Kentucky Derby Winners

Last Updated: May 5, 2024

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See a complete list of Kentucky Derby winners. Mystik Dan ridden by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. and trained by Kenneth G. McPeek, won the 2024 Kentucky Derby. The Derby which is raced around the two-minute mark is often referred to as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports” or “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”. “The Run for the Roses” is also another phrase that is synonymous with the Derby for the rose blanket that is draped over the winning horse.

Fast Facts:

The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of the American Triple Crown.

The first filly to win the Kentucky Derby was a horse named Regret back in 1915.

Secretariat holds the stakes record in a time of 1:59.40.

Bill Hartack and Eddie Arcaro are tied at 5 wins each for the most Kentucky Derby wins of any other Jockey’s.

Justify was the last horse to win the Triple Crown.

Kentucky Derby Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2024	Mystik Dan	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Kenneth G. McPeek	Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing (Brent Gasaway), Daniel Hamby III, Valley View Farm	2:03.34
2023	Mage	Javier Castellano	Gustavo Delgado	OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing, CMNWLTH	2:01.57
2022	Rich Strike	Sonny Leon	Eric Reed	RED TR-Racing	2:02.61
2021	Mandaloun	Florent Geroux	Brad Cox	Juddmonte	2:01.02
2020	Authentic	John Velazquez	Bob Baffert	Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables, Starlight Racing	2:00.61
2019	Country House	Flavien Prat	Bill Mott	Mrs. J.V. Shields, Jr., E. J. M. McFadden, Jr. and LNJ Foxwoods	2:03.93
2018	Justify †	Mike Smith	Bob Baffert	China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing, Winstar	2:28.18
2017	Always Dreaming	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	MeB Racing, Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola, St. Elias, Siena Farm, West Point	2:30.02
2016	Nyquist	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O’Neill	J. Paul Reddam	02:01.31
2015	American Pharoah	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Ahmed Zayat	02:03.02
2014	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Steve Coburn & Perry Martin	02:03.7
2013	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable	02:02.9
2012	I’ll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O’Neill	J. Paul Reddam	02:01.8
2011	Animal Kingdom	John Velazquez	H. Graham Motion	Team Valor	02:02.0
2010	Super Saver	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm	02:04.5
2009	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel	Bennie L. Woolley, Jr.	Double Eagle Ranch et al.	02:02.7
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables / P. Pompa	02:01.8
2007	Street Sense	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	02:02.2
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado	Michael R. Matz	Lael Stables	02:01.4
2005	Giacomo	Mike E. Smith	John Shirreffs	Jerry & Ann Moss	02:02.8
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Someday Farm	02:04.1
2003	Funny Cide	Jose Santos	Barclay Tagg	Sackatoga Stable	02:01.2
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Thoroughbred Corp.	02:01.1
2001	Monarchos	Jorge F. Chavez	John T. Ward, Jr.	John C. Oxley	02:00.0
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux	Neil Drysdale	Fusao Sekiguchi	02:01.0
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	Bob & Beverly Lewis	02:03.2
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	02:02.2
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	Bob & Beverly Lewis	02:02.4
1996	Grindstone	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	02:01.0
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas^	Michael Tabor	02:01.2
1994	Go for Gin	Chris McCarron	Nick Zito	Condren & Cornacchia	02:03.6
1993	Sea Hero	Jerry Bailey	MacKenzie Miller	Rokeby Stables	02:02.4
1992	Lil E. Tee	Pat Day	Lynn S. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	02:03.0
1991	Strike the Gold	Chris Antley	Nick Zito	BCC Stable	02:03.0
1990	Unbridled	Craig Perret	Carl Nafzger	Frances A. Genter	02:02.0
1989	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela	Charlie Whittingham	H-G-W Partners	02:05.0
1988	Winning Colors*	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	02:02.2
