Kentucky Derby

In 1872, Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, traveled to England, visiting Epsom in Surrey where The Derby had been running annually since 1780.{{cite web | url=http://www.derbycraze.com/in-depth-history-of-kentucky-derby.html | title=Racing for the Roses – History of Kentucky Derby | date=February 15, 2014 | access-date=February 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306235404/http://www.derbycraze.com/in-depth-history-of-kentucky-derby.html | archive-date=March 6, 2014 | url-status=live }} From there, Clark went on to Paris, France, where a group of racing enthusiasts had formed the French Jockey Club in 1863. They had organized the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, which at the time was the greatest race in France. Returning home to Kentucky, Clark organized the Louisville Jockey Club to raise money for building quality racing facilities just outside the city. The track would soon become known as Churchill Downs, named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack.{{cite news|title=Talking It Over|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/459977052.html?dids=459977052:459977052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|date=April 30, 1936|last=Ward|first=Arch|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725103807/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/459977052.html?dids=459977052:459977052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|archive-date=July 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}} The naming went official in 1937.{{cite web|title=History Of Churchill Downs |url=http://www.churchilldowns.com/about/history |publisher=Churchill Downs |access-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301195807/http://www.churchilldowns.com/about/history |archive-date=March 1, 2014 }}

File:Jockey Oliver Lewis atop winner Aristides in first Kentucky Derby.png, ridden by jockey Jimmy Winkfield won the Derby in 1902.]]

The Kentucky Derby was first run at {{frac|1|1|2}} miles (12 furlongs; 2.4 km) the same distance as the Epsom Derby, before changing lengths in 1896 to its current {{frac|1|1|4}} miles (10 furlongs; 2 km). On May 17, 1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Derby. Under jockey Oliver Lewis, a colt named Aristides, who was trained by future Hall of Famer Ansel Williamson, won the inaugural Derby. Later that year, Lewis rode Aristides to a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes.

Initially a successful venue, the track ran into financial difficulties due to a protracted, gambling-related horseman boycott removing it from the upper echelons of racing that would last until just after the turn of the 20th century. In 1894 the New Louisville Jockey Club was incorporated with the new capitalization and improved facilities. Despite this, the business floundered until 1902, when a syndicate led by Col. Matt Winn of Louisville acquired the facility. Under Winn, Churchill Downs prospered, and the Kentucky Derby then became the preeminent stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses in North America.{{cite book |last=Renau |first=Lynn S. |editor-first=John E. |editor-last=Kleber |year=2001 |title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville |chapter=Winn, Martin J. |pages=946–947 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-2100-0 |oclc=247857447 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |access-date=January 20, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status=live }}

Thoroughbred owners began sending their successful Derby horses to compete in two other races. These two are the Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, and the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York. The three races offered large purses, and in 1919, Sir Barton became the first horse to win all three races. However, the term "Triple Crown" did not come into use for another eleven years. In 1930, when Gallant Fox became the second horse to win all three races, sportswriter Charles Hatton brought the phrase into American usage. Fueled by the media, public interest in the possibility of a "superhorse" that could win the Triple Crown began in the weeks leading up to the Derby. Two years after the term went in use, the race (until that time ran in mid-May since inception) changed the date to the first Saturday in May. This change allows for a specific schedule for the Triple Crown races. Since 1931, the order of Triple Crown races has been the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Before 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby. On May 12, 1917, and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby took place on the same day. On eleven occasions the Belmont Stakes was run before the Preakness Stakes, and in 2020, the Belmont was run first, then the Kentucky Derby, and the Preakness Stakes last.

File:Churchill Downs 1901.jpg in 1901]]

On May 16, 1925, the first live radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby aired on WHAS as well as on WGN in Chicago."Derby To Go On The Air", The New York Times, May 16, 1925, p. 11 On May 7, 1949, the first television coverage of the Kentucky Derby took place, produced by WAVE-TV, the NBC affiliate in Louisville. This coverage was aired live in the Louisville market and sent to NBC as a kinescope newsreel recording for national broadcast. On May 3, 1952, the first national television coverage of the Kentucky Derby took place, aired from then-CBS affiliate WHAS-TV.{{cite web|publisher=Kentucky Derby Info |title=Kentucky Derby History |url=http://www.kentuckyderby.ag/kentuckyderby-history1950.php |access-date=December 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029171901/http://www.kentuckyderby.ag/kentuckyderby-history1950.php |archive-date=October 29, 2012 }} In 1954, the purse exceeded US$100,000 for the first time. In 1968, Dancer's Image became the first horse to win the race and then face disqualification. A urine test revealed traces of phenylbutazone (an anti-inflammatory painkiller drug) inside Dancer's Image. Forward Pass won after a protracted legal battle by the owners of Dancer's Image (which they lost). Forward Pass thus became the eighth winner for Calumet Farm. Unexpectedly, the regulations at Kentucky thoroughbred race tracks were changed some years later, allowing horses to run on phenylbutazone. In 1970, Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in the Derby, finishing 15th aboard Fathom.{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/26/sport/diane-crump-first-female-jockey/index.html|title=Jockey who refused to stay in the kitchen|last=McKenzie|first=Sheena|website=CNN|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190618/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/26/sport/diane-crump-first-female-jockey/index.html|archive-date=February 2, 2018|url-status=live}}

