Past Kentucky Derby Winners
From Aristides in 1875’s first running of the Kentucky Derby to American Pharoah in 2015, the list of Derby winners is long and storied.
The list if dotted with heavy favorites like Barbaro and Big Brown and by prohibitive longshots like Mine That Bird and Giacomo. What they have in common is having risen to the occasion on the First Saturday of May in their three-year-old year.
By doing so, they earn a spot on the list of Kentucky Derby winners and immortality in the eyes of horse fans and horse bettors. Check out the full list of winners and then see the latest Kentucky Derby odds at your favourite racebook today.
YEAR | HORSE | JOCKEY |
2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza |
2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza |
2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario |
2012 | I'll Have Another | Doug O'Neill |
2011 | Animal Kingdom | J. Velazquez |
2010 | Super Saver | C. Borel |
2009 | Mine That Bird | C. Borel |
2008 | Big Brown | K. Desormeaux |
2007 | Street Sense | C. Borel |
2006 | Barbaro | E. Prado |
2005 | Giacomo | M. Smith |
2004 | Smarty Jones | S. Elliott |
2003 | Funny Cide | J. Santos |
2002 | War Emblem | V. Espinoza |
2001 | Monarchos | J. Chavez |
2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | K. Desormeaux |
1999 | Charismatic | C. Antley |
1998 | Real Quiet | K. Desormeaux |
1997 | Silver Charm | G. Stevens |
1996 | Grindstone | J. Bailey |
1995 | Thunder Gulch | G. Stevens |
1994 | Go for Gin | C. McCarron |
1993 | Sea Hero | J. Bailey |
1992 | Lil E. Tee | P. Day |
1991 | Strike the Gold | C. Antley |
1990 | Unbridled | C. Perret |
1989 | Sunday Silence | P. Valenzuela |
1988 | Winning Colors | G. Stevens |
1987 | Alysheba | C. McCarron |
1986 | Ferdinand | W. Shoemaker |
1985 | Spend a Buck | A. Cordero Jr. |
1984 | Swale | L. Pincay Jr. |
1983 | Sunny's Halo | E. Delahoussaye |
1982 | Gato Del Sol | E. Delahoussaye |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | J. Velasquez |
1980 | Genuine Risk | J. Vasquez |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | R. Franklin |
1978 | Affirmed | S. Cauthen |
1977 | Seattle Slew | J. Cruguet |
1976 | Bold Forbes | A. Cordero Jr. |
1975 | Foolish Pleasure | J. Vasquez |
1974 | Cannonade | A. Cordero Jr. |
1973 | Secretariat | R. Turcotte |
1972 | Riva Ridge | R. Turcotte |
1971 | Canonero II | G. Avila |
1970 | Dust Commander | M. Manganello |
1969 | Majestic Prince | J. Longden |
1968 | Forward Pass(via DQ) | I. Valenzuela |
1967 | Proud Clarion | R. Ussery |
1966 | Kauai King | D. Brumfield |
1965 | Lucky Debonair | W. Shoemaker |
1964 | Northern Dancer | W. Hartak |
1963 | Chateaugay | B. Baeza |
1962 | Decidedly | W. Hartak |
1961 | Carry Back | J. Sellers |
1960 | Venetian Way | W. Hartack |
1959 | Tomy Lee | W. Shoemaker |
1958 | Tim Tam | I. Valenzuela |
1957 | Iron Liege | W. Hartak |
1956 | Needles | D. Erb |
1955 | Swaps | W. Shoemaker |
1954 | Determine | R. York |
1953 | Dark Star | H. Moreno |
1952 | Hill Gail | E. Arcaro |
1951 | Count Turf | C. McCreary |
1950 | Middleground | W. Boland |
1949 | Ponder | S. Brooks |
1948 | Citation | E. Arcaro |
1947 | Jet Pilot | E. Guerin |
1946 | Assault | W. Mehrtens |
1945 | Hoop Jr. | E. Arcaro |
1944 | Pensive | C. McCreary |
1943 | Count Fleet | J. Longden |
1942 | Shut Out | W.D. Wright |
1941 | Whirlaway | E. Arcaro |
1940 | Gallahadion | C. Bierman |
1939 | Johnstown | J. Stout |
1938 | Lawrin | E. Arcaro |
1937 | War Admiral | C. Kurtsinger |
1936 | Bold Venture | I. Hanford |
1935 | Omaha | W. Saunders |
1934 | Cavalcade | M. Garner |
1933 | Brokers Tip | D. Meade |
1932 | Burgoo King | E. James |
1931 | Twenty Grand | C. Kurtsinger |
1930 | Gallant Fox | E. Sande |
1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | L. McAtee |
1928 | Reigh Count | C. Lang |
1927 | Whiskery | L. McAtee |
1926 | Bubbling Over | A. Johnson |
1925 | Flying Ebony | E. Sande |
1924 | Black Gold | J.D. Mooney |
1923 | Zev | E. Sande |
1922 | Morvich | A. Johnson |
1921 | Behave Yourself | C. Thompson |
1920 | Paul Jones | T. Rice |
1919 | Sir Barton | J. Loftus |
1918 | Exterminator | W. Knapp |
1917 | Omar Khayyam | C. Borel |
1916 | George Smith | J. Loftus |
1915 | Regret | J. Notter |
1914 | Old Rosebud | J. McCabe |
1913 | Donerail | R. Goose |
1912 | Worth | C.H. Shilling |
1911 | Meridian | G. Archibald |
1910 | Donau | F. Herbert |
1909 | Wintergreen | W. Powers |
1908 | Stone Street | A. Pickens |
1907 | Pink Star | A. Minder |
1906 | Sir Huon | R. Troxler |
1905 | Agile | J. Martin |
1904 | Elwood | F. Prior |
1903 | Judge Himes | H. Booker |
1902 | Alan-a-Dale | J. Winkfield |
1901 | His Eminence | J. Winkfield |
1900 | Lieut. Gibson | J. Boland |
1899 | Manuel | F. Taral |
1898 | Plaudit | W. Simms |
1897 | Typhoon II | F. Garner |
1896 | Ben Brush | W. Simms |
1895 | Halma | J. Perkins |
1894 | Chant | F. Goodale |
1893 | Lookout | E. Kunze |
1892 | Azra | A. Clayton |
1891 | Kingman | I. Murphy |
1890 | Riley | I. Murphy |
1889 | Spokane | T. Kiley |
1888 | Macbeth II | G. Covington |
1887 | Montrose | I. Lewis |
1886 | Ben Ali | P. Duffy |
1885 | Joe Cotton | E. Henderson |
1884 | Buchanan | I. Murphy |
1883 | Leonatus | W. Donahue |
1882 | Apollo | B. Hurd |
1881 | Hindoo | J. McLaughlin |
1880 | Fonso | G. Lewis |
1879 | Lord Murphy | C. Shauer |
1878 | Day Star | J. Carter |
1877 | Baden Baden | W. Walker |
1876 | Vagrant | R. Swim |
1875 | Aristides | O. Lewis |