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	1951	Count Turf
1876	Vagrant	1952	Hill Gail
1877	Baden Baden	1953	Dark Star
1878	Day Star	1954	Determine
1879	Lord Murphy	1955	Swaps
1880	Fonso	1956	Needles
1881	Hindoo	1957	Iron Liege
1882	Apollo	1958	Tim Tam
1883	Leonatus	1959	Tomy Lee
1884	Buchanan	1960	Venetian Way
1885	Joe Cotton	1961	Carry Back
1886	Ben Ali	1962	Decidedly
1887	Montrose	1963	Chateaugay
1888	Macbeth II	1964	Northern Dancer
1889	Spokane	1965	Lucky Debonair
1890	Riley	1966	Kauai King
1891	Kingman	1967	Proud Clarion
1892	Azra	1968	Forward Pass
1893	Lookout	1969	Majestic Prince
1894	Chant	1970	Dust Commander
1895	Halma	1971	Canonero II
1896	Ben Brush	1972	Riva Ridge
1897	Typhoon II	1973	Secretariat
1898	Plaudit	1974	Cannonade
1899	Manuel	1975	Foolish Pleasure
1900	Lieutenant Gibson	1976	Bold Forbes
1901	His Eminence	1977	Seattle Slew
1902	Alan-a-Dale	1978	Affirmed
1903	Judge Himes	1979	Spectacular Bid
1904	Elwood	1980	Genuine Risk
1905	Agile	1981	Pleasant Colony
1906	Sir Huon	1982	Gato del Sol
1907	Pink Star	1983	Sunny's Halo
1908	Stone Street	1984	Swale
1909	Wintergreen	1985	Spend a Buck
1910	Donau	1986	Ferdinand
1911	Meridian	1987	Alysheba
1912	Worth	1988	Winning Colors
1913	Donerail	1989	Sunday Silence
1914	Old Rosebud	1990	Unbridled
1915	Regret	1991	Strike the Gold
1916	George Smith	1992	Lil E. Tee
1917	Omar Khayyam	1993	Sea Hero
1918	Exterminator	1994	Go for Gin
1919	Sir Barton	1995	Thunder Gulch
1920	Paul Jones	1996	Grindstone
1921	Behave Yourself	1997	Silver Charm
1922	Morvich	1998	Real Quiet
1923	Zev	1999	Charismatic
1924	Black Gold	2000	Fusaichi Pegasus
1925	Flying Ebony	2001	Monarchos
1926	Bubbling Over	2002	War Emblem
1927	Whiskery	2003	Funny Cide
1928	Reigh Count	2004	Smarty Jones
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	2005	Giacomo
1930	Gallant Fox	2006	Barbaro
1931	Twenty Grand	2007	Street Sense
1932	Burgoo King	2008	Big Brown
1933	Brokers Tip	2009	Mine that Bird
1934	Cavalcade	2010	Super Saver
1935	Omaha	2011	Animal Kingdom
1936	Bold Venture	2012	I'll Have Another
1937	War Admiral	2013	Orb
1938	Lawrin	2014	California Chrome
1939	Johnstown	2015	American Pharoah
1940	Gallahadion	2016	Nyquist
1941	Whirlaway	2017	Always Dreaming
1942	Shut Out	2018	Justify
1943	Count Fleet	2019	Country House
1944	Pensive	2020	Authentic
1945	Hoop, Jr.
1946	Assault
1947	Jet Pilot
1948	Citation
1949	Ponder
1950	Middleground

 

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
2015	American Pharoah
2018	Justify