The fastest time ever run in the Derby was in 1973 at 1:59.4 minutes, when Secretariat broke the record set by Northern Dancer in 1964. Also during that race, Secretariat did something unique in Triple Crown races: for each successive quarter run, his times were faster. Although the races do not record times for non-winners, in 1973 Sham finished second, two and a half lengths behind Secretariat in the same race. Using the thoroughbred racing convention of one length equaling one-fifth of a second to calculate Sham's time, he also finished in under two minutes. Another sub-two-minute finish, only the third, was set in 2001 by Monarchos at 1:59.97, the first year the race used hundredths of seconds instead of fifths in timing.{{cite book|last=Dandrea|first=Phil|title=Sham: Great Was Second Best|year=2010|publisher=Acanthus Publishing|url=http://www.ShamHorse.com|access-date=May 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201042823/https://www.shamhorse.com/|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live}}

In 2005, the purse distribution for the Derby changed, so that horses finishing fifth would henceforth receive a share of the purse; previously only the first four finishers did so.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/horse/news/2005/0104/1958932.html|title=Horse Racing – Kentucky Derby purse doubled to $2 million|website=ESPN|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501005010/http://www.espn.com/horse/news/2005/0104/1958932.html|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}}

The Kentucky Derby began offering $3 million in purse money in 2019. Churchill Downs officials have cited the success of historical race wagering terminals at their Derby City Gaming facility in Louisville as a factor behind the purse increase. The Derby first offered a $1 million purse in 1996; it was doubled to $2 million in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/231501/kentucky-derby-purse-increased-to-3-million|title=Kentucky Derby Purse Increased to $3 Million|last=Angst|first=Frank|date=January 10, 2019|website=bloodhorse.com|publisher=The Bloodhorse|access-date=January 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111054942/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/231501/kentucky-derby-purse-increased-to-3-million|archive-date=January 11, 2019|url-status=live}}

In 2020, the Derby was postponed from May 2 to September 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/major-events-cancelled-or-postponed-due-to-the-coronavirus-2020|title=Here are the latest major events that have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Burning Man, and the 74th Annual Tony Awards|last1=Hadden|first1=Joey|last2=Casado|first2=Laura|work=Business Insider|date=April 10, 2020|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412063437/https://www.businessinsider.com/major-events-cancelled-or-postponed-due-to-the-coronavirus-2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|url-status=live}} This was the second time in history the race had been postponed, the other being in 1945. Churchill Downs used a new singular 20-stall starting gate for the 2020 Kentucky Derby, replacing the previous arrangement that used a standard 14-stall gate and an auxiliary six-stall gate. The old setup contributed to congestion at the start of the race, especially in the gap between the two gates.{{cite web |title=Churchill to Debut 20-Horse Derby Gate Sept. 1 |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/243106/churchill-to-debut-20-horse-derby-gate-sept-1 |website=BloodHorse.com |access-date=September 1, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128042905/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/243106/churchill-to-debut-20-horse-derby-gate-sept-1 |url-status=live }}

Rich Strike, a reserve who only made it into the final field after a late scratching, won the race in 2022 at final odds of 80:1 and parimutuel betting payouts were even larger.{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Derby Payouts Guide – Horses for Win, Place & Show |url=https://kentuckyderbybettingsites.net/payouts/ |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=kentuckyderbybettingsites.net |language=en-US |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501103039/https://kentuckyderbybettingsites.net/payouts/ |url-status=live }}

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In January 2024, the purse for the Kentucky Derby was increased to $5 million.

