Kentucky Derby Winners

The Kentucky Derby is one of the three races that make up horse racing's Triple Crown. The race has been held at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky since 1875. The race is held on the first Saturday in May.

Year	Winner	Year	Winner
1875	Aristides	1942	Shut Out
1876	Vagrant	1943	Count Fleet
1877	Baden Baden	1944	Pensive
1878	Day Star	1945	Hoop, Jr.
1879	Lord Murphy	1946	Assault
1880	Fonso	1947	Jet Pilot
1881	Hindoo	1948	Citation
1882	Apollo	1949	Ponder
1883	Leonatus	1950	Middleground
1884	Buchanan	1951	Count Turf
1885	Joe Cotton	1952	Hill Gail
1886	Ben Ali	1953	Dark Star
1887	Montrose	1954	Determine
1888	Macbeth II	1955	Swaps
1889	Spokane	1956	Needles
1890	Riley	1957	Iron Liege
1891	Kingman	1958	Tim Tam
1892	Azra	1959	Tomy Lee
1893	Lookout	1960	Venetian Way
1894	Chant	1961	Carry Back
1895	Halma	1962	Decidedly
1896	Ben Brush	1963	Chateaugay
1897	Typhoon II	1964	Northern Dancer
1898	Plaudit	1965	Lucky Debonair
1899	Manuel	1966	Kauai King
1900	Lieutenant Gibson	1967	Proud Clarion
1901	His Eminence	1968	Forward Pass
1902	Alan-a-Dale	1969	Majestic Prince
1903	Judge Himes	1970	Dust Commander
1904	Elwood	1971	Canonero II
1905	Agile	1972	Riva Ridge
1906	Sir Huon	1973	Secretariat
1907	Pink Star	1974	Cannonade
1908	Stone Street	1975	Foolish Pleasure
1909	Wintergreen	1976	Bold Forbes
1910	Donau	1977	Seattle Slew
1911	Meridian	1978	Affirmed
1912	Worth	1979	Spectacular Bid
1913	Donerail	1980	Genuine Risk
1914	Old Rosebud	1981	Pleasant Colony
1915	Regret	1982	Gato del Sol
1916	George Smith	1983	Sunny's Halo
1917	Omar Khayyam	1984	Swale
1918	Exterminator	1985	Spend a Buck
1919	Sir Barton	1986	Ferdinand
1920	Paul Jones	1987	Alysheba
1921	Behave Yourself	1988	Winning Colors
1922	Morvich	1989	Sunday Silence
1923	Zev	1990	Unbridled
1924	Black Gold	1991	Strike the Gold
1925	Flying Ebony	1992	Lil E. Tee
1926	Bubbling Over	1993	Sea Hero
1927	Whiskery	1994	Go for Gin
1928	Reigh Count	1995	Thunder Gulch
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	1996	Grindstone
1930	Gallant Fox	1997	Silver Charm
1931	Twenty Grand	1998	Real Quiet
1932	Burgoo King	1999	Charismatic
1933	Brokers Tip	2000	Fusaichi Pegasus
1934	Cavalcade	2001	Monarchos
1935	Omaha	2002	War Emblem
1936	Bold Venture	2003	Funny Cide
1937	War Admiral	2004	Smarty Jones
1938	Lawrin	2005	Giacomo
1939	Johnstown	2006	Barbaro
1940	Gallahadion	2007	Street Sense
1941	Whirlaway	2008	Big Brown
		2009	Mine that Bird
		2010	Super Saver

 

Triple Crown

The other two races of the Triple Crown are the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Belmont Stakes, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

Triple Crown Winners
1919	Sir Barton
1930	Gallant Fox
1935	Omaha
1937	War Admiral
1941	Whirlaway
1943	Count Fleet
1946	Assault
1948	Citation
1973	Secretariat
1977	Seattle Slew
1978	Affirmed