Kentucky Derby 2024: Past winners, dress code, tickets, history, records, top jockeys

The 2024 Kentucky Derby takes place this Saturday, May 4 at the famous Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Coverage begins at 2:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock This year marks the 150th edition of the Run for the Roses which has been held every year since 1875. See below for answers to all of your frequently asked questions about the fastest two minutes in sports.

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What is the fastest Kentucky Derby time ever?

The fastest Kentucky Derby time ever recorded was 1:59 2/5 in 1973 by Secretariat.

Has any horse beaten Secretariat’s time at the Kentucky Derby?

Secretariat’s record at the Kentucky Derby remains unbroken. The only other Thoroughbred that has completed the Derby under two minutes was Monarchos and his jockey Jorge Chavez, who finished the 2001 Kentucky Derby in 1:59.97.

What is the most famous horse to win the Kentucky Derby?

Secretariat, also known as “Big Red”, is generally considered the most famous horse to win the Kentucky Derby. The horse also set records in each of the Triple Crown races with the following times:

• Kentucky Derby - 1:59 2/5
  
• Preakness Stakes - 1:53
  
• Belmont Stakes - 2:24

Secretariat is still the record holder in each of these races.

Who are the past winners of the Kentucky Derby?

YEAR	WINNER	JOCKEY	TRAINER	TIME
2023	Mage	Javier Castellano	Gustavo Delgado	2:01.57
2022	Rich Strike	Sonny Leon	Eric R. Reed	2:02.61
2021	Mandaloun	Florent Geroux	Brad H. Cox	2:01.02
2020	Authentic	John R. Velazquez	Bob Baffert	2:00.61
2019	Country House	Flavien Prat	William I. Mott	2:03.98
2018	Justify	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	2:04.20
2017	Always Dreaming	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	2:03.59
2016	Nyquist	Mario Gutierrez	Doug F. O’Neill	2:01:31
2015	American Pharoah	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	2:03.02
2014	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	2:03.66
2013	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey III	2:02.89
2012	I’ll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O’Neill	2:01.83
2011	Animal Kingdom	John Velazquez	H. Graham Motion	2:02.04
2010	Super Saver	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	2:04.45
2009	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel	Bennie Woolley Jr.	2:02.66
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	2:01.82
2007	Street Sense	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	2:02.17
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado	Michael Matz	2:01.36
2005	Giacomo	Mike Smith	John Shirreffs	2:02.75
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	2:04.06
2003	Funny Cide	José Santos	Barclay Tagg	2:01.19
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	2:01.13
2001	Monarchos	Jorge Chavez	John T. Ward, Jr.	1:59.97
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux	Neil D. Drysdale	2:01
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	2:03.29
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	2:02 1/5
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	2:02 2/5
1996	Grindstone	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	2:01
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	2:01 1/5
1994	Go for Gin	Chris McCarron	Nick Zito	2:03 3/5
1993	Sea Hero	Jerry Bailey	MacKenzie “Mack” Miller	2:02
1992	Lil E. Tee	Pat Day	Lynn Whiting	2:03
1991	Strike the Gold	Chris Antley	Nick Zito	2:03
1990	Unbridled	Craig Perret	Carl Nafzger	2:02
1989	Sunday Silence	Patrick Valenzuela	Charles Edward Whittingham	2:05
1988	Winning Colors	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	2:02 1/5
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	Charles “Jack” Van Berg	2:03
1986	Ferdinand	William Shoemaker	Charles Edward Whittingham	2:02 4/5
1985	Spend a Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Cam Gambolati	2:00 1/5
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woodford C. Stephens	2:02 2/5
1983	Sunny’s Halo	Eddie Delahoussaye	David C. Cross, Jr.	2:02 1/5
1982	Gato Del Sol	Eddie Delahoussaye	Edwin J. Gregson	2:02 2/5
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	John P. Campo	2:02
1980	Genuine Risk	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	2:02
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin	Grover Delp	2:02 2/5
1978	Affirmed	Steve Cauthen	Lazaro Barrera	2:01 1/5
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet	Wm. H. Turner, Jr.	2:02 1/5
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Lazaro Barrera	2:01 3/5
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	2:02
1974	Cannonade	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Woodford C. Stephens	2:04
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	1:59 2/5
1972	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	2:01 4/5
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	2:03 1/5
1970	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello	Don Combs	2:03 2/5
1969	Majestic Prince	William Hartack	John Longden	2:01 4/5
1968	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	2:02 1/5
