Coney Island Handicap

Coney Island Handicap
ClassDiscontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1894
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
DistanceF (1894 – 1895)
6 F (1896 – 1910)
6½ F (1909)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up

The Coney Island Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1894 through 1910 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in New York state. An event that always attracted a quality field, the conditions for entry allowed horses of either sex, aged three and older. Both the inaugural 1894 and the 1895 running's were on the track's Futurity Course at a distance of 5¾ furlongs after which it was moved to the main track and run at 6 furlongs each year thereafter except for 1909 when it was run at 6½ furlongs.