# Kentucky Derby

Il Kentucky Derby è una competizione ippica riservata ai purosangue inglesi di tre anni, che si corre sulla distanza di metri 2.011,98 ossia un miglio e un quarto.
Si svolge annualmente dal 1875 all'ippodromo Churchill Downs di Louisville nel Kentucky (Stati Uniti d'America).

## Albo d'oro

| Anno | Vincitore | Fantino | Allenatore | Proprietario | Tempo |
| 2024 | Mystik Dan | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek | Lance Gasaway | 2:03.34 |
| 2023 | Mage | Javier Castellano | Gustavo Delgado | OGMA Investments | 2:01.57 |
| 2022 | Rich Strike | Sonny Leon | Eric Reed | RED TR-Racing | 2:02.61 |
| 2021 | Mandaloun | Florent Geroux | Brad Cox | Juddmonte | 2:01.02 |
| 2020 | Authentic | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | Spendthrift Farm LLC | 2:00.61 |
| 2019 | Country House | Flavien Prat | Bill Mott | Mrs. J.V. Shields Jr. | 2:03.93 |
| 2018 | Justify | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | China Horse Club | 2:04.20 |
| 2017 | Always Dreaming | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | MeB Racing | 2:03.59 |
| 2016 | Nyquist | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 2:01.31 |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Ahmed Zayat | 2:03.02 |
| 2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | Art Sherman | Steve Coburn & Perry Martin | 2:03.66 |
| 2013 | Orb | Joel Rosario | Claude McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III / Phipps Stable | 2:02.89 |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 2:01.83 |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | John Velazquez | H. Graham Motion | Team Valor | 2:02.04 |
| 2010 | Super Saver | Calvin Borel | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm | 2:04.45 |
| 2009 | Mine That Bird | Calvin Borel | Bennie L. Woolley, Jr. | Double Eagle Ranch et al. | 2:02.66 |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables / P. Pompa | 2:01.82 |
| 2007 | Street Sense | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 2:02.17 |
| 2006 | Barbaro | Edgar Prado | Michael R. Matz | Lael Stables | 2:01.36 |
| 2005 | Giacomo | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | 2:02.75 |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Someday Farm | 2:04.06 |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | Jose Santos | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable | 2:01.19 |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Thoroughbred Corp. | 2:01.13 |
| 2001 | Monarchos | Jorge F. Chavez | John T. Ward Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:59.97 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil Drysdale | Fusao Sekiguchi | 2:01.00 |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 2:03.20 |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 2:02.20 |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 2:02.40 |
| 1996 | Grindstone | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 2:01.00 |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 2:01.20 |
| 1994 | Go for Gin | Chris McCarron | Nick Zito | Condren & Cornacchia | 2:03.60 |
| 1993 | Sea Hero | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:02.40 |
| 1992 | Lil E. Tee | Pat Day | Lynn S. Whiting | W. Cal Partee | 2:03.00 |
| 1991 | Strike the Gold | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | BCC Stable | 2:03.00 |
| 1990 | Unbridled | Craig Perret | Carl Nafzger | Frances A. Genter | 2:02.00 |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | H-G-W Partners | 2:05.00 |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:02.20 |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | D. & P. Scharbauer | 2:03.40 |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 2:02.80 |
| 1985 | Spend A Buck | Angel Cordero Jr. | Cam Gambolati | Dennis Diaz | 2:00.20 |
| 1984 | Swale | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | Eddie Delahoussaye | David C. Cross Jr. | D. J. Foster Stable | 2:02.20 |
| 1982 | Gato Del Sol | Eddie Delahoussaye | Edwin J. Gregson | Hancock & Peters | 2:02.40 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 2:02.00 |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone | 2:02.00 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 2:01.20 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner Jr. | Karen L. Taylor | 2:02.20 |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero Jr | Laz Barrera | E. Rodriguez Tizol | 2:01.60 |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer | 2:02.00 |