Millions of people from around the world bet at various live tracks and online sportsbooks.{{Cite news|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/07/record-betting-reported-2017-kentucky-derby/101403510/|title=Record betting reported on 2017 Kentucky Derby|work=The Courier-Journal|access-date=April 4, 2018|language=en|archive-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128042854/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/07/record-betting-reported-2017-kentucky-derby/101403510/|url-status=live}} In 2017, a crowd of 158,070 watched Always Dreaming win the Derby, making it the seventh biggest attendance in the history of the racetrack. The track reported a wagering total of $209.2 million from all the sources on all the races on the Kentucky Derby Day program. It was a 9% increase compared to the total of $192.6 million in 2016 and an increase of 8% over the previous record set in 2015 of $194.3 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.betfirm.com/how-much-is-bet-on-the-kentucky-derby/|title=How Much Money is Wagered on the Kentucky Derby Each Year?|website=betfirm.com|language=en|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404200855/https://www.betfirm.com/how-much-is-bet-on-the-kentucky-derby/|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}} TwinSpires, a platform for betting online and a partner of the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup, recorded $32.8 million in handle on the Churchill Down races for the Kentucky Derby Day program. This record was a 22% increase over the preceding year. On the Kentucky Derby race alone, the handle of TwinSpires was $20.1 million, which is a 22% rise compared to the prior year.{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/05/09/the-2016-kentucky-derbyy-the-numbers.html|title=The 2016 Kentucky Derby: By the numbers|last=Finley|first=Marty|date=May 9, 2016|website=bizjournals.com|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323031836/http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/05/09/the-2016-kentucky-derbyy-the-numbers.html|archive-date=March 23, 2017|url-status=live}}

The race often draws celebrities. HM Queen Elizabeth II, on a visit to the United States, joined the racegoers at Churchill Downs in 2007.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-derby/kentucky-derby-queen-elizabeth-draw-festive-crowd-idUSN0528586820070506?feedType=RSS|title=Kentucky Derby, Queen Elizabeth draw festive crowd|last=Hopkins|first=Andrea|work=U.S.|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004952/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-derby/kentucky-derby-queen-elizabeth-draw-festive-crowd-idUSN0528586820070506?feedType=RSS|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}}

The 2004 Kentucky Derby marked the first time that jockeys—as a result of a court order—were allowed to wear corporate advertising logos on their clothing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2004/04/29/Derby-jockeys-can-wear-ads/90091083276857/|title=Derby jockeys can wear ads|work=UPI|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004323/https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2004/04/29/Derby-jockeys-can-wear-ads/90091083276857/|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.wdrb.com/story/25344845/jockey-advertising-at-kentucky-tracks-remains-rare-a-decade-after-ruling|title=Jockey advertising at Kentucky tracks remains rare a decade after ruling|last=Green|first=Marcus|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004609/http://www.wdrb.com/story/25344845/jockey-advertising-at-kentucky-tracks-remains-rare-a-decade-after-ruling|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}}

Norman Adams has been the designer of the Kentucky Derby Logo since 2002. On February 1, 2006, the Louisville-based fast-food company Yum! Brands, Inc. announced a corporate sponsorship deal to call the race "The Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands."{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/05/news/companies/yum_derby/index.htm|title=Kentucky Derby including Yum Brands in its name|last=Isidore|first=Chris|date=May 5, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517235236/http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/05/news/companies/yum_derby/index.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2010}} In 2018, Woodford Reserve replaced Yum! Brands as the presenting sponsor.{{cite web|title=Woodford Reserve is New Kentucky Derby Sponsor|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/224298/woodford-reserve-is-new-kentucky-derby-sponsor|website=BloodHorse.com|access-date=April 15, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415125014/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/224298/woodford-reserve-is-new-kentucky-derby-sponsor|archive-date=April 15, 2018|url-status=live}}

The Swiss watchmaker Longines is the official sponsor timekeeper of the Kentucky Derby.

In addition to the race itself, several traditions play a significant role in the Derby atmosphere. The mint julep—an iced drink consisting of bourbon, mint, and sugar syrup—is the traditional beverage of the race. The historic beverage comes served in an ice-frosted silver julep cup. However, most Churchill Downs patrons sip theirs from souvenir glasses (first offered in 1939 and available in revised form each year since) printed with all previous Derby winners.{{cite web|last1=Sneed|first1=Tierney|title=The Origin of Your Favorite Kentucky Derby Traditions|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/03/the-origin-of-your-favorite-kentucky-derby-traditions|website=usnews.com|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163029/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/03/the-origin-of-your-favorite-kentucky-derby-traditions|archive-date=October 24, 2016|url-status=live}} Also, burgoo, a thick stew of beef, chicken, pork, and vegetables, is a popular Kentucky dish served at the Derby.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1961/05/01/581662/bluegrass-bourbon-and-burgoo|title=Bluegrass, Bourbon and Burgoo|last=Fred|first=Smith|date=May 1, 1961|website=Sports Illustrated – Vault|access-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027061506/https://www.si.com/vault/1961/05/01/581662/bluegrass-bourbon-and-burgoo|archive-date=October 27, 2018|url-status=live}}

File:Louisville Clock.jpg (often called the Louisville Derby Clock), which was dismantled in 2015]]

