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Kentucky Derby 2025
Where: Louisville, Kentucky at the Churchill DownsWhen: 20211 Days until the Kentucky Derby runs on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025.
Watch: See it on TV with NBC at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2022 | Rich Strike | Sonny Leon | Eric R. Reed | 2:02.61 |
2021 | Medina Spirit | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | 2:01.01 |
2020 | Authentic | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | 2:00.61 |
2019 | Country House | Flavien Prat | W. Mott | 2:03:93 |
2018 | Justify | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | 2:04.20 |
2017 | Always Dreaming | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | 2:03.59 |
2016 | Nyquist | Mario Guiterrez | Doug O'Neill | 2:01.31 |
2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | 2:03.02 |
2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | Art Sherman | 2:03.66 |
2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario | Shug McGaughey | 2:02 4/5 |
2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | 2:01.83 |
2011 | Animal Kingdom | John R. Velazquez | H. Graham Motion | 2:02.04 |
2010 | Super Saver | Calvin Borel | Todd Pletcher | 2:04.45 |
2009 | Mine That Bird | Calvin Borel | Bennie Woolley Jr. | 2:02.66 |
2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Rick Dutrow | 2:01.82 |
2007 | Street Sense | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | 2:02.17 |
2006 | Barbaro | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz | 2:01.36 |
2005 | Giacomo | Mike Smith | John Shirreffs | 2:02.75 |
2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | 2:04.06 |
2003 | Funny Cide | Jos Santos | Barclay Tagg | 2:01.19 |
2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | 2:01.13 |
2001 | Monarchos | Jorge Chavez | John Ward Jr. | 1:59.97 |
2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil Drysdale | 2:01 |
1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:03 1/5 |
1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert | 2:02 1/5 |
1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | 2:02 2/5 |
1996 | Grindstone | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:01 |
1995 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:01 1/5 |
1994 | Go for Gin | Chris McCarron | Nick Zito | 2:03 3/5 |
1993 | Sea Hero | Jerry Bailey | Mack Miller | 2:02 2/5 |
1992 | Lil E. Tee | Pat Day | Lynn Whiting | 2:03 |
1991 | Strike the Gold | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | 2:03 |
1990 | Unbridled | Craig Perret | Carl Nafzger | 2:02 |
1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | 2:05 |
1988 | Winning Colors | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:02 1/5 |
1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | 2:03 2/5 |
1986 | Ferdinand | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | 2:02 4/5 |
1985 | Spend a Buck | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Cam Gambolati | 2:00 1/5 |
1984 | Swale | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | 2:02 2/5 |
1983 | Sunnys Halo | Eddie Delahoussaye | David Cross Jr. | 2:02 1/5 |
1982 | Gato Del Sol | Eddie Delahoussaye | Eddie Gregson | 2:02 2/5 |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John Campo | 2:02 |
1980 | Genuine Risk | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | 2:02 |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ron Franklin | Bud Delp | 2:02 2/5 |
1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | 2:01 1/5 |
1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | Billy Turner | 2:02 1/5 |
1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | 2:01 3/5 |
1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | 2:02 |
1974 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Woody Stephens | 2:04 |
1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | 1:59 2/5 |
1972 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | 2:01 4/5 |
1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias | 2:03 1/5 |
1970 | Dust Commander | Mike Manganello | Don Combs | 2:03 2/5 |
1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | 2:01 4/5 |
1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | 2:02 1/5 |
1967 | Proud Clarion | Bobby Ussery | Loyd Gentry | 2:00 3/5 |
1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | 2:02 |
1965 | Lucky Debonair | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Catrone | 2:01 1/5 |
1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | 2:00 |
1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James Conway | 2:01 4/5 |
1962 | Decidedly | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | 2:00 2/5 |
1961 | Carry Back | John Sellers | Jack Price | 2:04 |
1960 | Venetian Way | Bill Hartack | Victor Sovinski | 2:02 2/5 |
1959 | Tomy Lee | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Childs | 2:02 1/5 |
1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones | 2:05 |
1957 | Iron Liege | Bill Hartack | Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones | 2:02 1/5 |
1956 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh Fontaine | 2:03 2/5 |
