The inaugural running of the event was on 18 March 1989 as the Remington Park Derby held over the 1+1⁄16 miles distance and was won by the Oklahoma bred Clever Trevor in a time 1:43.00.
[2] Clever Trevor would later win the Grade I Arlington Classic and Remington Park would have a Black Type Stakes named after him.
[3] The event was moved to the late summer, early fall schedule in 1997.
[1] It is the track's flagship event and the most lucrative Thoroughbred race at Remington Park.
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