Kentucky Derby Winners By Year
With the inaugural race taking place in 1875, there have been many Kentucky Derby winners throughout the course of history. It all began with first-ever winner Aristides, with more than 100 other horses claiming victory in the Run for the Roses. Some of the most legendary horses include Secretariat, American Pharoah, Smarty Jones, and Seattle Slew, with a few of the thoroughbreds going on to win the Triple Crown. Records have been set and broken, with the three-year-olds running the 1 ¼-mile race at the fastest speeds possible. The top Kentucky Derby winners of all time consist of betting favorites and even a handful of definite longshots. Here is the KentuckyDerbyPreview.com list of every Kentucky Derby winner by year, along with their finishing times and historical betting odds:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Always Dreaming | John Velazquez | vTodd Pletcher | MeB Racing, Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola, St. Elias, Siena Farm and West Point |
| 2016 | Nyquist | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables, LLC |
| 2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | Art Sherman | Steve Coburn & Perry Martin |
| 2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario | Claude McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | John Velazquez | H. Graham Motion | Team Valor International |
| 2010 | Super Saver | Calvin Borel | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm |
| 2009 | Mine That Bird | Calvin Borel | Bennie L. Woolley, Jr. | Double Eagle Ranch et al. |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables / P. Pompa |
| 2007 | Street Sense | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel |
| 2006 | Barbaro | Edgar Prado | Michael R. Matz | Lael Stables |
| 2005 | Giacomo | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Someday Farm |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | José A. Santos | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 2001 | Monarchos | Jorge F. Chavez | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil Drysdale | Fusao Sekiguchi |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis |
| 1996 | Grindstone | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor |
| 1994 | Go for Gin | Chris McCarron | Nick Zito | William J. Condren & Joseph M. Cornacchia |
| 1993 | Sea Hero | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables |
| 1992 | Lil E. Tee | Pat Day | Lynn S. Whiting | W. Cal Partee |
| 1991 | Strike the Gold | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | BCC Stable |
| 1990 | Unbridled | Craig Perret | Carl Nafzger | Frances A. Genter |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | H-G-W Partners |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | D. & P. Scharbauer |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck |
| 1985 | Spend A Buck | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Cam Gambolati | Dennis Diaz |
| 1984 | Swale | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | Eddie Delahoussaye | David C. Cross, Jr. | D. J. Foster Stable |
| 1982 | Gato Del Sol | Eddie Delahoussaye | Edwin J. Gregson | Hancock & Peters |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | Karen L. Taylor |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | E. Rodriguez Tizol |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer |
| 1974 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Woody Stephens | John M. Olin |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable |
| 1972 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stud |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias | Edgar Caibett |
| 1970 | Dust Commander | Mike Manganello | Don Combs | Robert E. Lehmann |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | Frank M. McMahon |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm |
| 1967 | Proud Clarion | Bobby Ussery | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Ford Stable |
| 1965 | Lucky Debonair | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1962 | Decidedly | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | El Peco Ranch |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price |
| 1960 | Venetian Way | Bill Hartack | Victor J. Sovinski | Sunny Blue Farm |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee | Bill Shoemaker | Frank E. Childs | Fred & Juliette Turner |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1957 | Iron Liege | Bill Hartack | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1956 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable |
| 1955 | Swaps | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth |
| 1954 | Determine | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin |
| 1953 | Dark Star | Henry E. Moreno | Eddie Hayward | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1952 | Hill Gail | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1951 | Count Turf | Conn McCreary | Sol Rutchick | Jack J. Amiel |