The infield—a spectator area inside the track—offers general admission prices but little chance of seeing much of the race, particularly before the jumbotron installation in 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/article44487432.html|title=Giant screen at Churchill Downs gives everyone at Kentucky Derby a front-row view|work=kentucky|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004812/http://www.kentucky.com/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/article44487432.html|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchilldowns.com/news/archive/panasonic-announces-installation-worlds-largest-4k-video-board-churchill-downs|title=Panasonic Announces Installation of World's Largest 4K Video Board at Churchill Downs {{!}} {{!}} Churchill Downs Racetrack {{!}} Home of the Kentucky Derby|website=churchilldowns.com|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004608/https://www.churchilldowns.com/news/archive/panasonic-announces-installation-worlds-largest-4k-video-board-churchill-downs|archive-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live}} Instead, revelers show up in the infield to party with abandon. By contrast, "Millionaire's Row" refers to the expensive box seats that attract the rich, the famous and the well-connected. Women appear in elegant outfits lavishly accessorized with large, elaborate hats. Following the Call to the Post played on bugle by Steve Buttleman, as the horses start to parade before the grandstands, the University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band plays Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the University of Louisville Cardinal Singers, except 2020 when the song is played on bugle by Steve Buttleman. This song is a tradition which began in 1921.{{cite web|title=My Old Kentucky Home|url=http://www.kentuckyderby.com/experience/traditions/song-my-old-kentucky-home|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503193241/http://www.kentuckyderby.com/experience/traditions/song-my-old-kentucky-home|archive-date=May 3, 2013|url-status=live}}The event attracts spectators from a large area, flying in hundreds of private aircraft to Louisville International Airport.{{cite news |first=Curt |last=Epstein |url=http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-05-05/derby-boxing-match-fuel-atlantics-best-day-ever |title=Derby, Boxing Match Fuel Atlantic's Best Day Ever |work=Aviation International News |date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509012421/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-05-05/derby-boxing-match-fuel-atlantics-best-day-ever |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}

The Derby is frequently referred to as "The Run for the Roses", because a lush blanket of 554 red roses is awarded to the Kentucky Derby winner each year.{{cite news |last=Tran |first=Daniel |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/betting/horse-racing/news/2022-kentucky-derby-traditions-food-drinks-and-other-iconic-customs-for-derby-day |title=2022 Kentucky Derby: Traditions, food, drinks and other iconic customs for Derby Day |date=May 5, 2022 |work=NBC Sports |access-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530035044/https://www.nbcsports.com/betting/horse-racing/news/2022-kentucky-derby-traditions-food-drinks-and-other-iconic-customs-for-derby-day |url-status=live }} New York sports columnist and future Churchill Downs president Bill Corum in 1925 began describing the race thusly, but the tradition originated in 1883 when New York City socialite E. Berry Wall presented roses to ladies at a post-Derby party. The Churchill Downs founder and president, Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., attended that event. This gesture is believed to have led Clark to the idea of making the rose the race's official flower. However, it was not until 1896 that any recorded account referred to draping roses on the Derby winner. The Governor of Kentucky and the Chairman of Churchill Downs Incorporated present the garland and the Kentucky Derby Trophy to the winner. Pop vocalist Dan Fogelberg composed the song "Run for the Roses", released in time for the 1980 running of the race.{{cite web|title=Dan Fogelberg Prodigy Chat transcript Treehouse.org|url=http://www.treehouse.org/fogelberg/intview7.html|access-date=October 16, 2014|archive-date=March 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307152529/http://www.treehouse.org/fogelberg/intview7.html|url-status=live}}

"Riders Up!" is the traditional command from the Paddock Judge for jockeys to mount their horses in advance of the upcoming race. Since 2012, the grand marshal recites this phrase.

Grand marshals

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• 2025: Simone Biles
• 2024: Martha Stewart
• 2023: Patrick Mahomes
• 2022: Jack Harlow
• 2021: D. Wayne Lukas
• 2020: No grand marshal due to COVID-19 pandemic
• 2019: Baker Mayfield
• 2018: Laila Ali
• 2017: Jeff Bridges
• 2016: Sean Payton
• 2015: Teddy Bridgewater
• 2014: Julius Erving
• 2013: Charlie Strong
• 2012: John Calipari

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• 2025: Grace Potter
• 2024: Wynonna Judd (accompanied by drummer and husband Cactus Moser)
• 2023: Carly Pearce
• 2022: Brittney Spencer
• 2021: Tori Kelly
• 2019: Jennifer Nettles
• 2018: Pentatonix
• 2017: Harry Connick Jr.
• 2016: Lady Antebellum
• 2015: Josh Groban
• 2014: Jo Dee Messina
• 2013: Martina McBride
• 2012: Mary J. Blige
• 2011: Jordin Sparks
• 2010: Rascal Flatts
• 2009: LeAnn Rimes

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In the weeks preceding the race, numerous activities took place for the Kentucky Derby Festival. Thunder Over Louisville—an airshow and fireworks display—generally begins the festivities in earnest two weeks before the Derby.

