currently offers a purse of $750,000. Inaugurated in 1923, the race has been run at three different West Virginia racetracks: * Tri State Park Racetrack in Huntington, West Virginia (1923, 1924, 1926) * Wheeling Downs in Wheeling, West Virginia (1958, 1959, 1961) * Mountaineer Park, formerly known as Waterford Park (1963–present)