 It was elevated to Grade III status in 1999.Raced for two-year-old fillies in 1939 and 1940, as a result of World War II, there was no race run between 1941 and 1945.On its return in 1946, it was changed to a race for three-year-olds as an important prep race for the Flamingo Stakes that would attract some of the very best horses in the United States.