Kentucky Derby Past Winners
Kentucky Derby Winners
“The Run for the Roses”
Past Winners of the Kentucky Derby Thoroughbred Horse Race
The Kentucky Derby is a mile and a quarter Grade 1 stakes race for three year old thoroughbreds and is run at Churchill Downs Racetrack, Louisville Kentucky, USA on the first Saturday in May each year
The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of The American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing (Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes)
Weights for The Kentucky Derby are colts and geldings, 126 pounds (9 stone); fillies, 121 pounds (8 stone 9lb)
The distance of The Kentucky Derby was 1 1/2 miles from 1875-1895
* Kentucky Derby Winning Fillies
** Kentucky Derby Winning Geldings
1968 Dancer’s Image ridden by Bobby Ussery finished first but was later disqualified for failing a post-race drugs test (Phenylbutazone…Bute)
Year | Winner | Jockey | Winning Time |
2018 | Justify (USA) | Mike E Smith | 2:04:20 |
2017 | Always Dreaming | John R Velazquez | 2:03.59 |
2016 | Nyquist | Mario Gutierrez | 2:01.31 |
2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | 2:03.02 |
2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | 2:03.66 |
2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario | 2:02.89 |
2012 | I’ll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | 2:01.83 |
2011 | Animal Kingdom | John Velazquez | 2:02.04 |
2010 | Super Saver | Calvin Borel | 2:04.45 |
2009 | **Mine That Bird | Calvin Borel | 2:02.66 |
2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | 2:01.82 |
2007 | Street Sense | Calvin Borel | 2:02.17 |
2006 | Barbaro | Edgar Prado | 2:01.36 |
2005 | Giacomo | Mike Smith | 2:02.75 |
2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | 2:04.06 |
2003 | **Funny Cide | Jose Santos | 2:01.19 |
2002 | War Emblem | V. Espinoza | 2:01.13 |
2001 | Monarchos | J. Chavez | 1:59.97 |
2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | K. Desormeaux | 2:01.12 |
1999 | Charismatic | C. Antley | 2:03 1/5 |
1998 | Real Quiet | K. Desormeaux | 2:02 1/5 |
1997 | Silver Charm | G. Stevens | 2:02.44 |
1996 | Grindstone | J. Bailey | 2:01 |
1995 | Thunder Gulch | G. Stevens | 2:01 1/5 |
1994 | Go For Gin | C. McCarron | 2:03 3/5 |
1993 | Sea Hero | J. Bailey | 2:02 2/5 |
1992 | Lil E. Tee | P. Day | 2:03 |
1991 | Strike The Gold | C. Antley | 2:03 |
1990 | Unbridled | C. Perret | 2:02 |
1989 | Sunday Silence | P. Valenzuela | 2:05 |
1988 | *Winning Colors | G. Stevens | 2:02 1/5 |
1987 | Alysheba | C. McCarron | 2:03 2/5 |
1986 | Ferdinand | W. Shoemaker | 2:02 4/5 |
1985 | Spend A Buck | A. Cordero, Jr. | 2:00 1/5 |
1984 | Swale | L. Pincay, Jr. | 2:02 2/5 |
1983 | Sunny’s Halo | E. Delahoussaye | 2:02 1/5 |
1982 | Gato Del Sol | E. Delahoussaye | 2:02 2/5 |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | J. Velasquez | 2:02 |
1980 | *Genuine Risk | J. Vasquez | 2:02 |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | R. Franklin | 2:02 2/5 |
1978 | Affirmed | S. Cauthen | 2:01 1/5 |
1977 | Seattle Slew | J. Cruguet | 2:02 1/5 |
1976 | Bold Forbes | A. Cordero, Jr. | 2:01 3/5 |
1975 | Foolish Pleasure | J. Vasquez | 2:02 |
1974 | Cannonade | A. Cordero, Jr. | 2:04 |
1973 | Secretariat | R. Turcotte | 1:59 2/5 |
1972 | Riva Ridge | R. Turcotte | 2:01 4/5 |
1971 | Canonero II | G. Avila | 2:03 1/5 |
1970 | Dust Commander | M. Manganello | 2:03 2/5 |
1969 | Majestic Prince | B. Hartack | 2:01 4/5 |
1968 | Forward Pass | I. Valenzuela | 2:01 4/5 |
1967 | Proud Clarion | B. Ussery | 2:00 3/5 |
1966 | Kauai King | D. Brumfield | 2:02 |
1965 | Lucky Debonair | W. Shoemaker | 2:01 1/5 |
1964 | Northern Dancer | B. Hartack | 2:00 |
