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CHAMPIONS, DERBY WINNERS

Since 1971, Awards are bestowed upon the (1928) (1977) horses and individuals whose Co-2-year-old colt – 1927 (Dice) 2-year-old colt – 1976 outstanding achievements in North America have 3-year-old colt – 1928 3-year-old colt – 1977 earned them the title of Champion in their respective Horse of the Year – 1928 Older Horse – 1978 divisions. (1930) Horse of the Year – 1977 3-year-old colt – 1930 (1978) Those annual awards are voted by National Horse of the Year – 1930 2-year-old colt – 1977 Association (NTRA), Daily (1931) 3-year-old colt – 1978 Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and 3-year-old colt – 1931 Older Horse – 1979 Broadcasters (NTWAB). Horse of the Year – 1931 Horse of the Year – 1978 & 1979 (1932) (1979) The Eclipse Awards are named after the great 18th- Co-3-year-old colt – 1932 () 2-year-old colt – 1978 Century racehorse and foundation sire Eclipse, who (1934) 3-year-old colt – 1979 began racing at age five and was undefeated in 18 2-year-old colt – 1933 Older Horse – 1980 starts, including eight walkovers. Eclipse sired the 3-year-old colt – 1934 Horse of the Year – 1980 winners of 344 races, including three Epsom Derbies. Horse of the Year – 1934 (1980) (1935) 3-year-old filly – 1980 For more than a century, annual Champions have 3-year-old colt – 1935 (1981) been chosen by various bodies and these have been (1937) 3-year-old colt – 1981 compiled and condensed with winners 3-year-old colt – 1937 (1984) by the widely respected The Blood-Horse magazine. Best 3-year-old – 1937 3-year-old colt – 1984 Horse of the Year – 1937 (1985) Most awards originated in 1936. A Horse of the Year (1941) 3-year-old colt – 1985 award was created by a poll of the staff of The New Co-2-year-old colt – 1940 () Horse of the Year – 1985 York Morning Telegraph and its sister newspaper, 3-year-old colt – 1941 (1986) Daily Racing Form . At the same time a rival poll was Best 3-year-old – 1941 Older Horse – 1987 organized by the Baltimore-based Turf and Sport Handicap Horse – 1942 Horse of the Year – 1987 Digest magazine. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Horse of the Year – 1941 & 1942 (1987) Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own (1943) 3-year-old colt – 1987 champion, selecting its winners from votes by racing 2-year-old colt – 1942 Older Horse – 1988 secretaries from member tracks across the United Best 2-year-old – 1942 Horse of the Year – 1988 States. In 1971, Daily Racing Form and TRA made 3-year-old colt – 1943 (1988) an agreement with the National Turf Writers Best 3-year-old – 1943 3-year-old filly – 1988 Association to merge into one set of awards, called Horse of the Year – 1943 (1989) the Eclipse Awards. (1946) 3-year-old colt – 1989 3-year-old colt – 1946 Horse of the Year – 1989 Champions prior to 1936 were selected Best 3-year-old – 1946 (1990) retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by Horse of the Year – 1946 3-year-old colt – 1990 The Blood-Horse magazine. (1948) (1995) 2-year-old colt – 1947 3-year-old colt – 1995 WINNERS Best 2-year-old – 1947 (1997) CROWNED CHAMPIONS (63) 3-year-old colt – 1948 3-year-old colt – 1997 Best 3-year-old – 1948 (1998) (1876) Handicap Horse – 1948 3-year-old colt – 1998 Co-3-year-old colt – 1876 (Vigil) Horse of the Year – 1948 (1999) Baden-Baden (1877) (1955) 3-year-old colt – 1999 3-year-old colt – 1877 Handicap Horse – 1956 Horse of the Year – 1999 (1881) Horse of the Year – 1956 (2002) 3-year-old colt – 1881 (1956) 3-year-old colt – 2002 (1883) 2-year-old colt – 1955 (2003) 3-year-old colt – 1883 Best 2-year-old – 1955 3-year-old colt/gelding – 2003 (1885) 3-year-old colt – 1956 (2004) Co-3-year-old colt – 1885 (Bersan) Best 3-year-old – 1956 3-year-old colt – 2004 (1896) (1958) (2007) Co-2-year-old colt – 1895 (Requital) 3-year-old colt – 1958 2-year-old colt – 2007 (1911) Best 3-year-old – 1958 (2008) 3-year-old colt – 1911 (1961) 3-year-old colt – 2008 Horse of the Year – 1911 3-year-old colt – 1961 (2011) (1912) Best 3-year-old – 1961 3-year-old colt – 2011 Co-2-year-old colt – 1911 (Helios) (1963) I’ll Have Another (2012) (1914) 3-year old colt – 1963 3-year-old colt – 2012 2-year-old colt – 1913 Best 3-year-old – 1963 (2014) Horse of the Year – 1917 (1964) 3-year-old colt – 2014 (1915) 3-year-old colt – 1964 Horse of the Year – 2014 2-year-old filly – 1914 Best 3-year-old – 1964 (2015) 3-year-old filly – 1915 Canonero II (1971) 2-year-old colt – 2014 Horse of the Year – 1915 3-year-old colt – 1971 3-year-old colt – 2015 -GB (1917) (1972) Horse of the Year – 2015 Co-3-year-old colt – 1917 () 2-year-old colt – 1971 – 1918 Older Horse – 1973 Horse of the Year – 1922 (1973) (1919) 2-year-old colt – 1972 3-year-old colt – 1919 3-year-old colt – 1973 Horse of the Year – 1919 Grass Horse – 1973 (1922) Horse of the Year – 1972 & 1973 2-year-old colt – 1921 (1975) (1923) 2-year-old colt – 1974 2-year-old colt – 1922 Forbes (1976) Co-3-year-old colt – 1923 (In Memoriam) 3-year-old colt – 1976 Horse of the Year – 1923 (1927) 3-year-old colt – 1927

2-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONS HORSE OF THE YEAR WINNERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY (75) IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY (50) IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY (68)

Kentucky Derby Record: 75-21-14-5 Kentucky Derby Record Since 1980: 19-3-2-2 Note: 26 Kentucky Derby Winners were named Note: 36 Kentucky Derby winners have been

nd Horse of the Year at some point in their career. enshrined in the Racing and Hall of Fame. Proctor Knott 2 1889 st Ben Brush 1 1896 Ornament 2nd 1897 Ten Broeck 5th 1875 Worth 1st 1912 Meridian 1st 1911 Parole 4th 1876 rd st Gowell (f) 3 1913 Old Rosebud (g) 1st 1914 Hindoo 1 1881 st st Old Rosebud (g) 1 1914 Regret (f) 1st 1915 Ben Brush 1 1896 st st Regret (f) 1 1915 Exterminator (g) 1st 1918 Old Rosebud (g) 1 1914 nd st Pebbles 2 1915 st Regret (f) 1 1915 th Sir Barton 1 1919 Dominant 7 1916 st st Exterminator (g) 1 1918 (g) 2nd 1919 Zev 1 1923 st Eternal 10 th 1919 Reigh Count 1st 1928 Sir Barton 1 1919 rd nd Prudery (f) 3 1921 4th 1929 Billy Kelly (g) 2 1919 th st Tryster 4 1921 st Zev 1 1923 th Gallant Fox 1 1930 Careful (f) 5 1921 st st 1 1924 st Twenty Grand 1 1931 Morvich 1 1922 st th Cavalcade 1st 1934 Reigh Count 1 1928 Startle (f) 8 1922 th nd st 2 1934 11 1928 Zev 1 1923 Blue Larkspur 4th 1929 th DNF 1936 5 1926 st st Gallant Fox 1 