In its 72nd running in 2016, the race honors the great thoroughbred Discovery, the 1935 American Horse of the Year owned and raced by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II.
The 72nd edition of the race in 2016 celebrated the great thoroughbred Discovery, a horse that won the title of American Horse of the Year in 1935 and was owned and raced by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II.