Coney Island Derby

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1888	Prince Royal	Edward Garrison	James G. Rowe, Sr.	August Belmont	2:39.25
1887	Hanover	Jim McLaughlin	Frank McCabe	Dwyer Brothers Stable	2:44.50
1886	Ban Fox	William Hayward	Jim Murphy	James Ben Ali Haggin	2:38.75
1885	Joe Cotton	Jim McLaughlin	Abe Perry	James T. Williams	2:41.50
1884	Greystone	Oliver Lewis	Byron McClelland	W. L. Scott	2:51.00
1883	Barnes	William Hayward	not found	Preakness Stables	2:40.75
1882	Runnymede	Jim McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Dwyer Brothers Stable	2:37.00
1881	Hindoo	Jim McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Dwyer Brothers Stable	2:46.50
1880	Grenada	Lloyd Hughes	R. Wyndham Walden	George L. Lorillard	2:40.50

References

• New York Times report on the 1880 Coney Island Derby