Past winners of the Kentucky Derby

Here is a list of the past winners of the Kentucky Derby.

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The 2016 Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Last year’s winner, American Pharoah, went on to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.

This year’s favorite is the undefeated Nyquist at 10–3 odds. A strong challenge is expected from Exaggerator and Mohaymen at 8–1 odds.

Check out the past winners below:

Year:	Winner:	Jockey:
2014	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza
2013	Orb	Joel Rosario
2012	I’ll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez
2011	Animal Kingdom	John Velazquez
2010	Super Saver	Calvin Borel
2009	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux
2007	Street Sense	Calvin Borel
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado
2005	Giacomo	Mike E. Smith
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott
2003	Funny Cide	Jose Santos
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza
2001	Monarchos	Jorge F. Chavez
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens
1996	Grindstone	Jerry Bailey
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens
1994	Go for Gin	Chris McCarron
1993	Sea Hero	Jerry Bailey
1992	Lil E. Tee	Pat Day
1991	Strike the Gold	Chris Antley
1990	Unbridled	Craig Perret
1989	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela
1988	Winning Colors	Gary Stevens
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron
1986	Ferdinand	Bill Shoemaker
1985	Spend A Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.
1983	Sunny’s Halo	Eddie Delahoussaye
1982	Gato Del Sol	Eddie Delahoussaye
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez
1980	Genuine Risk	Jacinto Vasquez
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin
1978	Affirmed	Steve Cauthen
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez
1974	Cannonade	Angel Cordero, Jr.
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte
1972	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila
1970	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello
1969	Majestic Prince	Bill Hartack
1968*	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela
1967	Proud Clarion	Bobby Ussery
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield
1965	Lucky Debonair	Bill Shoemaker
1964	Northern Dancer	Bill Hartack
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza
1962	Decidedly	Bill Hartack
1961	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers
1960	Venetian Way	Bill Hartack
1959	Tomy Lee	Bill Shoemaker
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela
1957	Iron Liege	Bill Hartack
1956	Needles	David Erb
1955	Swaps	Bill Shoemaker
1954	Determine	Raymond York
1953	Dark Star	Hank Moreno
1952	Hill Gail	Eddie Arcaro
1951	Count Turf	Conn McCreary
1950	Middleground	William Boland
1949	Ponder	Steve Brooks
1948	Citation	Eddie Arcaro
1947	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens
1945	Hoop Jr.	Eddie Arcaro
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary
1943	Count Fleet	Johnny Longden
1942	Shut Out	Wayne D. Wright
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro
1940	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman
1939	Johnstown	James Stout
1938	Lawrin	Eddie Arcaro
1937	War Admiral	Charley Kurtsinger
1936	Bold Venture	Ira Hanford
1935	Omaha	Willie Saunders
1934	Cavalcade	Mack Garner
1933	Brokers Tip	Don Meade
1932	Burgoo King	Eugene James
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	Linus McAtee
1928	Reigh Count	Chick Lang
1927	Whiskery	Linus McAtee
1926	Bubbling Over	Albert Johnson
1925	Flying Ebony	Earl Sande
1924	Black Gold	J. D. Mooney
1923	Zev	Earl Sande
1922	Morvich	Albert Johnson
1921	Behave Yourself	Charles Thompson
1920	Paul Jones	Ted Rice
1919	Sir Barton	Johnny Loftus
1918	Exterminator	William Knapp
1917	Omar Khayyam	Charles Borel
1916	George Smith	Johnny Loftus
1915	Regret	Joe Notter
1914	Old Rosebud	John McCabe
1913	Donerail	Roscoe Goose
1912	Worth	Carroll H. Shilling
1911	Meridian	George Archibald
1910	Donau	Frederick Herbert
1909	Wintergreen	Vincent Powers
1908	Stone Street	Arthur Pickens
1907	Pink Star	Andy Minder
1906	Sir Huon	Roscoe Troxler
1905	Agile	Jack Martin
1904	Elwood	Shorty Prior
1903	Judge Himes	Hal Booker
1902	Alan-a-Dale	Jimmy Winkfield
1901	His Eminence	Jimmy Winkfield
1900	Lieut. Gibson	Jimmy Boland
1899	Manuel	Fred Taral
1898	Plaudit	Willie Simms
1897	Typhoon II	Buttons Garner
1896	Ben Brush	Willie Simms
1895	Halma	Soup Perkins
1894	Chant	Frank Goodale
1893	Lookout	Eddie Kunze
1892	Azra	Alonzo Clayton
1891	Kingman	Isaac Murphy
1890	Riley	Isaac Murphy
1889	Spokane	Thomas Kiley
1888	Macbeth II	George Covington
1887	Montrose	Isaac Lewis
1886	Ben Ali	Paul Duffy
1885	Joe Cotton	Erskine Henderson
1884	Buchanan	Isaac Murphy
1883	Leonatus	Billy Donohue
1882	Apollo	Babe Hurd
1881	Hindoo	Jim McLaughlin
1880	Fonso	George Lewis
1879	Lord Murphy	Charlie Shauer
1878	Day Star	Jimmy Carter
1877	Baden-Baden	Billy Walker
1876	Vagrant	Bobby Swim
1875	Aristides	Oliver Lewis