Open to fillies aged three, it is competed on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.
The Safely Kept Breeders' Cup Stakes is one of the top sprints for three-year-old fillies in the country.
One of the few six-furlong contests with graded status for three-year-olds that leads to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
[1] The race is named in honor of Jayeff "B" Stable's and Barry Weisbord's 1989 Eclipse Award Champion Sprinter and 1989 Columbia Stakes winner Safely Kept in 1996.
The race was run at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Virginia in 1997.