The BED O'ROSES Handicap was named after Alfred G. Vanderbilt's champion juvenile filly of 1949 and handicap mare champion in 1952. She was named to Thoroughbred Racing's Hall of Fame in Saratoga in 1976. As a two year old, she won seven stakes, enroute to her championship, and at the age of three, she defeated colts in the Lawrence Realization. During her four year old campaign, she chalked up two stakes scores and finished in the money in five other stakes. She started only three times at age five, but won the Santa Margarita under 129 pounds.
The BED O'ROSES Handicap was run at Jamaica prior to 1960. Run in two divisions in 1964 and 1979. Run at a mile and a sixteenth from 1957 to 1959, inclusive, and in 1977 and 1978. Run at a mile and seventy yards in 1984.
The BED O’ROSES BREEDERS’ CUP HANDICAP is part of the BREEDERS’ CUP NATIONAL STAKES PROGRAM.