List of Kentucky Derby Winners
The Kentucky Derby was first held in 1875, and has been run every year since, making it one of the longest-running sporting events in the United States. Over the years, legendary horses, jockeys and trainers have added their names to the history of the race. Here is a complete list of the Kentucky Derby winners from the first race in 1875 to the present day.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Golden Tempo | Jose Ortiz | Cherie DeVaux |
| 2025 | Sovereignty | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott |
| 2024 | Mystik Dan | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 2023 | Mage | Javier Castellano | Gustavo Delgado |
| 2022 | Rich Strike | Sonny Leon | Eric R. Reed |
| 2021 | Mandaloun | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox |
| 2020 | Authentic | John R. Velazquez | Bob Baffert |
| 2019 | Country House | Flavien Prat | William I. Mott |
| 2018 | Justify | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert |
| 2017 | Always Dreaming | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher |
| 2016 | Nyquist | Mario Gutierrez | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert |
| 2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | Art Sherman |
| 2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario | Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | John Velazquez | H. Graham Motion |
| 2010 | Super Saver | Calvin Borel | Todd Pletcher |
| 2009 | Mine That Bird | Calvin Borel | Bennie Woolley Jr. |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Dutrow, Jr. |
| 2007 | Street Sense | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger |
| 2006 | Barbaro | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz |
| 2005 | Giacomo | Mike Smith | John Shirreffs |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | José Santos | Barclay Tagg |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert |
| 2001 | Monarchos | Jorge Chavez | John T. Ward, Jr. |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert |
| 1996 | Grindstone | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1994 | Go for Gin | Chris McCarron | Nick Zito |
| 1993 | Sea Hero | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie "Mack" Miller |
| 1992 | Lil E. Tee | Pat Day | Lynn Whiting |
| 1991 | Strike the Gold | Chris Antley | Nick Zito |
| 1990 | Unbridled | Craig Perret | Carl Nafzger |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Patrick Valenzuela | Charles Edward Whittingham |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Charles "Jack" Van Berg |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | William Shoemaker | Charles Edward Whittingham |
| 1985 | Spend a Buck | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Cam Gambolati |
| 1984 | Swale | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woodford C. Stephens |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | Eddie Delahoussaye | David C. Cross, Jr. |
| 1982 | Gato Del Sol | Eddie Delahoussaye | Edwin J. Gregson |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John P. Campo |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Grover Delp |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Lazaro Barrera |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | Wm. H. Turner, Jr. |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Lazaro Barrera |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley |
| 1974 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Woodford C. Stephens |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin |
| 1972 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias |
| 1970 | Dust Commander | Mike Manganello | Don Combs |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | William Hartack | John Longden |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest |
| 1967 | Proud Clarion | Robert Ussery | Loyd Gentry, Jr. |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest |
| 1965 | Lucky Debonair | William Shoemaker | Frank Catrone |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | William Hartack | Horatio Luro |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway |
| 1962 | Decidedly | William Hartack | Horatio Luro |
| 1961 | Carry Back | John Sellers | Jack Price |
| 1960 | Venetian Way | William Hartack | Victor J. Sovinski |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee | William Shoemaker | Frank E. Childs |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | H. A. Jones |
| 1957 | Iron Liege | William Hartack | H. A. Jones |
| 1956 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh Fontaine |
| 1955 | Swaps | William Shoemaker | M. A. Tenney |
| 1954 | Determine | Raymond York | William Molter |