| 1950 | Middleground | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch |
| 1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1947 | Jet Pilot | Eric Guerin | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch |
| 1945 | Hoop Jr. | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz |
| 1942 | Shut Out | Wayne D. Wright | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1940 | Gallahadion | Carroll Bierman | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm |
| 1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1938 | Lawrin | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Herbert M. Woolf |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | Ira Hanford | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | Mack Garner | Bob Smith | Brookmeade Stable |
| 1933 | Brokers Tip | Don Meade | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Linus McAtee | Clyde Van Dusen | Herbert P. Gardner |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz |
| 1927 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins | Harry P. Whitney |
| 1926 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1925 | Flying Ebony | Earl Sande | William B. Duke | Gifford A. Cochran |
| 1924 | Black Gold | J. D. Mooney | Hanley Webb | Rosa M. Hoots |
| 1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | David J. Leary | Rancocas Stable |
| 1922 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | Benjamin Block |
| 1921 | Behave Yourself | Charles Thompson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | Ted Rice | Billy Garth | Ral Parr |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross |
| 1918 | Exterminator | Willie Knapp | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | Charles Borel | Charles T. Patterson | Billings & Johnson |
| 1916 | George Smith | Johnny Loftus | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford |
| 1915 | Regret | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry P. Whitney |
| 1914 | Old Rosebud | John McCabe | Frank D. Weir | Hamilton C. Applegate |
| 1913 | Donerail | Roscoe Goose | Thomas P. Hayes | Thomas P. Hayes |
| 1912 | Worth | Carroll H. Shilling | Frank M. Taylor | Henry C. Hallenbeck |
| 1911 | Meridian | George Archibald | Albert Ewing | Richard F. Carman |
| 1910 | Donau | Frederick Herbert | George Ham | William Gerst |
| 1909 | Wintergreen | Vincent Powers | Charles Mack | Jerome B. Respess |
| 1908 | Stone Street | Arthur Pickens | J. W. Hall | C. E. & J. W. Hamilton |
| 1907 | Pink Star | Andy Minder | W. H. Fizer | J. Hal Woodford |
| 1906 | Sir Huon | Roscoe Troxler | Pete Coyne | Bashford Manor Stable |
| 1905 | Agile | Jack Martin | Robert Tucker | Samuel S. Brown |
| 1904 | Elwood | Shorty Prior | Charles E. Durnell | Mrs. C. E. Durnell |
| 1903 | Judge Himes | Hal Booker | John P. Mayberry | Charles R. Ellison |
| 1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Jimmy Winkfield | Thomas C. McDowell | Thomas C. McDowell |
| 1901 | His Eminence | Jimmy Winkfield | Frank B. Van Meter | Frank B. Van Meter |
| 1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Jimmy Boland | Charles Hughes | Charles H. Smith |
| 1899 | Manuel | Fred Taral | Robert J. Walden | A. H. & D. H. Morris |
| 1898 | Plaudit | Willie Simms | John E. Madden | John E. Madden |
| 1897 | Typhoon II | Buttons Garner | J. C. Cahn | J. C. Cahn |
| 1896 | Ben Brush | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Mike F. Dwyer |
| 1895 | Halma | Soup Perkins | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland |
| 1894 | Chant | Frank Goodale | H. Eugene Leigh | Leigh & Rose |
| 1893 | Lookout | Eddie Kunze | William McDaniel | Cushing & Orth |
| 1892 | Azra | Alonzo Clayton | John H. Morris | Bashford Manor Stable |
| 1891 | Kingman | Isaac Murphy | Dud Allen | Jacobin Stable |
| 1890 | Riley | Isaac Murphy | Edward Corrigan | Edward Corrigan |
| 1889 | Spokane | Thomas Kiley | John Rodegap | Noah Armstrong |
| 1888 | Macbeth II | George Covington | John Campbell | Chicago Stable |
| 1887 | Montrose | Isaac Lewis | John McGinty | Labold Brothers |
| 1886 | Ben Ali | Paul Duffy | Jim Murphy | J. B. A. Haggin |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton | Erskine Henderson | Abe Perry | James T. Williams |
| 1884 | Buchanan | Isaac Murphy | William Bird | William Cottrill |
| 1883 | Leonatus | Billy Donohue | Raleigh Colston | Chinn & Morgan |
| 1882 | Apollo | Babe Hurd | Green B. Morris | Morris & Patton |
| 1881 | Hindoo | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Bros. Stable |
| 1880 | Fonso | George Lewis | John Henry "Dutch" Rolfes | J. Snell Shawhan |
| 1879 | Lord Murphy | Charlie Shauer | George Rice | Darden & Co |
| 1878 | Day Star | Jimmy Carter | Lee Paul | T. J. Nichols |
| 1877 | Baden-Baden | Billy Walker | Edward D. Brown | Daniel Swigert |
| 1876 | Vagrant | Bobby Swim | James Williams | William Astor, Jr. |
| 1875 | Aristides | Oliver Lewis | Ansel Williamson | Hal P. McGrath |