[1] Although prize money declined from its inaugural high, the Great Filly Stakes still offered a significant purse throughout its tenure.
Run in September, the race helped establish the year's Champion two-year-old filly and those expected to be top-level performers in their upcoming three-year-old campaigns.
[2][3] The Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes had already passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11 of that year.
[5] After 1908, the financial situation had deteriorated to the point where it left the future of the Sheepshead Bay track in doubt and its owners attempted to make a deal with the Saratoga Association to host its Great Filly Stakes for 1910.
Unsuccessful in their effort, the final Great Filly Stakes took place on September 8, 1909 and was won by Schoolmarm.