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	Jack Van Berg	D. & P. Scharbauer	02:03.4
1986	Ferdinand	Bill Shoemaker	Charlie Whittingham	Elizabeth A. Keck	02:02.8
1985	Spend A Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Cam Gambolati	Dennis Diaz	02:00.2
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woody Stephens	Claiborne Farm	02:02.4
1983	Sunny’s Halo	Eddie Delahoussaye	David C. Cross, Jr.	D. J. Foster Stable	02:02.2
1982	Gato Del Sol	Eddie Delahoussaye	Edwin J. Gregson	Hancock & Peters	02:02.4
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	John P. Campo	Buckland Farm	02:02.0
1980	Genuine Risk^	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	Diana M. Firestone	02:02.0
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin	Bud Delp	Hawksworth Farm	02:02.4
1978	Affirmed^	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	Harbor View Farm	02:01.2
1977	Seattle Slew^	Jean Cruguet	William H. Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor	02:02.2
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Laz Barrera	E. Rodriguez Tizol	02:01.6
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	John L. Greer	02:02.0
1974	Cannonade	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Woody Stephens	John M. Olin	02:04.0
1973	Secretariat^	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	01:59.4
1972	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stud	02:01.8
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	Edgar Caibett	02:03.2
1970	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello	Don Combs	Robert E. Lehmann	02:03.4
1969	Majestic Prince	Bill Hartack	Johnny Longden	Frank M. McMahon	02:01.8
1968	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	Calumet Farm	02:02.2
1967	Proud Clarion	Bobby Ussery	Loyd Gentry, Jr.	Darby Dan Farm	02:00.6
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	Ford Stable	02:02.0
1965	Lucky Debonair	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Catrone	Ada L. Rice	02:01.2
1964	Northern Dancer	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	02:00.0
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza	James P. Conway	Darby Dan Farm	02:01.8
1962	Decidedly	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	El Peco Ranch	02:00.4
1961	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers	Jack A. Price	Katherine Price	02:04.0
1960	Venetian Way	Bill Hartack	Victor J. Sovinski	Sunny Blue Farm	02:02.4
1959	Tomy Lee	Bill Shoemaker	Frank E. Childs	Fred & Juliette Turner	02:02.2
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	Jimmy Jones	Calumet Farm	02:05.0
1957	Iron Liege	Bill Hartack	Jimmy Jones	Calumet Farm	02:02.2
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh L. Fontaine	D & H Stable	02:03.4
1955	Swaps	Bill Shoemaker	Mesh Tenney	Rex C. Ellsworth	02:01.8
1954	Determine	Raymond York	William Molter	Andrew J. Crevolin	02:03.0
1953	Dark Star	Hank Moreno	Eddie Hayward	Cain Hoy Stable	02:02.0
1952	Hill Gail	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	02:01.6
1951	Count Turf	Conn McCreary	Sol Rutchick	Jack J. Amiel	02:02.6
1950	Middleground	William Boland	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	02:01.6
1949	Ponder	Steve Brooks	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	02:04.2
1948	Citation^	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	02:05.4
1947	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin	Tom Smith	Maine Chance Farm	02:06.8
1946	Assault^	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	02:06.6
1945	Hoop Jr.	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	02:07.0
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	02:04.2
1943	Count Fleet^	Johnny Longden	Don Cameron	Fannie Hertz	02:04.0
1942	Shut Out	Wayne D. Wright	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	02:04.4
1941	Whirlaway^	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	02:01.4
1940	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman	Roy Waldron	Milky Way Farm	02:05.0
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	02:03.4
1938	Lawrin	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Herbert M. Woolf	02:04.8
1937	War Admiral^	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	02:03.2
1936	Bold Venture	Ira Hanford	Max Hirsch	Morton L. Schwartz	02:03.6
1935	Omaha^	Willie Saunders	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	02:05.0
