Kentucky Derby Winners

Check out our full listing of all the Kentucky Derby Winners-- from 1875 to 2009, you can get information on the Kentucky Derby Horses and the Jockeys that road them to victory. Want to meet some of the Kentucky Derby Jockeys ? Just visit our Jockeys section. You can also compare the times of horses from every year of the Derby. Did you know that for 20 years the distance of the Derby was 1 1/2 miles? In 1895, the length of the race course was shortened to 1 1/4 miles. You can see the immediate difference in speed of the finalist's winning time.

Did you know that the 2 minute barrier has been broken only twice at the Kentucky Derby? Secretariat is the only horse and a Triple Crown winner to have broken 2 minutes. In 1973, Secretariat had a winning time of 1:59 2/5 !

When will this be repeated and will the winner become a Triple Crown Champion?

Kentucky Derby Winners
Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2010	Super Saver	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	2:04.45
2009	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel	Bennie Woolley Jr.	2:02.66
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	Rick Dutrow	2:01.82
2007	Street Sense	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	2:02:17
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado	Michael Matz	2:01.36
2005	Giacomo	Mike Smith	John Shirreffs	2:02.75
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	2:04.06
2003	Funny Cide	Jos Santos	Barclay Tagg	2:01.19
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	2:01.13
2001	Monarchos	Jorge Chavez	John Ward Jr.	1:59.97
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux	Neil Drysdale	2:01
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	2:03 1/5
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	2:02 1/5
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	2:02 2/5
1996	Grindstone	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	2:01
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	2:01 1/5
1994	Go for Gin	Chris McCarron	Nick Zito	2:03 3/5
1993	Sea Hero	Jerry Bailey	Mack Miller	2:02 2/5
1992	Lil E. Tee	Pat Day	Lynn Whiting	2:03
1991	Strike the Gold	Chris Antley	Nick Zito	2:03
1990	Unbridled	Craig Perret	Carl Nafzger	2:02
1989	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela	Charlie Whittingham	2:05
1988	Winning Colors	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	2:02 1/5
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	Jack Van Berg	2:03 2/5
1986	Ferdinand	Bill Shoemaker	Charlie Whittingham	2:02 4/5
1985	Spend a Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Cam Gambolati	2:00 1/5
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woody Stephens	2:02 2/5
1983	Sunnys Halo	Eddie Delahoussaye	David Cross Jr.	2:02 1/5
1982	Gato Del Sol	Eddie Delahoussaye	Eddie Gregson	2:02 2/5
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	John Campo	2:02
1980	Genuine Risk	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	2:02
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ron Franklin	Bud Delp	2:02 2/5
1978	Affirmed	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	2:01 1/5
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet	Billy Turner	2:02 1/5
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Laz Barrera	2:01 3/5
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	2:02
1974	Cannonade	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Woody Stephens	2:04
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	1:59 2/5
1972	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	2:01 4/5
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	2:03 1/5
1970	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello	Don Combs	2:03 2/5
1969	Majestic Prince	Bill Hartack	Johnny Longden	2:01 4/5
1968	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	2:02 1/5
1967	Proud Clarion	Bobby Ussery	Loyd Gentry	2:00 3/5
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	2:02
1965	Lucky Debonair	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Catrone	2:01 1/5
1964	Northern Dancer	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	2:00
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza	James Conway	2:01 4/5
1962	Decidedly	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	2:00 2/5
1961	Carry Back	John Sellers	Jack Price	2:04
1960	Venetian Way	Bill Hartack	Victor Sovinski	2:02 2/5
1959	Tomy Lee	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Childs	2:02 1/5
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	2:05
1957	Iron Liege	Bill Hartack	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	2:02 1/5
