New York Derby

The New York Derby is the second leg of the "Big Apple Triple," a grouping created in 1999 consisting of three races at three different racetracks in New York state and restricted to three-year-olds bred in New York state.^[1] A horse who wins all three of the Big Apple Triple wins the purse total of $400,000 plus a $250,000 bonus. The first leg is the Mike Lee Stakes run at Belmont Park,^[2] and the third leg is the Albany Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.^[3]

The New York Derby is held at the Finger Lakes Racetrack in Farmington, New York and is restricted to three-year-olds of either gender bred in New York state. It is run at a mile and one/sixteenth on the dirt (8.5 furlongs) and currently offers a purse of $150,000.^[4]

This race was called the New York Breeders' Derby from 1969 to 1971, the New York Derby Handicap in 1974, and the New York Derby from 1977 to date.

Records[]

Time record:

• 1+1⁄16 miles - 1:42.85 : Strider's Ormsby (2005) (Finger Lakes track record at this distance)
• 1+3⁄16 miles - 1:43.02 : Hit It Once More (2016) (New York Derby)

Most wins by a jockey

• 3 - Kevin Whitley (1982, 1983, 1989)
• 3 - (1996, 2003, 2015)
• 3 - (2002, 2006, 2011)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - (1977, 1979, 1981, 1998)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Assunta Louis Farm (1979, 1981)
• 2 - James F. Edwards (1984, 2000)
• 2 - Sam F. Morrell (1989, 1996)
• 2 - Barry K. Schwartz (1999, 2003)

Past winners[]

*2007- Berry Bound finished first by a head but was disqualified and placed second.
**1987 - Jazzing Around finished first by a head but was disqualified and placed second.

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