[1] The Gran Premio de Honor was first run in 1887 over a distance of 3500 meters.
[5] From 1988 to 2006, the race was restricted to horses four years old or older and run in October.
When it was moved to April in 2007, it was opened to horses three years old or older.
[3] The Gran Premio de Honor is the second jewel in the Campeonato Palermo de Oro ® Para todo caballo de 3 años y más edad, run after the Group 2 Premio Clásico Otoño and before the Group 1 Gran Premio República Argentina.
Prior to that, Mouchette won three times (1911, 1912, 1913) and the race was won twice by Old Man (1905, 1906), Caid (1921, 1922), Balbucó (1936, 1937), Bon Vin (1940, 1941), Churrinche (1945, 1946), Penny Post (1949, 1950), Yatasto (1952, 1953), and Imbroglio (1959, 1960).