 It was last run in 1910 when the racetrack closed as a result of the Hart-Agnew Law, an anti-gambling bill passed into law by the Legislature of the State of New York 

A second edition of the Long Island Handicap was inaugurated in 1956 at Belmont Park.Through 1971 the race was open to horses of either gender, age three and older.It was hosted by Belmont Park in 1956–1960, 1962, 1964–1965, 1968–1969, 1972, 1975–1977, and 1989–1993.