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Derby Racer
Photo ©SurfdancecLOCATION: Playland, Rye, New York
RIDE TYPE: American Racing Derby
MANUFACTURER: Prior & Church, USA
YEAR INSTALLED: 1928
CAPACITY: 56 (14 rows of horses, 4 horses per row)
DURATION OF RIDE: About 4 minutes
This is one of three remaining American Racing Derby's that still exist, another is at Cedar Point in Ohio, and the other at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England. Riders "race" their horses around the track in a fast motion, about 15-25 MPH. Riders must lean toward the inside of the track in order to stay on the horse correctly. It is one of seven original rides still existing from when Playland first opened.
Auto Race | Break Dance | Caterpillar | Chaos | Crazy Flip | Derby Racer | Drop Of Fear | Evolution | Flight Trainer | G-Force | Gravitron | Hellevator | Hi-Roller | Hip Hop | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Kangaroo | Loop On Top | Looping Star | Magnum | Mixer | Power Surge | Roll-O-Plane | Rotoshake | Skyscraper | Space Loop | Space Roller | Spin Out | Storm | Surf Dance | Time Warp | Top Scan | Topspin | Tornado | Turtle | Twilight Zone: Tower Of Terror | Venitian Carousel | Wonder Wheel | Zipper
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