It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1986, and its association with Hoover continued until 1989.
A long-term deal with Meon Valley Stud began in 1998.
The Fillies' Mile was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2008.
The winners from 2008 to 2012 earned an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
[2] In 2015 the race moved again, to a slightly earlier date in October, and is now run on the Friday of the Future Champions Festival.