This is a listing of first place, second place, third and fourth place finishers and the number of starters in the Kentucky Derby, a grade 1 American thoroughbred race run at 1-1/4 miles on dirt for three year-olds. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Year |
Winner |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Starters |
2012 | I'll Have Another | Bodemeister | Dullahan | Went The Day Well | 20 |
2011 | Animal Kingdom | Nehro | Mucho Macho Man | Shackleford | 19 |
2010 | Super Saver | Ice Box | Paddy O'Prado | Make Music for Me | 20 |
2009 | Mine That Bird | Pioneerof the Nile | Musket Man | Papa Clem | 19 |
2008 | Big Brown | Eight Belles | Denis of Cork | Tale of Ekati | 20 |
2007 | Street Sense | Hard Spun | Curlin | Imawildandcrazyguy | 20 |
2006 | Barbaro | Bluegrass Cat | Steppenwolfer | Jazil | 20 |
2005 | Giacomo | Closing Argument | Afleet Alex | Don't Get Mad | 20 |
2004 | Smarty Jones | Lion Heart | Imperialism | Limehouse | 18 |
2003 | Funny Cide | Empire Maker | Peace Rules | Atswhatimtalkinbout | 16 |
2002 | War Emblem | Proud Citizen | Perfect Drift | Medaglia d'Oro | 18 |
2001 | Monarchos | Invisible Ink | Congaree | Point Given | 17 |
2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Aptitude | Impeachment | More Than Ready | 19 |
1999 | Charismatic | Menifee | Cat Thief | Prime Timber | 19 |
1998 | Real Quiet | Victory Gallop | Indian Charlie | Halory Hunter | 15 |
1997 | Silver Charm | Captain Bodgit | Free House | Pulpit | 13 |
1996 | Grindstone | Cavonnier | Prince of Thieves | Halo Sunshine | 19 |
1995 | Thunder Gulch | Tejano Run | Timber Country | Jumron | 19 |
1994 | Go for Gin | Strodes Creek | Blumin Affair | Brocco | 14 |
1993 | Sea Hero | Prairie Bayou | Wild Gale | Personal Hope | 19 |
1992 | Lil E. Tee | Casual Lies | Dance Floor | Conte Di Savoya | 18 |
1991 | Strike the Gold | Best Pal | Mane Minister | Green Alligator | 16 |
1990 | Unbridled | Summer Squall | Pleasant Tap | Video Ranger | 15 |
1989 | Sunday Silence | Easy Goer | Awe Inspiring | Dansil | 15 |
1988 | Winning Colors | Forty Niner | Risen Star | Proper Reality | 17 |
1987 | Alysheba | Bet Twice | Avies Copy | Cryptoclearance | 17 |
1986 | Ferdinand | Bold Arrangement | Broad Brush | Rampage | 16 |
1985 | Spend A Buck | Stephan's Odyssey | Chief's Crown | Fast Account | 13 |
1984 * | Swale | Coax Me Chad | At The Threshold | Fali Time | 20 |
1983 | Sunny's Halo | Desert Wine | Caveat | Slew o' Gold | 20 |
1982 | Gato Del Sol | Laser Light | Reinvested | Water Bank | 19 |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | Woodchopper | Partez | Classic Go Go | 21 |
1980 | Genuine Risk | Rumbo | Jaklin Klugman | Super Moment | 13 |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | General Assembly | Golden Act | King Celebrity | 10 |
1978 | Affirmed † | Alydar | Believe It | Darby Creek Road | 11 |
1977 | Seattle Slew † | Run Dusty Run | Sanhedrin | Get the Axe | 15 |
1976 | Bold Forbes | Honest Pleasure | Elocutionist | Amano | 9 |
1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Avatar | Diabolo | Master Derby | 15 |
1974 | Cannonade | Hudson County | Agitate | J. R.'s Pet | 23 |
1973 | Secretariat † | Sham | Our Native | Forego | 13 |
1972 | Riva Ridge | No Le Hace | Hold Your Peace | Introductivo | 16 |
1971 | Canonero II | Jim French | Bold Reason | Eastern Fleet | 20 |
1970 | Dust Commander | My Dad George | High Echelon | Naskra | 17 |
