First run in 1935, it was contested on dirt through 1954.

Open to horses age three and older, the race was contested on dirt at a distance of 2 miles from inception through 1884.

The race is contested on dirt over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.

It is contested on dirt at a distance of six furlongs.

It was contested on dirt from inception through 1970, and again in 1977, 1979 and 1988.

It is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

It is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards.

Run in early December, the race is contested on dirt over a distance of 1/ miles.

Prior to 2007, the race was contested on dirt.

The modern day race was contested on dirt from 1956 to 1959, 1972, 1975, 1989, 1997, and again in 2000.