Winners of The Florida Derby Since 1952
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Purse |
Gr |
| 2012 | Take Charge Indy | 3 | Calvin Borel | Patrick B. Byrne | Charles & Maribeth Sandford | 1-1/8 | 1:48.79 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2011 | Dialed In | 3 | Julien R. Leparoux | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1-1/8 | 1:50.74 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2010 | Ice Box | 3 | Jose Lezcano | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1-1/8 | 1:49.19 | $750,000 | I |
| 2009 | Quality Road | 3 | John Velazquez | James A. Jerkens | Edward P. Evans | 1-1/8 | 1:47.72 | $750,000 | I |
| 2008 | Big Brown | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow | IEAH Stables/Paul Pompa | 1-1/8 | 1:48.16 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2007 | Scat Daddy | 3 | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | J. Scatuorchio / M. Tabor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2006 | Barbaro | 3 | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz | Lael Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.01 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2005 | High Fly | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Nick Zito | Live Oak Plantation | 1-1/8 | 1:49.43 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2004 | Friends Lake | 3 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Chester & Mary Broman | 1-1/8 | 1:51.38 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2003 | Empire Maker | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Robert Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1-1/8 | 1:49.05 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2002 | Harlan's Holiday | 3 | Edgar Prado | Kenneth McPeek | Starlight Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2001 | Monarchos | 3 | Jorge Chavez | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1-1/8 | 1:49.95 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2000 | Hal's Hope | 3 | Roger Velez | Harold Rose | Rose Family Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:51.49 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1999 | Vicar | 3 | Shane Sellers | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 1-1/8 | 1:50.83 | $750,000 | I |
| 1998 | Cape Town † | 3 | Shane Sellers | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.21 | $750,000 | I |
| 1997 | Captain Bodgit | 3 | Alex Solis | Gary Capuano | Team Valor | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | $750,000 | I |
| 1996 | Unbridled's Song | 3 | Mike Smith | James T. Ryerson | Paraneck Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:47.85 | $750,000 | I |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | 3 | Mike Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.70 | $500,000 | I |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | 3 | Mike Smith | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:47.66 | $500,000 | I |
| 1993 | Bull Inthe Heather | 3 | Wigberto Ramos | Howard M. Tesher | Arthur Klein | 1-1/8 | 1:51.38 | $500,000 | I |
| 1992 | Technology | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Hubert Hine | Scott Savin | 1-1/8 | 1:50.72 | $500,000 | I |
| 1991 | Fly So Free | 3 | Jose Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Tommy Valando | 1-1/8 | 1:50.44 | $500,000 | I |
| 1990 | Unbridled | 3 | Pat Day | Carl Nafzger | Genter Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:52.00 | $500,000 | I |
| 1989 | Mercedes Won | 3 | Earlie Fires | Arnold Fink | Christopher Spencer | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | $500,000 | I |
| 1988 | Brian's Time | 3 | Randy Romero | John M. Veitch | James W. Phillips | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $500,000 | I |
| 1987 | Cryptoclearance | 3 | Jose Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Phil Teinowitz | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | $500,000 | I |
| 1986 | Snow Chief | 3 | Alex Solis | Melvin F. Stute | Rochelle/Grinstead | 1-1/8 | 1:51.80 | $500,000 | I |
| 1985 | Proud Truth | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $500,000 | I |
| 1984 | Swale | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.60 | $300,000 | I |
| 1983 | Croeso | 3 | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | Joyce & Roy Fowler | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $300,000 | I |
| 1982 | Timely Writer | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Dominic Imprescia | Peter & Francis Martin | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | $250,000 | I |
| 1981 | Lord Avie | 3 | Chris McCarron | Daniel Perlsweig | David Simon | 1-1/8 | 1:50.40 | $250,000 | I |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | 3 | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | $250,000 | I |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | 3 | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $200,000 | I |
| 1978 | Alydar | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.00 | $200,000 | I |
| 1977 | Ruthie's Native | 3 | Craig Perret | Eugene Jacobs | Ruth A. Perlmutter | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | $125,000 | I |
| 1977 | Coined Silver | 3 | Buck Thornburg | George T. Poole III | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $125,000 | I |
| 1976 | Honest Pleasure | 3 | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/8 | 1:47.80 | $125,000 | I |
| 1975 | Prince Thou Art | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.40 | $150,000 | I |
| 1974 | Judger | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $150,000 | I |
| 1973 | Royal and Regal | 3 | Walter Blum | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Aisco Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:47.40 | $130,000 | I |
| 1972 | Upper Case | 3 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $130,000 | |
| 1971 | Eastern Fleet | 3 | Eddie Maple | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.40 | ||
| 1970 | My Dad George | 3 | Ray Broussard | Frank J. McManus | Raymond M. Curtis | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 | ||
| 1969 | Top Knight | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Ray Metcalf | Steven B. Wilson | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | ||
| 1968 | Forward Pass | 3 | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | ||
| 1967 | In Reality | 3 | Earlie Fires | Melvin Calvert | Frances A. Genter | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | ||
| 1966 | Williamston Kid † | 3 | Robert Stevenson | James Bartlett | Ternes & Bartlett | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | ||
| 1965 | Native Charger | 3 | John L. Rotz | Ray Metcalf | Warner Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | ||
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 | ||
| 1963 | Candy Spots | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | ||
| 1962 | Ridan | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | LeRoy Jolley | Jolley / Woods / Greer | 1-1/8 | 1:50.40 | ||
| 1961 | Carry Back | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Mrs. Katherine Price | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | ||
| 1960 | Bally Ache | 3 | Bobby Ussery | Homer Pitt | Edgehill Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.60 | ||
| 1959 | Easy Spur | 3 | Bill Hartack | Paul L. Kelley | Spring Hill Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.20 | ||
| 1958 | Tim Tam | 3 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | ||
| 1957 | Gen. Duke | 3 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:46.80 | ||
| 1956 | Needles | 3 | David Erb | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:48.60 | ||
| 1955 | Nashua | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1-1/8 | 1:53.20 | ||
| 1954 | Correlation | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Noble Threewitt | Robert S. Lytle | 1-1/8 | 1:55.20 | ||
| 1953 | Money Broker | 3 | Alfred Popara | Vester R. Wright | G. & G. Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:53.80 | ||
| 1952 | Sky Ship | 3 | Ronnie Nash | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 |
- † 1998 - Lil's Lad finished 1st but was disqualified to 2nd
- † 1966 - Abe's First finished 1st but was disqualified to 4th
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