Run at a distance of one mile in 2003 and 2004, the race is named for its location.

Each race is named in honor of a horse bred in Florida.

The race had been named by The Hill as one of ten dark horse races in the nation.

The race is named for the island that sits just below the island of Manhattan.

The race is now named in his honor.

The race is named after the C standard library function malloc.

The race is named for an area of the San Francisco Bay.

The race is named for Wakeful the champion mare of the early 20th century.

Instead of assigning a unique name to a particular specific race, the races were named as their general, anthropomorphic stock.

Whether the race was named after the standard or vice versa is not known.