1967	Proud Clarion	Robert Ussery	Loyd Gentry, Jr.	2:00 3/5
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	2:02
1965	Lucky Debonair	William Shoemaker	Frank Catrone	2:01 1/5
1964	Northern Dancer	William Hartack	Horatio Luro	2:00
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza	James P. Conway	2:01 4/5
1962	Decidedly	William Hartack	Horatio Luro	2:00 2/5
1961	Carry Back	John Sellers	Jack Price	2:04
1960	Venetian Way	William Hartack	Victor J. Sovinski	2:02 2/5
1959	Tomy Lee	William Shoemaker	Frank E. Childs	2:02 1/5
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	H. A. Jones	2:05
1957	Iron Liege	William Hartack	H. A. Jones	2:01 1/5
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh Fontaine	2:03 2/5
1955	Swaps	William Shoemaker	M. A. Tenney	2:01 4/5
1954	Determine	Raymond York	William Molter	2:03
1953	Dark Star	Henry Moreno	Eddie Hayward	2:02
1952	Hill Gail	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:01 3/5
1951	Count Turf	Conn McCreary	Sol Rutchick	2:02 3/5
1950	Middleground	William Boland	Max Hirsch	2:01 3/5
1949	Ponder	Steve Brooks	Ben A. Jones	2:04 1/5
1948	Citation	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:05 2/5
1947	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin	Tom Smith	2:06 4/5
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	2:06 3/5
1945	Hoop Jr.	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	2:07
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	2:04 1/5
1943	Count Fleet	John Longden	G. D. Cameron	2:04
1942	Shut Out	Wayne D. Wright	John Milton Gaver, Sr.	2:04 2/5
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:01 2/5
1940	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman	Roy Waldron	2:05
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jame Fitzsimmons	2:03 2/5
1938	Lawrin	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	2:04 4/5
1937	War Admiral	Charle Kurtsinger	George Conway	2:03 1/5
1936	Bold Venture	Ira Hanford	Max Hirsch	2:03 3/5
1935	Omaha	William Saunders	Jame Fitzsimmons	2:05
1934	Cavalcade	Mack Garner	Robert A. Smith	2:04
1933	Brokers Tip	Don Meade	Herbert John Thompson	2:06 4/5
1932	Burgoo King	Basil James	Herbert John Thompson	2:05 1/5
1931	Twenty Grand	Charle Kurtsinger	James Rowe, Jr.	2:01 4/5
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	Jame Fitzsimmons	2:07 3/5
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	Linus McAtee	Clyde Van Dusen	2:10 4/5
1928	Reigh Count	Charle Lang	Bert Michell	2:10 2/5
1927	Whiskery	Linus McAtee	Fred Hopkins	2:06
1926	Bubbling Over	Albert Johnson	Herbert John Thompson	2:03 4/5
1925	Flying Ebony	Earl Sande	William Duke	2:07 3/5
1924	Black Gold	John D. Mooney	Hanly Webb	2:05 1/5
1923	Zev	Earl Sande	D. J. Leary	2:05 2/5
1922	Morvich	Albert Johnson	Fred Burlew	2:04 3/5
1921	Behave Yourself	Charles Thompson	Herbert John Thompson	2:04 1/5
1920	Paul Jones	Ted Rice	William Garth	2:09
1919	Sir Barton	John Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	2:09 4/5
1918	Exterminator	William Knapp	Henry McDaniel	2:10 4/5
1917	Omar Khayyam	Charles Borel	C. T. Patterson	2:04 3/5
1916	George Smith	John Loftus	Hollie Hughes	2:04
1915	Regret	Joe Notter	James Rowe, Sr.	2:05 2/5
1914	Old Rosebud	John McCabe	Frank D. Weir	2:03 2/5
1913	Donerail	Roscoe Goose	Thomas P. Hayes	2:04 4/5
1912	Worth	Carroll Hugh Shilling	Frank M. Taylor	2:09 2/5
1911	Meridian	George Archibald	Albert Ewing	2:05
1910	Donau	Robert Herbert	George Ham	2:06 2/5
1909	Wintergreen	Vincent Powers	Charles Mack	2:08 1/5
1908	Stone Street	Arthur Pickens	J. W. Hall	2:15 1/5
1907	Pink Star	Andy Minder	W. H. Fizer	2:12 3/5
1906	Sir Huon	Roscoe Troxler	Pete Coyne	2:08 4/5
1905	Agile	Jack Martin	Robert Tucker	2:10 3/4
1904	Elwood	Frank Prior	Charle E. Durnell	2:08 1/2
1903	Judge Himes	Harold Booker	John P. Mayberry	2:09
1902	Alan-a-Dale	Jimmy Winkfield	Thomas Clay McDowell	2:08 3/4
1901	His Eminence	Jimmy Winkfield	Frank B. Van Meter	2:07 3/4
1900	Lieut. Gibson	Jimmy Boland	Charles Hughes	2:06 1/2
1899	Manuel	Fred Taral	Robert Walden	2:12
1898	Plaudit	Willie Simms	John E. Madden	2:09
1897	Typhoon II	Buttons Garner	J. C. Cahn	2:12 1/2
1896	Ben Brush	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell, Jr.	2:07 3/4
1895	Halma	Soup Perkins	Byron McClelland	2:37 1/2
1894	Chant	Frank Goodale	H. Eugene Leigh	2:41
1893	Lookout	Eddie Kunze	William McDaniel	2:39 1/4
1892	Azra	Alonzo Clayton	John H. Morris	2:41 1/2
1891	Kingman	Isaac Murphy	Dud Allen	2:52 1/4
1890	Riley	Isaac Murphy	Edward Corrigan	2:45
1889	Spokane	Thomas Kiley	John Rodegap	2:34 1/2
1888	Macbeth II	George Covington	John Campbell	2:38 1/4
1887	Montrose	Isaac Lewis	John McGinty	2:39 1/4
1886	Ben Ali	Paul Duffy	Jim Murphy	2:36 1/2
1885	Joe Cotton	Erkine Henderson	Abe Perry	2:37 1/4
1884	Buchanan	Isaac Murphy	William Bird	2:40 1/4
1883	Leonatus	William Donohue	Raleigh Colston	2:43
1882	Apollo	Babe Hurd	Green B. Morris	2:40 1/4
1881	Hindoo	James McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	2:40
1880	Fonso	George Garret Lewis	Tice Hutsell	2:37 1/2
1879	Lord Murphy	Charlie Shauer	George Rice	2:37
1878	Day Star	Jimmy Carter	Lee Paul	2:37 1/4
1877	Baden-Baden	William Walker	Edward D. Brown	2:38
1876	Vagrant	Bobby Swim	James Williams	2:38 1/4
1875	Aristides	Oliver Lewis	Ansel Williamson

