The TEMPTED Stakes is named for Mrs. Philip du Pont's mare, who was voted best handicap mare in 1959. Bred by the Christiana Stables, Tempted won the Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct while carrying 128 pounds and establishing what was then a track and American record for a mile and five sixteenths of 2:09. Run at a mile and a sixteenth from 1984 to 1993. Run at a mile from 1994 to the present. Not run in 1995. Run at Aqueduct from 1975 to 2000, and 2002-04. Run at Belmont Park in 2001.