Secretariat set the record for speed in 1973 with a time of 1:59.4. During its first two decades when the Derby was run at {{Fraction|1|1|2}} miles, the record was 2:34.5, set by Spokane in 1889.

The largest margin of victory is 8 lengths, a feat tied by four different horses: Old Rosebud in 1914, Johnstown in 1939, Whirlaway in 1941, and Assault in 1946.

The highest odds of a winning horse were 91 to 1 for Donerail in 1913. The second-highest odds occurred in 2022, when Rich Strike went off at 80 to 1 and won the race.

Three horses have won the Kentucky Derby without competing as a two-year-old: Apollo (1882), Justify (2018), and Mage (2023).{{Cite web |author=Mellisa Hoppert |date=May 6, 2018 |title=Justify Wins Kentucky Derby, Conquering Rain, Mud and a 136-Year Curse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/sports/kentucky-derby.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506075253/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/sports/kentucky-derby.html |archive-date=May 6, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}

107 jockeys have won the Kentucky Derby, with 27 doing so multiple times. Isaac Murphy (1890–91), Jimmy Winkfield (1901–02), Ron Turcotte (1972–73), Eddie Delahoussaye (1982–83), Calvin Borel (2009–10), and Victor Espinoza (2014–15) are the only jockeys to win the Derby in back-to-back years. Borel is the only jockey with three wins in a four-year span (2007, '09, '10).{{cite web |title=Super Saver wins the 2010 Kentucky Derby – Kentucky Derby |url=http://www.derbyracing.net/kentucky-derby/super-saver-wins-2010-kentucky-derby/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514205505/http://www.derbyracing.net/kentucky-derby/super-saver-wins-2010-kentucky-derby/ |archive-date=May 14, 2010 |work=archive.org}}

116 trainers have won the Kentucky Derby, with 19 doing so multiple times. Six trainers have won the Derby in back-to-back years: Herbert J. Thompson (1932–33), Ben Jones (1948–49), Jimmy Jones (1957–58), Lucien Laurin (1972–73), D. Wayne Lukas (1995–96), and Bob Baffert (1997–98).

Seventeen owners have won the Kentucky Derby multiple times with horses they fully or partially owned.

* Partnered with other entities in an ownership group for one or more winning horses.

Jockeys, trainers, and owners competing in the Kentucky Derby often will compete in the Kentucky Oaks, a race for fillies held the day before the Derby. Winning both these races in the same year is referred to as an "Oaks/Derby Double;" 8 jockeys, 3 trainers, and 5 owners have accomplished this feat:

*Until the 1950s, the Oaks was held several days or weeks after the Derby.

{{See also|Triple Crown Productions #Highest combined Triple Crown finish|l1=Highest combined Triple Crown finish}}

Triple Crown winners are in bold and highlighted with gold.

;Notes

{{Hash-tag|alt=(Filly)}} Designates a filly.

{{Dagger|alt=(Named American Horse of the Year)}} Designates a horse that won American Horse of the Year in the same year they won the Derby.

{{Double-dagger|alt=(Later inducted into the Hall of Fame)}} Designates a horse that was inducted in subsequent years into the National Racing Hall of Fame.

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Winners of the Kentucky Derby can be connected to each other due to the practice of arranging horse breeding based on their previous success. All of the horses can be traced back to the three foundational sires, with Godolphin Arabian the ancestor of 7 winners, Byerley Turk the ancestor of 11 winners, and Darley Arabian the ancestor of 133 winners, including all winners since 1938.

The Into Mischief direct sire line has produced 4 of the last 6 Kentucky Derby winners.

See Kentucky Derby winners descended from the Darley Arabian for an illustration.

The Darley Arabian (1700c) sire line (all branched through the Eclipse (1764) line){{cite web |title=Sire Lines |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/SireLines.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422011353/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/SireLines.htm |url-status=live }} produced 133 Derby winners (125 colts, 5 geldings, 3 fillies), including all winners from 1938 to present.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1-28i-sid-table.pdf|title=SIRE LINES OF KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS, 1921–2020|access-date=April 23, 2021|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423035307/https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1-28i-sid-table.pdf|url-status=live}} The main branches of this sire line are:

