The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade III invitational horse race run over one mile.
Then in 2017 the original root of race name was brought back as well adding it to a portion of its last version the Turf Cup suffix.
When it was founded by John D. Schapiro (owner of the Laurel Park Racecourse), it was the only international horse race in the United States.
[3] Usually just called the International, the race drew the best Thoroughbreds from the U.S. and Europe; it was important enough to attract horses from the Soviet Union during the 1960s, despite the Cold War.
U.S. Hall of Famer Kelso won five straight Horse of the Year honors competing almost entirely on the dirt in the early 1960s and finished second three times in a row in the International.