1934	Cavalcade	Mack Garner	Bob Smith	Brookmeade Stable	02:04.0
1933	Brokers Tip	Don Meade	Herbert J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	02:06.8
1932	Burgoo King	Eugene James	Herbert J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	02:05.2
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable	02:01.8
1930	Gallant Fox^	Earl Sande	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	02:07.6
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	Linus McAtee	Clyde Van Dusen	Herbert P. Gardner	02:10.8
1928	Reigh Count	Chick Lang	Bert S. Michell	Fannie Hertz	02:10.4
1927	Whiskery	Linus McAtee	Fred Hopkins	Harry P. Whitney	02:06.0
1926	Bubbling Over	Albert Johnson	Herbert J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	02:03.8
1925	Flying Ebony	Earl Sande	William B. Duke	Gifford A. Cochran	02:07.6
1924	Black Gold	J. D. Mooney	Hanley Webb	Rosa M. Hoots	02:05.2
1923	Zev	Earl Sande	David J. Leary	Rancocas Stable	02:05.4
1922	Morvich	Albert Johnson	Fred Burlew	Benjamin Block	02:04.6
1921	Behave Yourself	Charles Thompson	Herbert J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	02:04.2
1920	Paul Jones	Ted Rice	Billy Garth	Ral Parr	02:09.0
1919	Sir Barton^	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross	02:09.8
1918	Exterminator	William Knapp	Henry McDaniel	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	02:10.8
1917	Omar Khayyam	Charles Borel	Charles T. Patterson	Billings & Johnson	02:04.6
1916	George Smith	Johnny Loftus	Hollie Hughes	John Sanford	02:04.0
1915	Regret*	Joe Notter	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	02:05.4
1914	Old Rosebud	John McCabe	Frank D. Weir	Hamilton C. Applegate	02:03.4
1913	Donerail	Roscoe Goose	Thomas P. Hayes	Thomas P. Hayes	02:04.8
1912	Worth	Carroll H. Shilling	Frank M. Taylor	Henry C. Hallenbeck	02:09.4
1911	Meridian	George Archibald	Albert Ewing	Richard F. Carman	02:05.0
1910	Donau	Frederick Herbert	George Ham	William Gerst	02:06.4
1909	Wintergreen	Vincent Powers	Charles Mack	Jerome B. Respess	02:08.2
1908	Stone Street	Arthur Pickens	J. W. Hall	C. E. & J. W. Hamilton	02:15.2
1907	Pink Star	Andy Minder	W. H. Fizer	J. Hal Woodford	02:12.6
1906	Sir Huon	Roscoe Troxler	Pete Coyne	Bashford Manor Stable	02:08.8
1905	Agile	Jack Martin	Robert Tucker	Samuel S. Brown	02:10.8
1904	Elwood	Shorty Prior	Charles E. Durnell	Mrs. C. E. Durnell	02:08.5
1903	Judge Himes	Hal Booker	John P. Mayberry	Charles R. Ellison	02:09.0
1902	Alan-a-Dale	Jimmy Winkfield	Thomas C. McDowell	Thomas C. McDowell	02:08.8
1901	His Eminence	Jimmy Winkfield	Frank B. Van Meter	Frank B. Van Meter	02:07.8
1900	Lieut. Gibson	Jimmy Boland	Charles Hughes	Charles H. Smith	02:06.2
1899	Manuel	Fred Taral	Robert J. Walden	A. H. & D. H. Morris	02:12.0
1898	Plaudit	Willie Simms	John E. Madden	John E. Madden	02:09.0
1897	Typhoon II	Buttons Garner	J. C. Cahn	J. C. Cahn	02:12.5
1896	Ben Brush	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell, Jr.	Mike F. Dwyer	02:07.8
1895	Halma	Soup Perkins	Byron McClelland	Byron McClelland	02:37.5
1894	Chant	Frank Goodale	H. Eugene Leigh	Leigh & Rose	02:41.0
1893	Lookout	Eddie Kunze	William McDaniel	Cushing & Orth	02:39.3
1892	Azra	Alonzo Clayton	John H. Morris	Bashford Manor Stable	02:41.5
1891	Kingman	Isaac Murphy	Dud Allen	Jacobin Stable	02:52.3
1890	Riley	Isaac Murphy	Edward Corrigan	Edward Corrigan	02:45.0
1889	Spokane	Thomas Kiley	John Rodegap	Noah Armstrong	02:34.5
1888	Macbeth II	George Covington	John Campbell	Chicago Stable	02:38.0
1887	Montrose	Isaac Lewis	John McGinty	Labold Brothers	02:39.3
1886	Ben Ali	Paul Duffy	Jim Murphy	J. B. A. Haggin	02:36.5
1885	Joe Cotton	Erskine Henderson	Abe Perry	James T. Williams	02:37.3
1884	Buchanan	Isaac Murphy	William Bird	William Cottrill	02:40.3
1883	Leonatus	Billy Donohue	Raleigh Colston	Chinn & Morgan	02:43.0
1882	Apollo	Babe Hurd	Green B. Morris	Morris & Patton	02:40.0
1881	Hindoo	Jim McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Dwyer Bros. Stable	02:40.0
1880	Fonso	George Lewis	Tice Hutsell	J. Snell Shawhan	02:37.5
1879	Lord Murphy	Charlie Shauer	George Rice	Darden & Co	02:37.0
1878	Day Star	Jimmy Carter	Lee Paul	T. J. Nichols	02:37.3
1877	Baden-Baden	Billy Walker	Edward D. Brown	Daniel Swigert	02:38.0
1876	Vagrant	Bobby Swim	James Williams	William Astor, Jr.	02:38.3
1875	Aristides	Oliver Lewis	Ansel Williamson	Hal P. McGrath	02:37.7

* A Filly win
^ Winner of the Triple Crown

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