| 1974 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero Jr. | Woody Stephens | John M. Olin | 2:04.00 |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:59.40 |
| 1972 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stud | 2:01.80 |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias | Edgar Caibett | 2:03.20 |
| 1970 | Dust Commander | Mike Manganello | Don Combs | Robert E. Lehmann | 2:03.40 |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | Frank M. McMahon | 2:01.80 |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm | 2:02.20 |
| 1967 | Proud Clarion | Bobby Ussery | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Darby Dan Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Ford Stable | 2:02.00 |
| 1965 | Lucky Debonair | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 2:01.20 |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 2:00.00 |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 2:01.80 |
| 1962 | Decidedly | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | El Peco Ranch | 2:00.40 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | 2:04.00 |
| 1960 | Venetian Way | Bill Hartack | Victor J. Sovinski | Sunny Blue Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee | Bill Shoemaker | Frank E. Childs | Fred & Juliette Turner | 2:02.20 |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:05.00 |
| 1957 | Iron Liege | Bill Hartack | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.20 |
| 1956 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable | 2:03.40 |
| 1955 | Swaps | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 2:01.80 |
| 1954 | Determine | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin | 2:03.00 |
| 1953 | Dark Star | Hank Moreno | Eddie Hayward | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:02.00 |
| 1952 | Hill Gail | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:01.60 |
| 1951 | Count Turf | Conn McCreary | Sol Rutchick | Jack J. Amiel | 2:02.60 |
| 1950 | Middleground | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:01.60 |
| 1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:04.20 |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:05.40 |
| 1947 | Jet Pilot | Eric Guerin | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 2:06.80 |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:06.60 |
| 1945 | Hoop Jr. | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 2:07.00 |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:04.20 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 2:04.00 |
| 1942 | Shut Out | Wayne D. Wright | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:04.40 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:01.40 |
| 1940 | Gallahadion | Carroll Bierman | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm | 2:05.00 |
| 1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:03.40 |
| 1938 | Lawrin | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Herbert M. Woolf | 2:04.80 |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:03.20 |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | Ira Hanford | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz | 2:03.60 |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:05.00 |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | Mack Garner | Bob Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 2:04.00 |
| 1933 | Brokers Tip | Don Meade | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 2:06.80 |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 2:05.20 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:07.60 |
| 1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Linus McAtee | Clyde Van Dusen | Herbert P. Gardner | 2:10.80 |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz | 2:10.40 |
| 1927 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins | Harry P. Whitney | 2:06.00 |
| 1926 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 2:03.80 |
| 1925 | Flying Ebony | Earl Sande | William B. Duke | Gifford A. Cochran | 2:07.60 |
| 1924 | Black Gold | John D. Mooney | Hanley Webb | Rosa M. Hoots | 2:05.20 |
| 1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | David J. Leary | Rancocas Stable | 2:05.40 |
| 1922 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | Benjamin Block | 2:04.60 |
| 1921 | Behave Yourself | Charles Thompson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 2:04.20 |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | Ted Rice | Billy Garth | Ral Parr | 2:09.00 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 2:09.80 |