1955 | Swaps | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | 2:01 4/5 |
1954 | Determine | Raymond York | Willie Molter | 2:03 |
1953 | Dark Star | Hank Moreno | Eddie Hayward | 2:02 |
1952 | Hill Gail | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | 2:01 3/5 |
1951 | Count Turf | Conn McCreary | Sol Rutchick | 2:02 3/5 |
1950 | Middleground | William Boland | Max Hirsch | 2:01 3/5 |
1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | 2:04 1/5 |
1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | 2:05 2/5 |
1947 | Jet Pilot | Eric Guerin | Tom Smith | 2:06 4/5 |
1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | 2:06 3/5 |
1945 | Hoop Jr | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan Parke | 2:07 |
1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | 2:04 1/5 |
1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | 2:04 |
1942 | Shut Out | Wayne Wright | John M. Gaver | 2:04 2/5 |
1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | 2:01 2/5 |
1940 | Gallahadion | Carroll Bierman | Roy Waldron | 2:05 |
1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:03 2/5 |
1938 | Lawrin | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | 2:04 4/5 |
1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | 2:03 1/5 |
1936 | Bold Venture | Ira Hanford | Max Hirsch | 2:03 3/5 |
1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:05 |
1934 | Cavalcade | Mack Garner | Bob Smith | 2:04 |
1933 | Brokers Tip | Don Meade | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:06 4/5 |
1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:05 1/5 |
1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James Rowe, Jr. | 2:01 4/5 |
1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:07 3/5 |
1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Linus McAtee | Clyde Van Dusen | 2:10 4/5 |
1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert Micchell | 2:10 2/5 |
1927 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins | 2:06 |
1926 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:03 4/5 |
1925 | Flying Ebony | Earl Sande | William Duke | 2:07 3/5 |
1924 | Black Gold | John D. Mooney | Hanley Webb | 2:05 1/5 |
1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | David J. Leary | 2:05 2/5 |
1922 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | 2:04 3/5 |
1921 | Behave Yourself | Charles Thompson | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:04 1/5 |
1920 | Paul Jones | Ted Rice | Billy Garth | 2:09 |
1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | 2:09 4/5 |
1918 | Exterminator | William Knapp | Henry McDaniel | 2:10 4/5 |
1917 | Omar Khayyam | Charles Borel | C.T. Patterson | 2:04 3/5 |
1916 | George Smith | Johnny Loftus | Hollie Hughes | 2:04 |
1915 | Regret | Joe Notter | James Rowe, Sr. | 2:05 2/5 |
1914 | Old Rosebud | John McCabe | F. D. Weir | 2:03 2/5 |
1913 | Donerail | Roscoe Goose | Thomas Hayes | 2:04 4/5 |
1912 | Worth | Carol Shilling | Frank Taylor | 2:09 2/5 |
1911 | Meridian | George Archibald | Albert Ewing | 2:05 |
1910 | Donau | Fred Herbert | George Ham | 2:06 2/5 |
1909 | Wintergreen | Vincent Powers | Charles Mack | 2:08 1/5 |
1908 | Stone Street | Arthur Pickens | J. W. Hall | 2:15 1/5 |
1907 | Pink Star | Andy Minder | W. H. Fizer | 2:12 3/5 |
1906 | Sir Huon | Roscoe Troxler | Pete Coyne | 2:08 4/5 |
1905 | Agile | Jack Martin | Robert Tucker | 2:10 3/4 |
1904 | Elwood | Shorty Prior | C. E. Durnell | 2:08 1/2 |
1903 | Judge Himes | Hal Booker | J. P. Mayberry | 2:09 |
1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Jimmy Winkfield | T. C. McDowell | 2:08 3/4 |
1901 | His Eminence | Jimmy Winkfield | F. P. Van Meter | 2:07 3/4 |
1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Jimmy Boland | Charles Hughes | 2:06 1/4 |
1899 | Manuel | Fred Taral | Robert J. Walden | 2:12 |
1898 | Plaudit | Willie Simms | John E. Madden | 2:09 |
1897 | Typhoon II | Buttons Garner | J. C. Cahn | 2:12 1/2 |
1896 | Ben Brush | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell | 2:07 3/4 |
1895 | Halma | Soup Perkins | Byron McClelland | 2:37 1/2 |
1894 | Chant | Frank Goodale | Eugene Leigh | 2:41 |
1893 | Lookout | E. Kunze | William McDaniel | 2:39 1/4 |
1892 | Azra | Lonnie Clayton | John Morris | 2:41 1/2 |
1891 | Kingman | Isaac Murphy | Dud Allen | 2:52 1/4 |
1890 | Riley | Isaac Murphy | Edward Corrigan | 2:45 |
1889 | Spokane | Thomas Kiley | John Rodegap | 2:34 1/2 |
1888 | Macbeth II | George Covington | John Campbell | 2:38 |
1887 | Montrose | Isaac Lewis | John McGinty | 2:39 1/4 |
1886 | Ben Ali | Paul Duffy | Jim Murphy | 2:36 1/2 |
1885 | Joe Cotton | Babe Henderson | Alex Perry | 2:37 1/4 |
1884 | Buchanan | Isaac Murphy | William Bird | 2:40 1/4 |
1883 | Leonatus | Billy Donohue | John McGinty | 2:43 |
1882 | Apollo | Babe Hurd | Green Morris | 2:40 |
1881 | Hindoo | Jim McLaughlin | James Rowe, Sr. | 2:40 |
1880 | Fonso | George Lewis | Tice Hutsell | 2:37 1/2 |
1879 | Lord Murphy | Charlie Shauer | George Rice | 2:37 |
1878 | Day Star | J. Carter | Lee Paul | 2:37 1/4 |
1877 | Baden Baden | Billy Walker | Ed Brown (aka "Dick") | 2:38 |
1875 | Aristides | Oliver Lewis | Ansel Williamson | 2:37 3/4 |