Jockeys Who Have Won the Kentucky Derby

The Derby, horse racing's premier event, has been run annually since 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The length of the race is one and a quarter miles.

• Albert Johnson

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  • 1922, 1926 Kentucky Derby winner
• Alonzo Clayton

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  • 1892 Kentucky Derby winner
• Andy Minder

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  • 1907 Kentucky Derby winner
• Angel Cordero, Jr.

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  • 1974, 1976, 1985 Kentucky Derby winner
• Arthur Pickens

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  • 1908 Kentucky Derby winner
• Bill Shoemaker
  • 1955, 1959, 1965, 1986 Kentucky Derby winner
• Bill Hartack

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  • 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969 Kentucky Derby winner
• Billy Donohue

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  • 1883 Kentucky Derby winner
• Bobby Swim

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  • 1876 Kentucky Derby winner
• Bobby Ussery

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  • 1967 Kentucky Derby winner
• Braulio Baeza

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  • 1963 Kentucky Derby winner
• Carroll H. Shilling

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  • 1912 Kentucky Derby winner
• Carroll Bierman

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  • 1940 Kentucky Derby winner
• Charles Borel

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  • 1917 Kentucky Derby winner
• Charles Thompson

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  • 1921 Kentucky Derby winner
• Charles Lang

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  • 1928 Kentucky Derby winner
• Charles Kurtsinger

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  • 1931, 1937 Kentucky Derby winner
• Charlie Sbauer

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  • 1879 Kentucky Derby winner
• Chris McCarron

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  • 1987, 1994 Kentucky Derby winner
• Chris Antley

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  • 1991 Kentucky Derby winner
• Conn McCreary

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  • 1944, 1951 Kentucky Derby winner
• Craig Perret

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  • 1990 Kentucky Derby winner
• Dave Erb

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  • 1956 Kentucky Derby winner
• Don Meade

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  • 1933 Kentucky Derby winner
• Don Brumfield

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  • 1966 Kentucky Derby winner
• Earl Sande

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  • 1923, 1925, 1930 Kentucky Derby winner
• Eddie Kunze

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  • 1893 Kentucky Derby winner
• Eddie Delahoussaye

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  • 1982-83 Kentucky Derby winner
• Eric Guerin

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  • 1947 Kentucky Derby winner
• Erskine Henderson

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  • 1885 Kentucky Derby winner
• Eugene James

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  • 1932 Kentucky Derby winner
• Frank Goodale

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  • 1894 Kentucky Derby winner
• Frankie Prior

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  • 1904 Kentucky Derby winner
• Fred Taral

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  • 1899 Kentucky Derby winner
• Fred Herbert

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  • 1910 Kentucky Derby winner
• Gary Stevens

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  • 1988, 1995, 1997 Kentucky Derby winner
• George Lewis

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  • 1880 Kentucky Derby winner
• George Covington

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  • 1888 Kentucky Derby winner
• George Archibald

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  • 1911 Kentucky Derby winner
• Gustavo Avila

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  • 1971 Kentucky Derby winner
• Hal Booker

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  • 1903 Kentucky Derby winner
• Hank Moreno

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  • 1853 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ira Hanford

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  • 1936 Kentucky Derby winner
• Isaac Murphy

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  • 1884, 1890-91 Kentucky Derby winner
• Isaac Lewis

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  • 1887 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ismael Valenzuela

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  • 1958, 1968 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jacinto Vasquez

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  • 1975, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jack Martin

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  • 1905 Kentucky Derby winner
• James ''Soup'' Perkins

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  • 1895 Kentucky Derby winner
• James Stout

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  • 1939 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jerry D. Bailey

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  • 1993, 1996 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jimmie Carter

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  • 1878 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jimmy McLaughlin

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  • 1881 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jimmy Boland

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  • 1900 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jimmy Winkfield

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  • 1901-02 Kentucky Derby winner
• Joe Noller

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  • 1915 Kentucky Derby winner
• John McCabe

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  • 1914 Kentucky Derby winner
• John D. Mooney

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  • 1924 Kentucky Derby winner
• John Longden

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  • 1943 Kentucky Derby winner
• John Sellers

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  • 1961 Kentucky Derby winner
• Johnny Loftus

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  • 1916, 1919 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jorge Velasquez

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  • 1981 Kentucky Derby winner
• Laffit Pincay, Jr.

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  • 1984 Kentucky Derby winner
• Linus ''Pony'' McAlee

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  • 1927, 1929 Kentucky Derby winner
• Mack Garner

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  • 1934 Kentucky Derby winner
• Mike Manganello

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  • 1970 Kentucky Derby winner
• Oliver Lewis

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  • 1875 Kentucky Derby winner
• Pat Day

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  • 1992 Kentucky Derby winner
• Patrick Valenzuela

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  • 1989 Kentucky Derby winner
• Paul Duffy

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  • 1886 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ray York

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  • 1954 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ronald J. Franklin

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  • 1979 Kentucky Derby winner
• Roscoe Troxler

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  • 1906 Kentucky Derby winner
• Roscoe Goose

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  • 1913 Kentucky Derby winner
• Steve Brooks

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  • 1949 Kentucky Derby winner
• Steve Cauthen (born 1960)

  American jockey and horse breeder.

  • 1978 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ted Rice

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  • 1920 Kentucky Derby winner
• Thomas Kiley

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  • 1889 Kentucky Derby winner
• Vincent Powers

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  • 1909 Kentucky Derby winner
• Wayne D. Wright

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  • 1942 Kentucky Derby winner
• William Walker

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  • 1877 Kentucky Derby winner
• William Knapp

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  • 1918 Kentucky Derby winner
• William Boland

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  • 1950 Kentucky Derby winner
• Willie Simms

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  • 1896, 1898 Kentucky Derby winner
• William ''Smokey'' Saunders

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  • 1935 Kentucky Derby winner
• Eddie Arcaro (born 1915)

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  • 1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952 Kentucky Derby winner
• Warren Mehrtens
  • 1946 Kentucky Derby winner
• Ron Turcotte

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  • 1972-73 Kentucky Derby winner
• Jean Cruguet

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  • 1977 Kentucky Derby winner