It is run at Baden-Baden over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1 mile and 4 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August or September.
For a period it held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2004.
The race was renamed in memory of Walther J. Jacobs (1907–1998), the founder of the successful stud farm Gestüt Fährhof, in 2005.
The title "Walther J. Jacobs-Stutenpreis" is currently assigned to a different race, a Listed event at Bremen over 7 furlongs.
[2] Most successful horse: Leading jockey: Leading trainer since 1998 (2 wins): a Superstition finished first in 2010, but she was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.