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh Fontaine	2:03 2/5
1955	Swaps	Bill Shoemaker	Mesh Tenney	2:01 4/5
1954	Determine	Raymond York	Willie Molter	2:03
1953	Dark Star	Hank Moreno	Eddie Hayward	2:02
1952	Hill Gail	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:01 3/5
1951	Count Turf	Conn McCreary	Sol Rutchick	2:02 3/5
1950	Middleground	William Boland	Max Hirsch	2:01 3/5
1949	Ponder	Steve Brooks	Ben A. Jones	2:04 1/5
1948	Citation	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:05 2/5
1947	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin	Tom Smith	2:06 4/5
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	2:06 3/5
1945	Hoop Jr	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan Parke	2:07
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	2:04 1/5
1943	Count Fleet	Johnny Longden	Don Cameron	2:04
1942	Shut Out	Wayne Wright	John M. Gaver	2:04 2/5
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:01 2/5
1940	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman	Roy Waldron	2:05
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	2:03 2/5
1938	Lawrin	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:04 4/5
1937	War Admiral	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	2:03 1/5
1936	Bold Venture	Ira Hanford	Max Hirsch	2:03 3/5
1935	Omaha	Willie Saunders	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	2:05
1934	Cavalcade	Mack Garner	Bob Smith	2:04
1933	Brokers Tip	Don Meade	Henry J. "Dick" Thompson	2:06 4/5
1932	Burgoo King	Eugene James	Henry J. "Dick" Thompson	2:05 1/5
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James Rowe, Jr.	2:01 4/5
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	2:07 3/5
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	Linus McAtee	Clyde Van Dusen	2:10 4/5
1928	Reigh Count	Chick Lang	Bert Micchell	2:10 2/5
1927	Whiskery	Linus McAtee	Fred Hopkins	2:06
1926	Bubbling Over	Albert Johnson	Henry J. "Dick" Thompson	2:03 4/5
1925	Flying Ebony	Earl Sande	William Duke	2:07 3/5
1924	Black Gold	John D. Mooney	Hanley Webb	2:05 1/5
1923	Zev	Earl Sande	David J. Leary	2:05 2/5
1922	Morvich	Albert Johnson	Fred Burlew	2:04 3/5
1921	Behave Yourself	Charles Thompson	Henry J. "Dick" Thompson	2:04 1/5
1920	Paul Jones	Ted Rice	Billy Garth	2:09
1919	Sir Barton	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	2:09 4/5
1918	Exterminator	William Knapp	Henry McDaniel	2:10 4/5
1917	Omar Khayyam	Charles Borel	C.T. Patterson	2:04 3/5
1916	George Smith	Johnny Loftus	Hollie Hughes	2:04
1915	Regret	Joe Notter	James Rowe, Sr.	2:05 2/5
1914	Old Rosebud	John McCabe	F. D. Weir	2:03 2/5
1913	Donerail	Roscoe Goose	Thomas Hayes	2:04 4/5
1912	Worth	Carol Shilling	Frank Taylor	2:09 2/5
1911	Meridian	George Archibald	Albert Ewing	2:05
1910	Donau	Fred Herbert	George Ham	2:06 2/5
1909	Wintergreen	Vincent Powers	Charles Mack	2:08 1/5
1908	Stone Street	Arthur Pickens	J. W. Hall	2:15 1/5
1907	Pink Star	Andy Minder	W. H. Fizer	2:12 3/5
1906	Sir Huon	Roscoe Troxler	Pete Coyne	2:08 4/5
1905	Agile	Jack Martin	Robert Tucker	2:10 3/4
1904	Elwood	Shorty Prior	C. E. Durnell	2:08 1/2
1903	Judge Himes	Hal Booker	J. P. Mayberry	2:09
1902	Alan-a-Dale	Jimmy Winkfield	T. C. McDowell	2:08 3/4
1901	His Eminence	Jimmy Winkfield	F. P. Van Meter	2:07 3/4
1900	Lieut. Gibson	Jimmy Boland	Charles Hughes	2:06 1/4
1899	Manuel	Fred Taral	Robert J. Walden	2:12
1898	Plaudit	Willie Simms	John E. Madden	2:09
1897	Typhoon II	Buttons Garner	J. C. Cahn	2:12 1/2
1896	Ben Brush	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell	2:07 3/4
1895	Halma	Soup Perkins	Byron McClelland	2:37 1/2
1894	Chant	Frank Goodale	Eugene Leigh	2:41
1893	Lookout	E. Kunze	William McDaniel	2:39 1/4
1892	Azra	Lonnie Clayton	John Morris	2:41 1/2
1891	Kingman	Isaac Murphy	Dud Allen	2:52 1/4
1890	Riley	Isaac Murphy	Edward Corrigan	2:45
1889	Spokane	Thomas Kiley	John Rodegap	2:34 1/2
1888	Macbeth II	George Covington	John Campbell	2:38
1887	Montrose	Isaac Lewis	John McGinty	2:39 1/4
1886	Ben Ali	Paul Duffy	Jim Murphy	2:36 1/2
1885	Joe Cotton	Babe Henderson	Alex Perry	2:37 1/4
1884	Buchanan	Isaac Murphy	William Bird	2:40 1/4
1883	Leonatus	Billy Donohue	John McGinty	2:43
1882	Apollo	Babe Hurd	Green Morris	2:40
1881	Hindoo	Jim McLaughlin	James Rowe, Sr.	2:40
1880	Fonso	George Lewis	Tice Hutsell	2:37 1/2
1879	Lord Murphy	Charlie Shauer	George Rice	2:37
1878	Day Star	J. Carter	Lee Paul	2:37 1/4
1877	Baden Baden	Billy Walker	Ed Brown (aka "Dick")	2:38
1875	Aristides	Oliver Lewis	Ansel Williamson	2:37 3/4

NOTE: The distance of the Kentucky Derby was 1 1/2 miles from 1875-1895. Ever since it has been 1 1/4 miles.