• the King Fergus (1775) branch (all branched through the Voltigeur (1847) line), produced 14 winners. His sire line continued primarily through his son Vedette (1854) with 12 winners, due to his sons Speculum (1865) with 6 winners (nearly exclusively through Sundridge (1898) with 5 winners, most recently Count Turf in 1951) and Galopin (1872) with 6 winners (exclusively through St. Simon (1881), most recently Go For Gin in 1994).{{cite web |title=Sire Lines King Fergus |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/KingFergus.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202725/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/KingFergus.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=St. Simon Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/StSimon.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025912/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/StSimon.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/go+for+gin|title=Go for Gin Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522011415/https://www.pedigreequery.com/go+for+gin|url-status=live}}
• the Potoooooooo (1773) branch{{cite web |title=Pot8os Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Pot8os.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025903/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Pot8os.htm |url-status=live }} produced 119 winners (all branched through the Waxy (1790) line), including all winners from 1995 to present. The primary branch of this sire line is through Whalebone (1807), which has produced 114 winners. In turn, the primary branch continues through Sir Hercules (1826), which has produced 92 winners (including all winners since 2006), and then the Birdcatcher (1833) branch{{cite web |title=Birdcatcher Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Birdcatcher.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025914/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Birdcatcher.htm |url-status=live }} which produced 80 winners. From Birdcatcher, the branch of The Baron (1842) has produced 70 winners, of which 68 winners trace to Stockwell (1849).{{cite web |title=Stockwell Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Stockwell.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025902/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Stockwell.htm |url-status=live }} Stockwell's son Doncaster (1870) sired Bend Or (1877), whose sire line accounts for 66 winners.{{cite web |title=Bend Or Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/BendOr.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401145727/https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/BendOr.htm |url-status=live }} The main branch of the Bend Or sire line continued through his son Bona Vista (1889) with 57 winners, exclusively through the Phalaris (1913) line, which has dominated in the last several decades (including all winners from 2006 to present) through the following sons:{{cite web |title=Phalaris Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Phalaris.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025902/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Phalaris.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Nearco Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Nearco.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025901/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Nearco.htm |url-status=live }}
• the Pharamond (1925) branch (4 winners all through the Tom Fool (1949) line, most recently Silver Charm in 1997).
• the Sickle (1924) branch, (24 winners all branched through the Native Dancer (1950) line, nearly exclusively through Raise a Native (1961) with 23 winners, continued primarily through Mr Prospector (1970) with 16 winners through 8 different sons: Fusaichi Pegasus, winner of the 2000 Kentucky Derby, and 7 other sons through their progeny (most recently Mage in 2023, with his son Fappiano (1977) accounting for 6 winners, nearly exclusively through his son Unbridled with 5 winners, including his win in the 1990 Kentucky Derby and 4 other winners (most recently Always Dreaming in 2017)).
• the Pharos (1920) branch (29 winners all branched through the Nearco (1935) line, through his sons Royal Charger (1942), Nearctic (1954), and Nasrullah (1940)), which includes all winners from 2024 to present. The Royal Charger branch (exclusively through his son Turn-To (1951)) produced 5 winners (most recently Barbaro in 2006), the Nearctic branch produced 10 winners (including all winners from 2024 to present), exclusively through his son Northern Dancer (1961) with his win in the 1964 Kentucky Derby, and direct male progeny of 9 winners, including 6 winners through his son Storm Bird (nearly exclusively through his son Storm Cat with 5 winners (including all winners from 2024 to present), most recently Sovereignty in 2025), while the Nasrullah branch produced 14 winners (most recently Nyquist in 2016) primarily through his son Bold Ruler (1954) with 10 winners (most recently California Chrome in 2014).
• special notes:
• the Waxy (1790) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Whalebone (1807), and the secondary branch of Whisker (1812) which produced 5 winners (exclusively through the King Tom (1851) line), most recently 1909 Kentucky Derby winner Wintergreen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/wintergreen|title=Wintergreen Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=July 16, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521232713/https://www.pedigreequery.com/wintergreen|url-status=live}}
• the Whalebone (1807) branch produced two main lines, the primary branch of Sir Hercules (1826), and the secondary branch of Camel (1822) (18 winners exclusively through the Touchstone (1831) line), including 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo through his grandson Orlando's (1841) branch.{{cite web |title=Camel Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Camel.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180517/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Camel.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Himyar's Other Line |url=http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/scot/archive/2008/03/24/himyar-s-other-line.aspx |website=cs.bloodhorse.com |access-date=May 23, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523032053/http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/scot/archive/2008/03/24/himyar-s-other-line.aspx |url-status=live }} Since then, each winner of the Kentucky Derby has gone through Whalebone's more frequent sire line branch of Sir Herecules (1826). The Orlando branch (6 winners exclusively through the Himyar (1875) line) is the less common of the two branches derived through Camel. Orlando's brother Newminster (1848) produced 12 winners (primarily through the Hyperion (1930) line with 8 winners), most recently Chateaugay in 1963.
• the Sir Hercules (1826) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Birdcatcher (1833), and the secondary branch of Faugh-a-Ballagh (1841) which produced 12 winners (exclusively through the Leamington (1853) line), most recently 1908 Kentucky Derby winner Stone Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/stone+street|title=Stone Street Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=June 27, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521233822/https://www.pedigreequery.com/stone+street|url-status=live}}
• the Birdcatcher (1833) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of The Baron (1842), and the secondary branch of Oxford (1857) which produced 10 winners (primarily through the Swynford (1907) line with 8 winners, with his son St. Germans producing 5 winners), most recently 1965 Kentucky Derby winner Lucky Debonair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/lucky+debonair|title=Lucky Debonair Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=June 27, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521155132/https://www.pedigreequery.com/lucky+debonair|url-status=live}}
• the Bend Or (1877) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Bona Vista (1889), and the secondary branch of Ormonde (1883) which produced 8 winners (exclusively through the Teddy (1913) line, with his son Sir Gallahad producing 5 winners, most recently Hoop Jr. in 1945), most recently 1957 Kentucky Derby winner Iron Liege.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/iron+liege|title=Iron Liege Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=June 27, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731231153/https://www.pedigreequery.com/iron+liege|url-status=live}}

