Only two Prior and Church Racing Derbies exist today in North America. The one that was originally installed at Euclid Beach Park, which now is at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio with the name changed to Cedar Downs. The second, a later model (1927), operates at Playland Park in Rye, New York. Theirs is called the Derby Racer, with fifty six horses that operates at twenty five miles per hour. There is also one operating at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom.

At Euclid Beach Park, some of the ride operators had a special way of showing off their agility on the spinning platform for the riders, and possibly to impress the girls. While the ride was turning, standing on the loading area, they would face the oncoming horses, lean back, step onto the moving platform, then step off. and repeat the on and off motion during the ride. The performance appeared to be a dance which became known as the "Derby Shuffle". It took a great deal of practice to perform the "shuffle" but the agile ride operators made it seem effortless.

The horse in the lead at the end of the ride in each row was considered the winner. In the early days, the ride operator would have a bunch of small American flags in his back pocket. At the end of each "race", a flag would be placed in a hole behind the left ear of the lead horse in each row at the end of the ride. This signifying the horse the winner and thus it's rider who would receive a free ride. I questioned Dudley Humphrey about why his family abandoned this popular practice and his answer was a bit of a surprise. They were forced to discontinue giving the free rides because the Ohio Gaming Commission looked at the practice as a form of gambling. No skill was involved to win the free ride . . . it was purely by chance . . . like pulling the lever on a slot machine.

Note:Another ride at Euclid Beach Park was called The Derby Racer in 1921. Its name was changed after the installation of the Great American Racing Derby to the Racing Coaster to avoid confusion.