History Of Kentucky Derby Winners

Since 1883, the Kentucky Derby winner has been presented with a blossoming blanket of 554 roses. It is the official flower of the Kentucky Derby and needless to say, it adds to the tradition of winning the most prestigious race in all of horse racing.

They say that horse racing is the sport of kings so here is a list of all of the Kentucky Derby winners who have been crowned with roses along with some record-setting performances (below).

Kentucky Derby Winners:

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

Various Records For Kentucky Derby Wins:

Longest shot to win the Derby

$92.40 to 1 - Donerail (1913)

Most wins by a jockey

5 - Eddie Arcaro (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952)

5 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969)

Most wins by a trainer

6 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952)

Most wins by an owner

8 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968)

Speed record

1:59.40 - Secretariat (1973)

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