The Byerley Turk (1680c) sire line{{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines Sire Lines Byerley Turk |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/ByerleyTurk.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025902/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/ByerleyTurk.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines Sire Lines Byerley Turk King Herod |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Herod.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025904/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Herod.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines Sire Lines Byerley Turk King Herod Buzzard Selim |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Selim.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025904/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Selim.htm |url-status=live }} produced 11 winners (8 colts, 3 geldings). The main branches of this sire (all branched through the Herod (1758) line) are:

• the Highflyer (1774) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Macbeth II in 1888.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/macbeth|title=Macbeth Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200215/https://www.pedigreequery.com/macbeth|url-status=live}}
• the Florizel (1768) branch produced 3 winners (all branched through the Lexington (1850) line), most recently Manuel in 1899.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/lord+murphy|title=Lord Murphy Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200210/https://www.pedigreequery.com/lord+murphy|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/apollo|title=Apollo Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200215/https://www.pedigreequery.com/apollo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/manuel|title=Manuel Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422201722/https://www.pedigreequery.com/manuel|url-status=live}}
• the Woodpecker (1773) branch produced 7 winners (all branched through the Buzzard (1787) line). The main branches of this sire line are:
• the Castrel (1801) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Kingman in 1891.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/kingman|title=Kingman Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422160819/https://www.pedigreequery.com/kingman|url-status=live}}
• the Selim (1802) branch produced 6 winners (all branched through the Glencoe (1831) line). The main branches of this sire line are:
• the Star Davis (1849) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Day Star in 1878.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/day+star|title=Day Star Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200211/https://www.pedigreequery.com/day%20star|url-status=live}}
• the Vandal (1850) branch produced 5 winners (all branched through the Virgil (1864) line), most recently Alan-a-Dale in 1902.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/vagrant|title=Vagrant Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200213/https://www.pedigreequery.com/vagrant|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/hindoo|title=Hindoo Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200225/https://www.pedigreequery.com/hindoo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/ben+ali|title=Ben Ali Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200214/https://www.pedigreequery.com/ben+ali|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/halma|title=Halma Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200212/https://www.pedigreequery.com/halma|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/alan-a-dale|title=Alan-a-dale Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420095717/https://www.pedigreequery.com/alan-a-dale|url-status=live}}

See Kentucky Derby winners descended from the Godolphin Arabian for an illustration.

The Godolphin Arabian (1724c) sire line{{cite web |title=Matchem Sire Line |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Matchem.htm |website=bloodlines.net |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226063340/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Matchem.htm |url-status=live }} produced 7 winners (6 colts, 1 gelding). The main branches of this sire (all branched through the West Australian (1850) line) are:

• the Solon (1861) branch produced 3 winners, including:
• the Barcaldine (1878) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Omar Khayyam in 1917{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/omar+khayyam|title=Omar Khayyam Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200213/https://www.pedigreequery.com/omar+khayyam|url-status=live}}
• the Arbitrator (1874) branch produced 2 winners (all branched through The Finn (1912) line), most recently Flying Ebony in 1925{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/zev|title=Zev Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200216/https://www.pedigreequery.com/zev|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/flying+ebony|title=Flying Ebony Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200223/https://www.pedigreequery.com/flying+ebony|url-status=live}}
• the Australian (1858) branch produced 4 winners, including:
• Baden-Baden (1874), winner of the 1877 Kentucky Derby{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/baden-baden|title=Baden-baden Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200220/https://www.pedigreequery.com/baden-baden|url-status=live}}
• the Waverly (1870) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Montrose in 1887{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/montrose|title=Montrose Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200211/https://www.pedigreequery.com/montrose|url-status=live}}
• the Spendthrift (1876) branch produced 2 winners (all branched through the Man o' War (1917) line), most recently War Admiral in 1937{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/clyde+van+dusen|title=Clyde Van Dusen Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200218/https://www.pedigreequery.com/clyde+van+dusen|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/war+admiral|title=War Admiral Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421073515/https://www.pedigreequery.com/war+admiral|url-status=live}}