1969 | Majestic Prince | Arts and Letters | Dike | Traffic Mark | 8 |
1968 * | Forward Pass | Francie's Hat | T.V. Commercial | Kentucky Sherry | 14 |
1967 | Proud Clarion | Barbs Delight | Damascus | Reason to Hail | 14 |
1966 | Kauai King | Advocator | Blue Skyer | Stupendous | 15 |
1965 | Lucky Debonair | Dapper Dan | Tom Rolfe | Native Charger | 11 |
1964 | Northern Dancer | Hill Rise | The Scoundrel | Roman Brother | 12 |
1963 | Chateaugay | Never Bend | Candy Spots | On My Honor | 9 |
1962 | Decidedly | Roman Line | Ridan | Sir Ribot | 15 |
1961 | Carry Back | Crozier | Bass Clef | Dr. Miller | 15 |
1960 | Venetian Way | Bally Ache | Victoria Park | Tompion | 13 |
1959 | Tomy Lee | Sword Dancer | First Landing | Royal Orbit | 17 |
1958 | Tim Tam | Lincoln Road | Noureddin | Jewel's Reward | 14 |
1957 | Iron Liege | Gallant Man | Round Table | Bold Ruler | 9 |
1956 | Needles | Fabius | Come On Red | Count Chic | 17 |
1955 | Swaps | Nashua | Summer Tan | Racing Fool | 10 |
1954 | Determine | Hasty Road | Hasseyampa | Goyamo | 17 |
1953 | Dark Star | Native Dancer | Invigorator | Royal Bay Gem | 11 |
1952 | Hill Gail | Sub Fleet | Blue Man | Master Fiddle | 16 |
1951 | Count Turf | Royal Mustang | Ruhe | Phil D | 20 |
1950 | Middleground | Hill Prince | Mr. Trouble | Sunglow | 14 |
1949 | Ponder | Capot | Palestinian | Old Rockport | 14 |
1948 | Citation † | Coaltown | My Request | Billings | 6 |
1947 | Jet Pilot | Phalanx | Faultless | On Trust | 13 |
1946 | Assault † | Spy Song | Hampden | Lord Boswell | 17 |
1945 | Hoop Jr. | Pot o' Luck | Darby Dieppe | Air Sailor | 16 |
1944 | Pensive | Broadcloth | Stir Up | Shut Up | 16 |
1943 | Count Fleet † | Blue Swords | Slide Rule | Amber Light | 10 |
1942 | Shut Out | Alsab | Valdina Orphan | With Regards | 15 |
1941 | Whirlaway † | Staretor | Market Wise | Porter's Cap | 11 |
1940 | Gallahadion | Bimelech | Dit | Mioland | 8 |
1939 | Johnstown | Challedon | Heather Broom | Viscountyb | 8 |
1938 | Lawrin | Dauber | Can't Wait | Menow | 10 |
1937 | War Admiral † | Pompoon | Reaping Reward | Melodist | 20 |
1936 | Bold Venture | Brevity | Indian Broom | Coldstream | 14 |
1935 | Omaha † | Roman Soldier | Whiskolo | Nellie Flag | 18 |
1934 | Cavalcade | Discovery | Agrarian | Mata Hari | 13 |
1933 | Brokers Tip | Head Play | Charley O. | Ladysman | 13 |
1932 | Burgoo King | Economic | Stepenfetchit | Brandon Mint | 20 |
1931 | Twenty Grand | Sweep All | Mate | Spanish Play | 12 |
1930 | Gallant Fox † | Gallant Knight | Ned O. | Gone Away | 15 |
1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Naishapur | Panchio | Blue Larkspur | 21 |
1928 | Reigh Count | Misstep | Toro | Jack Higgins | 22 |
1927 | Whiskery | Osmand | Jock | Hydromel | 15 |
1926 | Bubbling Over | Bagenbaggage | Rock Man | Rhinock | 13 |
1925 | Flying Ebony | Captain Hal | Son of John | Single Foot | 20 |
1924 | Black Gold | Chilhowee | Beau Butler | Altawood | 19 |
1923 | Zev | Martingale | Vigil | Nassau | 21 |
1922 | Morvich | Bet Mosie | John Finn | Deadlock | 10 |
1921 | Behave Yourself | Black Servant | Prudery | Tryster | 12 |
1920 | Paul Jones | Upset | On Watch | Damask | 17 |
1919 | Sir Barton † | Billy Kelly | Under Fire | Valcanite | 12 |
1918 | Exterminator | Escoba | Viva America | War Cloud | 8 |
1917 | Omar Khayyam | Ticket | Midway | Rickety | 15 |
1916 | George Smith | Star Hawk | Franklin | Dodge | 9 |
