Winners of The Arkansas Derby Since 1936
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
| 2012 | Bodemeister | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:48.71 | I |
| 2011 | Archarcharch | 3 | Jon Court | William H. Fires | Robert & Loval Yagos | 1-1/8 | 1:49.34 | I |
| 2010 | Line of David | 3 | Jon Court | John W. Sadler | Ike & Dawn Thrash | 1-1/8 | 1:49.37 | I |
| 2009 | Papa Clem | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Gary Stute | Bo Hirsch | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | II |
| 2008 | Gayego | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Paulo Lobo | Cubanacan Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.63 | II |
| 2007 | Curlin | 3 | Robby Albarado | Steve Asmussen | Midnight Cry Stables et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | II |
| 2006 | Lawyer Ron | 3 | John McKee | Robert E. Holthus | James T. Hines, Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:51.38 | II |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | 3 | Jeremy Rose | Tim Ritchey | Cash Is King Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | II |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | 3 | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Roy & Patricia Chapman | 1-1/8 | 1:49.41 | II |
| 2003 | Sir Cherokee | 3 | Terry J. Thompson | Michael Tomlinson | Domino Stud | 1-1/8 | 1:48.39 | II |
| 2002 | Private Emblem | 3 | Donnie Meche | Steve Asmussen | James Cassels/Bob Zollars | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | II |
| 2001 | Balto Star | 3 | Mark Guidry | Todd Pletcher | Anstu Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | II |
| 2000 | Graeme Hall | 3 | Robby Albarado | Todd Pletcher | Eugene & Laura Melnyk | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | II |
| 1999 | Certain + | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Leo Azpurua, Jr. | B.& J.Williams | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | II |
| 1998 | Victory Gallop | 3 | Alex Solis | W. Elliott Walden | Prestonwood Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | II |
| 1997 | Crypto Star | 3 | Pat Day | Wayne Catalano | Darrell & Evelyn Yates | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | II |
| 1996 | Zarb's Magic | 3 | Ronald Ardoin | Bert Thomas | Foxwood Plantation | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | II |
| 1995 | Dazzling Falls | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Chuck Turco | Chateau Ridge Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | II |
| 1994 | Concern | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1-1/8 | 1:48.00 | II |
| 1993 | Rockamundo | 3 | Calvin Borel | O. J. Glass, Jr. | Gary & Mary West | 1-1/8 | 1:48.00 | II |
| 1992 | Pine Bluff | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:49.40 | II |
| 1991 | Olympio | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | V.H.W. Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:47.60 | II |
| 1990 | Silver Ending | 3 | Gary L. Stevens | Ron McAnally | R. McAnally & A. Costanzo | 1-1/8 | 1:48.00 | II |
| 1989 | Dansil | 3 | Larry Snyder | Frank L. Brothers | John A. Franks | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | II |
| 1988 | Proper Reality | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert E. Holthus | Mrs. James A. Winn | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | I |
| 1987 | Demons Begone | 3 | Pat Day | Philip Hauswald | Loblolly Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:47.60 | I |
| 1986 | Rampage | 3 | Pat Day | Gary A. Thomas | Nancy & John Reed | 1-1/8 | 1:48.20 | I |
| 1985 | Tank's Prospect | 3 | Gary L. Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | I |
| 1984 | Althea | 3 | Pat Valenzuela | D. Wayne Lukas | Helen C. Alexander et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:46.80 | I |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | David C. Cross, Jr. | David J. Foster | 1-1/8 | 1:49.40 | I |
| 1982 | Hostage | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Willard C. Freeman | Helen Hertz Hexter | 1-1/8 | 1:51.60 | I |
| 1981 | Bold Ego | 3 | John Lively | Jack Van Berg | Double B. Ranch/J. Kidd | 1-1/8 | 1:50.40 | I |
| 1980 | Temperence Hill | 3 | Darrell Haire | Joseph B. Cantey | Loblolly Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | II |
| 1979 | Golden Act | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Loren Rettele | Oldknow & Phipps | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | II |
| 1978 | Esops Foibles | 3 | Chris McCarron | Loren Rettele | Jerry Frankel | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | II |
| 1977 | Clev Er Tell | 3 | Ray Broussard | Homer C. Pardue | J. R. Straus/I. Proler | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | II |
| 1976 | Elocutionist | 3 | John Lively | Paul T. Adwell | Eugene C. Cashman | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | II |
| 1975 | Promised City | 3 | David E. Whited | Larry Spraker | Big I. Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:51.80 | II |
