{{Short description|Thoroughbred racehorse stable}}
{{Infobox company | name = Dwyer Brothers Stable | logo = | type = Horse breeding/Racing Stable | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{start date and age|1876|p=y}} | location = Brooklyn, New York,<br />United States | key_people = '''Owners:'''<br />Philip J. & Michael F. Dwyer<br />'''Trainers:'''<br />Evert Snedecker<br />(1876-1878)<br />James G. Rowe Sr.<br />(1879-1885)<br />Frank McCabe<br />(1885-1890) | industry = Thoroughbred Horse racing | defunct = {{start date and age|1890|p=y}} (dissolved) }}
'''Dwyer Brothers Stable''' was an American thoroughbred horse racing operation owned by Brooklyn businessmen Phil and Mike Dwyer.
The Dwyer brothers hired trainer Evert Snedecker and purchased their first Thoroughbred, Rhadamanthus, in 1874.<ref>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 19, 1890</ref> In October of that same year they acquired Vigil from Col. David McDaniel who to that point had earned $5630. In the ensuing few months of 1876 the colt won another $20,160 and was chosen that year's retrospective American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |title=The Dwyers to separate |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 1890 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/08/19/106041344.pdf |access-date=16 January 2019 }}</ref>
Other trainers who worked for the Dwyers were James G. Rowe Sr. and Frank McCabe. The Dwyers won the 1881 Kentucky Derby with future U.S. Hall of Fame colt Hindoo and finished second with Runnymede the following year. However, they had their greatest racing success in the Belmont Stakes in their hometown, winning the classic event five times. One of the few major races at tracks in the New York/New Jersey area that they never won was the Brooklyn Handicap.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/01/27/archives/dwyers-never-won-a-brooklyn-handicap-the-one-race-the-famous-firm-a.html|title=DWYERS NEVER WON A BROOKLYN HANDICAP; The One Race the Famous Firm Always Aimed to Land. FIRST TRIED WITH HANOVER Which Was the Nearest the Brothers Ever Came to Winning Since Its Establishment in 1887.|date=27 January 1907|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
The brothers, either together or individually, owned a number of prominent horses, including Hindoo, Bramble, Bella B., Luke Blackburn, Bonnie Scotland, George Kinney, Miss Woodford, Barnes, Hanover, Raceland, Tremont, Ben Brush, and Cleophus. Mike Dwyer was a partner in Kingston.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1881/03/21/archives/a-string-of-fast-horses-well-known-racers-owned-by-dwyer-brothers.html|title=A String of Fast Horses; Well Known Racers Owned by Dwyer Brothers. the Lucky Ventures of the Brooklyn Tradesmen--Engagements for the Coming Season of Bramble, Warfield, Luke Blackburn, Quito, Hindoo, and Others. the Six-Year Olds. the Four-Year Olds. the 3-Year Olds.|date=21 March 1881|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
In 1886 they were a key part of the group of investors who formed the Brooklyn Jockey Club<ref>{{cite book| last=Barnes |first= Amanda |title=The Butcher Boys |year=2018| publisher= Lulu.com |isbn=9781483485683}}</ref> and built the Gravesend Race Track at Gravesend on Coney Island. The brothers racing partnership was dissolved in 1890 <ref name="nytimes.com"/> and Mike Dwyer went on to enjoy further success. He won the Kentucky Derby for the second time in 1896 with Ben Brush, ridden by jockey Willie Simms.
The Brooklyn Derby, founded in 1887, was renamed the Dwyer Stakes in their honor in 1918.
==Dwyer Brothers U.S. Champions (retrospective)== [[File:Dwyer Brothers, from the Racing Colors of the World series (N22b) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835213.jpg|thumb|upright|Cigarette card by Allen & Ginter depicting the Dwyer Brothers for the "Racing Colors of the World" set series]] * Horse of the Year: Hanover (1887) * Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse: Tremont (1886) * Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse: Vigil (1876), Hindoo (1881), Runnymede (1882), Inspector B. (1886), Hanover (1887), Sir Dixon (1888) * Champion Three-Year-Old Filly: Bella B. (1888) * Champion Older Male Horse: Kingston (1889)
==Dwyer Brothers Stable major race wins==
===Kentucky Derby=== *1881 : Hindoo *1896 : Ben Brush
===Preakness Stakes=== *1899 : Half Time
===Belmont Stakes=== *1883 : George Kinney *1884 : Panique *1886 : Inspector B *1887 : Hanover *1888 : Sir Dixon
===Travers Stakes=== *1881 : Hindoo *1883 : Barnes *1886 : Inspector B. *1888 : Sir Dixon *1890 : Sir John
==References== {{reflist}}
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Category:American companies established in 1876 Category:American companies disestablished in 1890 Category:American racehorse owners and breeders Category:Owners of Kentucky Derby winners Category:Owners of Preakness Stakes winners Category:Owners of Belmont Stakes winners Category:Companies based in Brooklyn Category:Horse farms in the United States Category:1876 establishments in New York (state) Category:1890 disestablishments in New York (state)