| 1918 | Exterminator | William Knapp | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 2:10.80 |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | Charles Borel | Charles T. Patterson | Billings & Johnson | 2:04.60 |
| 1916 | George Smith | Johnny Loftus | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford | 2:04.00 |
| 1915 | Regret | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 2:05.40 |
| 1914 | Old Rosebud | John McCabe | Frank D. Weir | Hamilton C. Applegate | 2:03.40 |
| 1913 | Donerail | Roscoe Goose | Thomas P. Hayes | Thomas P. Hayes | 2:04.80 |
| 1912 | Worth | Carroll H. Shilling | Frank M. Taylor | Henry C. Hallenbeck | 2:09.40 |
| 1911 | Meridian | George Archibald | Albert Ewing | Richard F. Carman | 2:05.00 |
| 1910 | Donau | Frederick Herbert | George Ham | William Gerst | 2:06.40 |
| 1909 | Wintergreen | Vincent Powers | Charles Mack | Jerome B. Respess | 2:08.20 |
| 1908 | Stone Street | Arthur Pickens | J. W. Hall | C. E. & J. W. Hamilton | 2:15.20 |
| 1907 | Pink Star | Andy Minder | W. H. Fizer | J. Hal Woodford | 2:12.60 |
| 1906 | Sir Huon | Roscoe Troxler | Pete Coyne | Bashford Manor Stable | 2:08.80 |
| 1905 | Agile | Jack Martin | Robert Tucker | Samuel S. Brown | 2:10.75 |
| 1904 | Elwood | Shorty Prior | Charles E. Durnell | Mrs. C. E. Durnell | 2:08.50 |
| 1903 | Judge Himes | Hal Booker | John P. Mayberry | Charles R. Ellison | 2:09.00 |
| 1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Jimmy Winkfield | Thomas C. McDowell | Thomas C. McDowell | 2:08.75 |
| 1901 | His Eminence | Jimmy Winkfield | Frank B. Van Meter | Frank B. Van Meter | 2:07.75 |
| 1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Jimmy Boland | Charles Hughes | Charles H. Smith | 2:06.25 |
| 1899 | Manuel | Fred Taral | Robert J. Walden | A. H. & D. H. Morris | 2:12.00 |
| 1898 | Plaudit | Willie Simms | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 2:09.00 |
| 1897 | Typhoon II | Buttons Garner | J. C. Cahn | J. C. Cahn | 2:12.50 |
| 1896 | Ben Brush | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Mike F. Dwyer | 2:07.75 |
| 1895 | Halma | Soup Perkins | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland | 2:37.50 |
| 1894 | Chant | Frank Goodale | H. Eugene Leigh | Leigh & Rose | 2:41.00 |
| 1893 | Lookout | Eddie Kunze | William McDaniel | Cushing & Orth | 2:39.25 |
| 1892 | Azra | Alonzo Clayton | John H. Morris | Bashford Manor Stable | 2:41.50 |
| 1891 | Kingman | Isaac Murphy | Dud Allen | Jacobin Stable | 2:52.25 |
| 1890 | Riley | Isaac Murphy | Edward Corrigan | Edward Corrigan | 2:45.00 |
| 1889 | Spokane | Thomas Kiley | John Rodegap | Noah Armstrong | 2:34.50 |
| 1888 | Macbeth II | George Covington | John Campbell | Chicago Stable | 2:38.00 |
| 1887 | Montrose | Isaac Lewis | John McGinty | Labold Brothers | 2:39.25 |
| 1886 | Ben Ali | Paul Duffy | Jim Murphy | J. B. A. Haggin | 2:36.50 |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton | Erskine Henderson | Abe Perry | James T. Williams | 2:37.25 |
| 1884 | Buchanan | Isaac Murphy | William Bird | William Cottrill | 2:40.25 |
| 1883 | Leonatus | Billy Donohue | Raleigh Colston | Chinn & Morgan | 2:43.00 |
| 1882 | Apollo | Babe Hurd | Green B. Morris | Morris & Patton | 2:40.00 |
| 1881 | Hindoo | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Bros. Stable | 2:40.00 |
| 1880 | Fonso | George Lewis | Tice Hutsell | J. Snell Shawhan | 2:37.50 |
| 1879 | Lord Murphy | Charlie Shauer | George Rice | Darden & Co | 2:37.00 |
| 1878 | Day Star | Jimmy Carter | Lee Paul | T. J. Nichols | 2:37.25 |
| 1877 | Baden-Baden | Billy Walker | Edward D. Brown | Daniel Swigert | 2:38.00 |
| 1876 | Vagrant | Bobby Swim | James Williams | William Astor Jr. | 2:38.25 |
| 1875 | Aristides | Oliver Lewis | Ansel Williamson | Hal P. McGrath | 2:37.75 |

## Record

* Maggior numero di vittorie per un fantino
    5 - Eddie Arcaro (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952)
    5 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969)
* Maggior numero di vittorie per un allenatore
    6 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952)
* Maggior numero di vittorie per un proprietario
    8 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968)
* Miglior tempo
    1:59.40 - Secretariat (1973)
* Vittoria con più margine
    8 lunghezze - Assault (1946)
    8 lunghezze - Whirlaway (1941)
* Vincitore con quota più alta
    91 a 1 - Donerail (1913)