You can now bet on the Kentucky Derby!
Get great future odds with amazing payouts on the leading Kentucky Oaks and Derby horses and even the leading Jockeys and Trainers. Bet the "Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" running on Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at Churchill Downs.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mage | Javier Castellano | Gustavo Delgado | 2:01.57 |
| 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 |
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