Inaugurated as the Miami Breeders' Cup Handicap in 1987, it has been raced at various distances:
Awad ran fifth behind several of the same horses three weeks ago in the Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap.
On April 1, he again placed in his second Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap at Aqueduct.
Last evening's opening feature was the $100,000 Honey Bee Breeders' Cup Handicap for 3-year-old fillies.
In 1987 it was called the Tropical Park Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap.
And he will saddle Aptitude in Sunday's $300,000 Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap.
In addition to training for others, he owned a few horses and notably trained Unbranded who won the 1954 Jockey Club Cup Handicap.
It features the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap for horses three-years-old and up run 5 furlongs on the turf.
The race has been run with several variations of name changes beginning as the Maryland Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap from 1987-1995.
From its inception in 1989 until 1993 the race was run as the Aqueduct Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at a distance of one mile.