| 1974 | J.R.'s Pet | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Harold Tinker | W. Cal Partee | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | II |
| 1973 | Impecunious | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | George R. Handy | Mrs. R. L. Feinberg | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | II |
| 1972 | No Le Hace | 3 | Phil Rubbicco | Homer C. Pardue | Joseph W. Strauss | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | |
| 1971 | Twist The Axe | 3 | Garth Patterson | George T. Poole | Pastorale Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | |
| 1970 | Herbalist | 3 | Jimmy Nichols | Roy J. Gillem | Greentree Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | |
| 1969 | Traffic Mark | 3 | Phil I. Grimm | Ronnie Warren | M/M R. F. Roberts | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | |
| 1968 | Nodouble | 3 | William McKeever | J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | |
| 1967 | Monitor | 3 | Jimmy Nichols | Harry Trotsek | Claiborne Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:48.60 | |
| 1966 | Better Sea | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Blaine Heap | Scottdale Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | |
| 1965 | Swift Ruler | 3 | Larry Spraker | Gin L. Collins | Earl Allen | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | |
| 1964 | Prince Davelle | 3 | Charlie Burr | Doug M. Davis, Jr. | George M. Holtsinger | 1-1/8 | 1:51.40 | |
| 1963 | Cosmic Tip | 3 | Robert Mundorf | E. Mahoney | River Divide Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.40 | |
| 1962 | Areopolis | 3 | Robert L. Baird | Harold Tinker | A. Muckler | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
| 1961 | Light Talk | 3 | Robert Nono | Steve Ippolito | Jacnot Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | |
| 1960 | Spring Broker | 3 | Eugene Curry | Marion Van Berg | Marion Van Berg | 1-1/8 | 1:54.40 | |
| 1960 | Persian Gold | 3 | John Combest | Monte D. Parke | Janes-Tuckahoe Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:53.00 | |
| 1959 | Al Davelle | 3 | Ronnie Baldwin | D. Howell | Smith/Moulder/Oldham | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | |
| 1958 | Count Deblanc | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Charles C. Norman | C. & J. Riedinger | 1-1/8 | 1:53.80 | |
| 1957 | Kentucky Roman | 3 | John Delahoussaye | Norman A. McMaster | R. Lowe | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
| 1956 | Johns Chic | 3 | John L. Rotz | Logan Fischer | Mrs. E. Muckler | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | |
| 1955 | Trim Destiny | 3 | L. C. Cook | Cecil Locklear | G. White | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
| 1954 | Timely Tip | 3 | Howard Craig | Reid Armstrong | A. L. Birch | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | |
| 1953 | Curragh King | 3 | John H. Adams | James Wallace | E. Goemans | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
| 1952 | Gushing Oil | 3 | Alfred Popara | Joe Jansen | Sam E. Wilson, Jr | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | |
| 1951 | Ruhe | 3 | Job Dean Jessop | Robert McGarvey | Emil Denemark | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | |
| 1950 | Big Ike | 3 | Harold Keene | Cecil Locklear | C. Buckley | 1-1/8 | 1:52.00 | |
| 1949 | Cacomo | 3 | Billie Fisk | A. Williams | Endovina & Kontos | 1-1/8 | 1:54.60 | |
| 1948 | Fertile Lands | 3 | Paul Glidewell | Marian Barton | Grissom & Sherman | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | |
| 1947 | Fleetridge | 3 | Arthur Craig | Roy J. Gillem | Mrs. K. Maxwell | 1-1/8 | 1:51.40 | |
| 1946 | Bob Murphy | 3 | Wendell Eads | Charles Sanborn | D. Ferguson | 1-1/8 | 1:51.80 | |
| 1945 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1944 | Challenge Me | 3 | Anthony Skoronski | Dan Cataldo | Brolite Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | |
| 1943 | Seven Hearts | 3 | John H. Adams | W. Graves Sparks | Brown Hotel Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | |
| 1942 | With Regards | 3 | Johnny Longden | T. D. Grimes | T. D. Grimes | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | |
| 1941 | He Rolls | 3 | Preston Mills | Victor P. Noyes | Victor P. Noyes | 1-1/8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1940 | Super Chief | 3 | Jack Richard | Dave Womeldorff | Mrs. Emil Denemark | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | |
| 1939 | Ariel Toy | 3 | Lee Hardy | Hugh W. Jackson | Hugh W. Jackson | 1-1/8 | 1:52.40 | |
| 1938 | Tiger | 3 | Alfred Robertson | Robert McGarvey | Milky Way Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 | |
| 1937 | Eastport | 3 | Ray Hightshoe | E. Russell | Mrs. V. Wyse | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 | |
| 1936 | Holl Image | 3 | Herb Fisher | Jack Carter | Jack Carter | 1-1/8 | 1:53.40 |
+ Valhol finished first in 1999 but was relegated to last place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
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