• Northern Dancer (1964 winner) – 8 colts; most recently Mystik Dan (2024){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/ferdinand|title=Ferdinand Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043010/https://www.pedigreequery.com/ferdinand|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/sea+hero|title=Sea Hero Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043007/https://www.pedigreequery.com/sea+hero|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/charismatic2|title=Charismatic Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043007/https://www.pedigreequery.com/charismatic2|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/big+brown|title=Big Brown Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043005/https://www.pedigreequery.com/big+brown|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/justify11|title=Justify Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043010/https://www.pedigreequery.com/justify11|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/authentic14|title=Authentic Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419043005/https://www.pedigreequery.com/authentic14|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/mandaloun|title=Mandaloun Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=May 7, 2022|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033949/https://www.pedigreequery.com/mandaloun|url-status=live}}
• Ben Brush (1896 winner) – 3 winners (2 colts, 1 filly); most recently Whiskery (1927){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/meridian|title=Meridian Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424152459/https://www.pedigreequery.com/meridian|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/regret|title=Regret Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424152458/https://www.pedigreequery.com/regret|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/whiskery|title=Whiskery Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424152459/https://www.pedigreequery.com/whiskery|url-status=live}}
• Seattle Slew (1977 winner) – 3 colts; most recently California Chrome (2014){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/swale|title=Swale Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=May 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510032541/https://www.pedigreequery.com/swale|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/orb7|title=Orb Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419133822/https://www.pedigreequery.com/orb7|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/california+chrome|title=California Chrome Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419133822/https://www.pedigreequery.com/california+chrome|url-status=live}}
• Unbridled (1990 winner) – 3 winners (2 colts, 1 gelding); most recently American Pharoah (2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/grindstone|title=Grindstone Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419140312/https://www.pedigreequery.com/grindstone|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/mine+that+bird|title=Mine That Bird Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419140306/https://www.pedigreequery.com/mine+that+bird|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/american+pharoah|title=American Pharoah Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419140304/https://www.pedigreequery.com/american+pharoah|url-status=live}}
• Hindoo (1881 winner) – 2 colts; most recently Alan-a-Dale (1902)
• Bold Venture (1936 winner) – 2 colts; most recently Middleground (1950){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/assault|title=Assault Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419032448/https://www.pedigreequery.com/assault|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/middleground|title=Middleground Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419032448/https://www.pedigreequery.com/middleground|url-status=live}}
• Reigh Count (1928 winner) – 2 colts; most recently Count Turf (1951){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/count+fleet|title=Count Fleet Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419030616/https://www.pedigreequery.com/count+fleet|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/count+turf|title=Count Turf Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419033819/https://www.pedigreequery.com/count+turf|url-status=live}}
• Pensive (1944 winner) – 2 colts; most recently Needles (1956){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/ponder|title=Ponder Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419034624/https://www.pedigreequery.com/ponder|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/needles|title=Needles Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419034637/https://www.pedigreequery.com/needles|url-status=live}}
• Majestic Prince (1969 winner) – 2 colts; most recently Super Saver (2010){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/monarchos|title=Monarchos Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420122906/https://www.pedigreequery.com/monarchos|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/super+saver3|title=Super Saver Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420122904/https://www.pedigreequery.com/super+saver3|url-status=live}}
• Halma (1895 winner) – 1 colt; Alan-a-Dale (1902)
• Leonatus (1883 winner) – 1 colt; Pink Star (1907){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/pink+star|title=Pink Star Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419024211/https://www.pedigreequery.com/pink+star|url-status=live}}
• Bubbling Over (1926 winner) – 1 colt; Burgoo King (1932){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/burgoo+king|title=Burgoo King Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419030133/https://www.pedigreequery.com/burgoo+king|url-status=live}}
• Gallant Fox (1930 winner) – 1 colt; Omaha (1935){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/omaha|title=Omaha Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419031242/https://www.pedigreequery.com/omaha|url-status=live}}
• Count Fleet (1943 winner) – 1 colt; Count Turf (1951)
• Ponder (1949 winner) – 1 colt; Needles (1956)
• Determine (1954 winner) – 1 colt; Decidedly (1962){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/decidedly|title=Decidedly Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128043012/https://www.pedigreequery.com/decidedly|url-status=live}}
• Swaps (1955 winner) – 1 colt; Chateaugay (1963){{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/chateaugay|title=Chateaugay Horse Pedigree|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419035932/https://www.pedigreequery.com/chateaugay|url-status=live}}
• Grindstone (1996 winner) – 1 gelding; Mine That Bird (2009)

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