The inaugural running of the Royal Palm took place on January 23, 1946 and was won by the four-year-old gelding Concordian.
Owned by Barney Murphy, trained by Robert Odom and ridden by Joe Renick, they would soon follow up with another win in Hialeah's McLennan Handicap.
Retired with earnings of $297,077, Three Rings had been purchased for $7,500 by Evelyn L. Hopkins of Cleveland, Ohio from his breeder/owner John Phipps at a June 17, 1948 sale at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In the March 26, 1995 edition, D J's Rainbow and Gone For Real raced to a dead heat win.
[4] The Royal Palm Handicap had its final running on opening day March 17, 2001 when Hialeah Park was celebrating its 75th anniversary.