 Created in 1955 at Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the 11/16 mile event was the world's richest race for two-year-old fillies, offering a total purse of US$130,300 in its inaugural year.The race was the counterpart to the Garden State Futurity for two-year-old male horses.In the early 1970s, growing competition from Keystone Racetrack in nearby Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania caused a sharp decline in revenues at Garden State Park which resulted in cancellation of the 1973 fall racing season.