[4] In 1899 Killashandra won the Vernal Stakes and the following year would also be named American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.
[5] The 1903 edition of the Vernal Stakes was won by the great Beldame who would go on to be named American Horse of the Year in 1904 and following its formation, a U. S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
[7] A few weeks after Bashti's win she would be sold at auction for a record price to Harry Payne Whitney who shipped her to England to race as a three-year-old before eventually returning her to stand as a broodmare at his Kentucky breeding farm.
On June 11, 1908, the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation.
Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which resulted in the deepening of the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912.