During the 1970s the legal inflighting between owner Donn family's Gulfstream Park and John W. Galbreath's Hialeah Park over racing date allotments impacted the scheduling of the event. The event was not held in 1977 or 1978.
In the 1970s, a disagreement between the owners of Gulfstream Park and Hialeah Park over the allocation of racing dates disrupted the organization of the event, resulting in its absence from 1977 and 1978.