| 1953 | Dark Star | Henry Moreno | Eddie Hayward |
| 1952 | Hill Gail | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones |
| 1951 | Count Turf | Conn McCreary | Sol Rutchick |
| 1950 | Middleground | William Boland | Max Hirsch |
| 1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones |
| 1947 | Jet Pilot | Eric Guerin | Tom Smith |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch |
| 1945 | Hoop Jr. | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | John Longden | G. D. Cameron |
| 1942 | Shut Out | Wayne D. Wright | John Milton Gaver, Sr. |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones |
| 1940 | Gallahadion | Carroll Bierman | Roy Waldron |
| 1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Jame Fitzsimmons |
| 1938 | Lawrin | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charle Kurtsinger | George Conway |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | Ira Hanford | Max Hirsch |
| 1935 | Omaha | William Saunders | Jame Fitzsimmons |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | Mack Garner | Robert A. Smith |
| 1933 | Brokers Tip | Don Meade | Herbert John Thompson |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Basil James | Herbert John Thompson |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charle Kurtsinger | James Rowe, Jr. |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jame Fitzsimmons |
| 1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Linus McAtee | Clyde Van Dusen |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Charle Lang | Bert Michell |
| 1927 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins |
| 1926 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Herbert John Thompson |
| 1925 | Flying Ebony | Earl Sande | William Duke |
| 1924 | Black Gold | John D. Mooney | Hanly Webb |
| 1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | D. J. Leary |
| 1922 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew |
| 1921 | Behave Yourself | Charles Thompson | Herbert John Thompson |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | Ted Rice | William Garth |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | John Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell |
| 1918 | Exterminator | William Knapp | Henry McDaniel |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | Charles Borel | C. T. Patterson |
| 1916 | George Smith | John Loftus | Hollie Hughes |
| 1915 | Regret | Joe Notter | James Rowe, Sr. |
| 1914 | Old Rosebud | John McCabe | Frank D. Weir |
| 1913 | Donerail | Roscoe Goose | Thomas P. Hayes |
| 1912 | Worth | Carroll Hugh Shilling | Frank M. Taylor |
| 1911 | Meridian | George Archibald | Albert Ewing |
| 1910 | Donau | Robert Herbert | George Ham |
| 1909 | Wintergreen | Vincent Powers | Charles Mack |
| 1908 | Stone Street | Arthur Pickens | J. W. Hall |
| 1907 | Pink Star | Andy Minder | W. H. Fizer |
| 1906 | Sir Huon | Roscoe Troxler | Pete Coyne |
| 1905 | Agile | Jack Martin | Robert Tucker |
| 1904 | Elwood | Frank Prior | Charle E. Durnell |
| 1903 | Judge Himes | Harold Booker | John P. Mayberry |
| 1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Jimmy Winkfield | Thomas Clay McDowell |
| 1901 | His Eminence | Jimmy Winkfield | Frank B. Van Meter |
| 1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Jimmy Boland | Charles Hughes |
| 1899 | Manuel | Fred Taral | Robert Walden |
| 1898 | Plaudit | Willie Simms | John E. Madden |
| 1897 | Typhoon II | Buttons Garner | J. C. Cahn |
| 1896 | Ben Brush | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell, Jr. |
| 1895 | Halma | Soup Perkins | Byron McClelland |
| 1894 | Chant | Frank Goodale | H. Eugene Leigh |
| 1893 | Lookout | Eddie Kunze | William McDaniel |
| 1892 | Azra | Alonzo Clayton | John H. Morris |
| 1891 | Kingman | Isaac Murphy | Dud Allen |
| 1890 | Riley | Isaac Murphy | Edward Corrigan |
| 1889 | Spokane | Thomas Kiley | John Rodegap |
| 1888 | Macbeth II | George Covington | John Campbell |
| 1887 | Montrose | Isaac Lewis | John McGinty |
| 1886 | Ben Ali | Paul Duffy | Jim Murphy |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton | Erkine Henderson | Abe Perry |
| 1884 | Buchanan | Isaac Murphy | William Bird |
| 1883 | Leonatus | William Donohue | Raleigh Colston |
| 1882 | Apollo | Babe Hurd | Green B. Morris |
| 1881 | Hindoo | James McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. |
| 1880 | Fonso | George Garret Lewis | Tice Hutsell |
| 1879 | Lord Murphy | Charlie Shauer | George Rice |
| 1878 | Day Star | Jimmy Carter | Lee Paul |
| 1877 | Baden-Baden | William Walker | Edward D. Brown |
| 1876 | Vagrant | Bobby Swim | James Williams |
| 1875 | Aristides | Oliver Lewis | Ansel Williamson |
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