Empire City Derby

Empire City Derby
Discontinued stakes race
LocationEmpire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York
United States
Inaugurated1917
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree Years Old

The Empire City Derby was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1917 through 1933 at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. A race for three-year-old horses of either sex, the event was contested at a mile and one-eighth at inception until 1920 when it was set at what became known as the "Derby distance" of a mile and one-quarter. With the Brooklyn Derby at Belmont Park having changed its name to the Dwyer Stakes, the Empire City Derby was then the only Derby event in the Northeastern United States.


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