A Grade II event run in early March, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.
It was won the next year in track record time by Armed, dubbed "the greatest attraction ever offered at his young seaside course" by the New York Times.
[3] In 1948 Rampart became the first female horse to win the race, defeating Armed at odds of 26–1.
[4] Graded stakes race status: In 1997, Barbara Minshall became the first female trainer to win the race in its fifty-two-year history.
As part of his record seven wins of this race, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey won this race four times in a row from 1995 through 1998.