Coney Island Derby
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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.[1]
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Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York |
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Inaugurated | 1880-1888 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
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Distance | 1½ miles (12 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
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In 1881, future Hall of Fame inductee Hindoo won both the Coney Island Derby and the Kentucky Derby.[2] That feat would be accomplished again in 1885 by the gelding Joe Cotton.[3]