1915 | Regret | Pebbles I | Sharpshooter | Royal II | 16 |
1914 | Old Rosebud | Hodge | Bronzewing | John Gund | 7 |
1913 | Donerail | Ten Point | Gowell | Foundation | 8 |
1912 | Worth | Duval | Flamma | Free Lance | 7 |
1911 | Meridian | Governor Gray | Colston | Mud Sill | 7 |
1910 | Donau | Joe Morris | Fighting Bob | Boola Boola | 7 |
1909 | Wintergreen | Miami | Dr. Barkley | Sir Catesby | 10 |
1908 | Stone Street | Sir Cleges | Dunvegan | Synchronized | 8 |
1907 | Pink Star | Zal | Ovelando | Red Gauntlet | 6 |
1906 | Sir Huon | Lady Navarre | James Reddick | Hyperion II | 6 |
1905 | Agile | Ram’s Horn | Layson | none | 3 |
1904 | Elwood | Ed Tierney | Brancas | Prince Silverwings | 5 |
1903 | Judge Himes | Early | Bourbon | Bad News | 6 |
1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Inventor | The Rival | Abe Frank | 4 |
1901 | His Eminence | Sannazarro | Driscoll | Amur | 5 |
1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Florizar | Thrive | Highland Lad | 7 |
1899 | Manuel | Corsini | Mazo | His Lordship | 5 |
1898 | Plaudit | Lieber Karl | Isabey | Han d'Or | 4 |
1897 | Typhoon II | Ornament | Dr. Catlett | Dr. Shepard | 6 |
1896 | Ben Brush | Ben Eder | Semper Ego | First Mate | 8 |
1895 | Halma | Basso | Laureate | Curator | 4 |
1894 | Chant | Pearl Song | Sigurd | Al Boyer | 5 |
1893 | Lookout | Plutus | Boundless | Buck McCann | 6 |
1892 | Azra | Huron | Phil Dwyer | none | 3 |
1891 | Kingman | Balgowan | High Tariff | Hart Wallace | 4 |
1890 | Riley | Bill Letcher | Robespierre | Palisade | 6 |
1889 | Spokane | Proctor Knott | Once Again | Hindoocraft | 8 |
1888 | Macbeth II | Gallifet | White | Alexandria | 7 |
1887 | Montrose | Jim Gore | Jacobin | Banburg | 7 |
1886 | Ben Ali | Blue Wing | Free Knight | Lijero | 10 |
1885 | Joe Cotton | Bersan | Ten Booker | Favor | 10 |
1884 | Buchanan | Loftin | Audrain | Bob Miles | 9 |
1883 | Leonatus | Drake Carter | Lord Raglan | Ascender | 7 |
1882 | Apollo | Runnymede | Bengal | Harry Gilmore | 14 |
1881 | Hindoo | Lelex | Alfambra | Sligo | 6 |
1880 | Fonso | Kimball | Bancroft | Boulevard | 5 |
1879 | Lord Murphy | Falsetto | Strathmore | Trinadad | 9 |
1878 | Day Star | Himyar | Leveler | Solicitor | 9 |
1877 | Baden-Baden | Leonard | King William | Vera Cruz | 11 |
1876 | Vagrant | Creedmore | Harry Hill | Parole | 11 |
1875 | Aristides | Volcano | Verdigris | Bob Wooley | 15 |
A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.
Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.
*In 1968, Dancer's Image finished first, but was disqualified after a post-race urine sample revealed traces of a banned drug in the horse. The drug in question - phenylbutazone - illegal at the time, is now legal for use on racehorses in many states, including Kentucky. Forward Pass is now the 1968 winner of the Kentucky Derby.
*In 1984, Gate Dancer finished fourth, but was disqualified for fouling Fali Time, who was then moved up from 5th to 4th place.
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“The head must bow, and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few more days, and the trouble all will end,
In the field where the sugar-canes grow.
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No matter, t will never be light;
A few more days till we totter on the road:
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—Stephen Collins Foster (18261884)
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