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.
A dispute between the owners of Gulfstream Park and Hialeah Park over racing date allocations in the 1970s led to the cancellation of the event for two consecutive years, 1977 and 1978.