 The event offered a purse of US$75,000 added plus a $22,500 bonus for horses bred in the State of California.The race was discontinued with the closure of Hollywood Park

In 1999 and 2000, the race was contested at four and one half furlongs and at five furlongs from 2001 through 2005.Inaugurated in 1953 as the Westchester Stakes, for that first year only it was restricted to fillies.