1963 | Chateaugay | B. Baeza | 2:01 4/5 |
1962 | Decidedly | B. Hartack | 2:00 2/5 |
1961 | Carry Back | J. Sellers | 2:04 |
1960 | Venetian Way | B. Hartack | 2:02 2/5 |
1959 | Tomy Lee | W. Shoemaker | 2:02 1/5 |
1958 | Tim Tam | I. Valenzuela | 2:05 |
1957 | Iron Leige | B. Hartack | 2:02 1/5 |
1956 | Needles | D. Erb | 2:03 2/5 |
1955 | Swaps | W. Shoemaker | 2:01 4/5 |
1954 | Determine | R. York | 2:03 |
1953 | Dark Star | H. Moreno | 2:02 |
1952 | Hill Gail | E. Arcaro | 2:01 3/5 |
1951 | Count Turf | C. McCreary | 2:02 3/5 |
1950 | Middleground | W. Boland | 2:01 3/5 |
1949 | Ponder | S. Brooks | 2:04 1/5 |
1948 | Citation | E. Arcaro | 2:05 2/5 |
1947 | Jet Pilot | E. Guerin | 2:06 4/5 |
1946 | Assault | W. Mehrtens | 2:06 3/5 |
1945 | Hoop Jr. | E. Arcaro | 2:07 |
1944 | Pensive | C. McCreary | 2:04 1/5 |
1943 | Count Fleet | J. Longden | 2:04 |
1942 | Shut Out | W. Wright | 2:04 2/5 |
1941 | Whirlaway | E. Arcaro | 2:01 2/5 |
1940 | Gallahadion | C. Bierman | 2:05 |
1939 | Johnstown | J. Stout | 2:03 2/5 |
1938 | Lawrin | E. Arcaro | 2:04 4/5 |
1937 | War Admiral | C. Kurtsinger | 2:03 1/5 |
1936 | Bold Venture | I. Hanford | 2:03 3/5 |
1935 | Omaha | W. Saunders | 2:05 |
1934 | Cavalcade | M. Garner | 2:04 |
1933 | Brokers Tip | D. Meade | 2:06 4/5 |
1932 | Burgoo King | E. James | 2:05 1/5 |
1931 | Twenty Grand | C. Kurtsinger | 2:01 4/5 |
1930 | Gallant Fox | E. Sande | 2:07 3/5 |
1929 | **Clyde Van Dusen | I. McAtee | 2:10 4/5 |
1928 | Reigh Count | C. Lang | 2:10 2/5 |
1927 | Whiskery | I. McAtee | 2:06 |
1926 | Bubbling Over | A. Johnson | 2:03 4/5 |
1925 | Flying Ebony | E. Sande | 2:07 3/5 |
1924 | Black Gold | J.D. Mooney | 2:05 1/5 |
1923 | Zev | E. Sande | 2:05 2/5 |
1922 | Morvich | A. Johnson | 2:04 3/5 |
1921 | Behave Yourself | C. Thompson | 2:04 1/5 |
1920 | **Paul Jones | T. Rice | 2:09 |
1919 | Sir Barton | J. Loftus | 2:09 4/5 |
1918 | **Exterminator | W. Knapp | 2:10 4/5 |
1917 | Omar Khayham | C. Borel | 2:04 3/5 |
1916 | George Smith | J. Loftus | 2:04 |
1915 | *Regret | J. Notter | 2:05 2/5 |
1914 | **Old Rosebud | J. McCabe | 2:03 2/5 |
1913 | Donerail | R. Goose | 2:04 4/5 |
1912 | Worth | C.H. Shilling | 2:09 2/5 |
1911 | Meridian | G. Archibald | 2:05 |
1910 | Donau | F. Herbert | 2:06 2/5 |
1909 | Wintergreen | V. Powers | 2:08 1/5 |
1908 | Stone Street | A. Pickens | 2:15 1/5 |
1907 | Pink Star | A. Minder | 2:12 3/5 |
1906 | Sir Huon | R. Troxler | 2:08 4/5 |
1905 | Agile | J. Martin | 2:10 3/4 |
1904 | Elwood | F. Prior | 2:08 1/2 |
1903 | Judge Himes | H. Booker | 2:09 |
1902 | Alan-a-Dale | J. Winkfield | 2:08 3/4 |
1901 | His Eminence | J. Winkfield | 2:07 3/4 |
1900 | Lieut. Gibson | J. Boland | 2:06 1/4 |
1899 | Manuel | F. Taral | 2:12 |
1898 | Plaudit | W. Simms | 2:09 |
1897 | Typhoon II | F. Garner | 2:12 1/2 |
1896 | Ben Brush | W. Simms | 2:07 3/4 |
1895 | Halma | J. Perkins | 2:37 1/2 |
1894 | Chant | F. Goodale | 2:41 |
1893 | Lookout | E. Kunze | 2:39 1/4 |
1892 | Azra | A. Clayton | 2:41 1/2 |
1891 | Kingman | I. Murphy | 2:52 1/4 |
1890 | Riley | I. Murphy | 2:45 |
1889 | Spokane | T. Kiley | 2:34 1/2 |
1888 | **Macbeth II | G. Covington | 2:38 1/4 |
1887 | Montrose | I. Lewis | 2:39 1/4 |
1886 | Ben Ali | P. Duffy | 2:36 1/2 |
1885 | Joe Cotton | E. Henderson | 2:37 1/4 |
1884 | Buchanan | I. Murphy | 2:40 1/4 |
1883 | Leonatus | W. Donohue | 2:43 |
1882 | **Apollo | B. Hurd | 2:40 1/4 |
1881 | Hindoo | J. McLaughlin | 2:40 |
1880 | Fonso | G. Lewis | 2:37 1/2 |
1879 | Lord Murphy | C. Shauer | 2:37 |
1878 | Day Star | J. Carter | 2:37 1/4 |
1877 | Baden-Baden | W. Walker | 2:38 |
1876 | **Vagrant | B. Swim | 2:38 1/4 |
1875 | Aristides | O. Lewis | 2:37 3/4 |