Which jockeys have won the most Kentucky Derbys?

Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack have both won 5 times, sharing the record for most Kentucky Derby wins.

What number never won the Kentucky Derby?

The No. 17 post is the only gate number that has never produced a Kentucky Derby winner.

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Can you wear jeans to the Kentucky Derby?

According to the Kentucky Derby guidelines, guests are encouraged to wear upscale attire. Click here for the official 2024 Kentucky Derby style guide.

Kentucky Derby traditions: Hats, food, winner’s circle, Garland of Roses, dresses

From the hats to the Juleps, the Kentucky Derby is famous for a full weekend of pageantry.

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How much do tickets cost for the Kentucky Derby?

General admission tickets start at $275. Click here to see all of the prices and packages offered.

How to watch the 2024 Kentucky Derby:

• Date: Saturday, May 4
• Time: Live coverage begins at 2:30 PM ET
• Where: Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky
• TV Network: NBC
• Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

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How to watch Horse Racing on Peacock:

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What devices does Peacock support?

You can enjoy Peacock on a variety of devices. View the full list of supported devices here.

Who won the 2023 Kentucky Derby?

Mage and jockey Javier Castellano won last year’s Kentucky Derby finishing the race with a time of 2:01.57. Relive the moment here:

Watch Larry Collmus call Mage's Derby win

Watch as Larry Collmus, the voice of the Triple Crown, calls Mage's win during the thrilling 149th Kentucky Derby.

Click here for all the information you need to prepare for the 2024 Kentucky Derby.