The Coney Island Derby was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually between 1880 and 1888 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Open to three-year-old horses, it was contested at a mile and a half (12 furlongs) on dirt.
In 1881, future Hall of Fame inductee Hindoo won both the Coney Island Derby and the Kentucky Derby. That feat would be accomplished again in 1885 by the gelding Joe Cotton.
Records Speed record: 2:37 flat, Runnymede (1882)
Most wins by a jockey: 4 - Jim McLaughlin (1881, 1882, 1885, 1887)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - James G. Rowe Sr. (1881, 1882, 1888)
Most wins by an owner: 3 - Dwyer Brothers Stable (1881, 1882, 1887)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time1888Prince RoyalEdward GarrisonJames G. Rowe Sr.August Belmont2:39.251887HanoverJim McLaughlinFrank McCabeDwyer Brothers Stable2:44.501886Ban FoxWilliam Hayward Jr.Jim MurphyJames Ben Ali Haggin2:38.751885Joe CottonJim McLaughlinAbraham PerryJames T. Williams2:41.501884GreystoneOliver LewisByron McClellandWilliam L. Scott2:51.001883BarnesWilliam Hayward Jr.Preakness Stables2:40.751882RunnymedeJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable2:37.001881HindooJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable2:46.501880GrenadaLloyd HughesR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard2:40.50
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