The Brighton Derby was an American

United States

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually by the Brighton Beach Racing Association at its Brighton Beach Race Course

Brighton Beach Race Course

The Brighton Beach Race Course was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened at Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York on June 28, 1879 by the Brighton Beach Racing Association. Headed by real estate developer William A. Engeman, who owned the Brighton Beach Hotel, the one-mile race...

 at Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach

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 on Coney Island

Coney Island

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, New York

New York

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. Open to three-year-olds, it was contested at a distance of one and one half miles (12 furlong

Furlong

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s) on dirt. Run during the mid to latter part of July, it was the last of the racing season's Derby races.

The Brighton Derby was first run at 1½ miles in 1901 then at 1¼ miles in 1902 and 1903 before reverting to the original distance.

During its seven years of existence, Brighton Derby winners Ort Wells

Ort Wells

Ort Wells was an American Thoroughbred two-time Champion racehorse. Sired by Withers Stakes winner, King Eric, he was out of the mare Tea's Over, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Hanover...

, Sysonby

Sysonby

Sysonby was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won every start easily, except one, at distances from one mile to two and a quarter miles...

 and Accountant went on to earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors. Sysonby would also earn the American Horse of the Year title.

Records

Speed record: (at 1½ miles)

• 2:30.80 - Charles Edward (1907)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 2 - Frank O'Neill (1903, 1904)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• No trainer won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - James B. A. Haggin
  James Ben Ali Haggin
  James Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...
  
   (1901, 1903)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1907	Charles Edward	Willie Knapp Willie Knapp William "Willie" Knapp was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.-References:*...	Frank M. Taylor	Patchogue Stable	2:30.80
1906	Accountant	Skeets Martin Skeets Martin John Henry Martin , commonly referred to as "Skeets" Martin, was an American jockey who achieved many racing wins in the United States and the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most notable race wins were the 1902 Epsom Derby on Ard Patrick and the 1903...	Matthew M. Allen	James B. Brady	2:37.20
1905	Sysonby Sysonby Sysonby was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won every start easily, except one, at distances from one mile to two and a quarter miles...	Dave Nicol	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...	2:33.20
1904	Ort Wells Ort Wells Ort Wells was an American Thoroughbred two-time Champion racehorse. Sired by Withers Stakes winner, King Eric, he was out of the mare Tea's Over, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Hanover...	Frank O'Neill	Enoch Wishard	John A. Drake	2:32.60
1903	Charles Elwood	Frank O'Neill	A. Jack Joyner A. Jack Joyner Andrew Jackson "Jack" Joyner was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Known as "Jack" and reported as "A.J." and "A. Jack," Joyner was born in Enfield, North Carolina, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner...	James B. A. Haggin James Ben Ali Haggin James Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...	2:05.00
1902	Hyphen	George Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....	Peter Wimmer	Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner....	2:04.20
1901	Water Color	Henry Spencer	Charles S. Littlefield	James B. A. Haggin James Ben Ali Haggin James Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...	2:34.20