1930 Scapa Flow 9th 1927 War Admiral 1 1937 nd Twenty Grand 1st 1931 Reigh Count 1st 1928 2 1939 st Alcibiades (f) 10 th 1930 Whirlaway 1 1941 Cavalcade 1st 1934 Ladysman 4th 1933 Count Fleet 1st 1943 Discovery 2nd 1934 st Cavalcade 1st 1934 Assault 1st 1946 Omaha 1 1935 th Granville DNF 1936 (f) 4 1934 Citation 1st 1948 th st Bazaar (f) 9 1934 nd War Admiral 1 1937 th 2 1948 Nellie Flag (f) 4 1935 nd st nd 2 1949 1 1939 Pompoon 2 1937 nd nd th 2 1950 Challedon 2 1939 Menow 4 1938 th nd th 11 1951 2 1940 El Chico 6 1939 nd 2 1953 st Bimelech 2nd 1940 Whirlaway 1 1941 Swaps 1st 1955 nd Whirlaway 1st 1941 2 1942 2nd 1955 6th 1942 Our Boots 8th 1941 Round Table 3rd 1957 st Alsab 2nd 1942 Count Fleet 1 1943 4th 1957 st st Count Fleet 1 1943 2nd 1959 Assault 1 1946 Double Jay 12 th 1947 (g) 4th 1964 Citation 1st 1948 Citation 1st 1948 3rd 1967 Coaltown 2nd 1948 nd nd Hill Prince 2nd 1950 2 1969 Hill Prince 2 1950 th nd DH-5th 1950 8 1970 Native Dancer 2 1953 Native Dancer 2nd 1953 Secretariat 1st 1973 Swaps 1st 1955 2nd 1954 (g) 4th 1973 Nashua 2nd 1955 nd Nashua 2 1955 Seattle Slew 1st 1977 Needles 1st 1956 st Needles 1 1956 Affirmed 1st 1978 -GB 2nd 1957 Jewel’s Reward 4th 1958 rd Spend a Buck 1st 1985 Round Table 3 1957 First Landing 3rd 1959 Bold Ruler 4th 1957 th Ferdinand 1st 1986 Crimson Satan 6 1962 Tim Tam 1st 1958 nd st 2 1963 Alysheba 1 1987 nd th Sword Dancer 2 1959 Bold Lad 10 1965 st th th Sunday Silence 1 1989 Silver Spoon (f) 5 1959 Successor 6 1967 th th 12 1994 Carry Back 1st 1961 Top Knight 5 1969 th Silent Screen 5th 1970 12 1996 Northern Dancer 1st 1964 8th 1998 Riva Ridge 1st 1972 rd st Damascus 3 1967 st Charismatic 1 1999 st Secretariat 1 1973 th 1 1969 5 2001 nd Foolish Pleasure 1st 1975 3rd 2007 Arts and Letters 2 1969 nd Riva Ridge 1st 1972 2 1976 California Chrome 1st 2014 st st Seattle Slew 1 1977 American Pharoah 1st 2015 Secretariat 1 1973 st Forego (g) 4th 1973 Affirmed 1 1978 st Spectacular Bid 1st 1979 Did you know? Foolish Pleasure 1 1975 st Rockhill Native (g) 5th 1980 Seattle Slew 1 1977 Althea (f) 19 th 1984 The only horse not crowned Horse of the Year Affirmed 1st 1978 rd the year he swept the Triple Crown was Omaha in Chief’s Crown 3 1985 2nd 1978 Capote DNF 1987 1935. Discovery, a 4-year-old, won 11 of 19 starts Spectacular Bid 1st 1979 Forty Niner 2nd 1988 that year, and beat Omaha (third) by 12 lengths in 2nd 1989 that year’s Brooklyn Handicap on June 22 – the first Genuine Risk (f) 1st 1980 Fly So Free 5th 1991 of eight straight stakes triumphs. Slew O’ Gold 4th 1983 th 8 1992 Alysheba 1st 1987 3rd 1995 Four Kentucky Derby winners are two-time Winning Colors (f) 1st 1988 Favorite Trick 8th 1998 Horse of the Year winners: Whirlaway (1941-42), st Answer Lively 10 th 1999 Secretariat (1972-73), Affirmed (1978-79) and Sunday Silence 1 1989 13 th 2000 California Chrome (2014, ’16). Easy Goer 2nd 1989 Johannesburg 8th 2002 Best Pal (g) 2nd 1991 Action This Day 6th 2004 A Kentucky Derby winner has been crowned Holy Bull 12 th 1994 Horse of the Year after its 3-year-old season on nine th Street Sense 1st 2007 Serena’s Song (f) 16 1995 occasions: Old Rosebud (1917), Exterminator (1922), th 6th 2010 Skip Away 12 1996 Whirlaway (1942), Swaps (1956), Affirmed (1979), st Hansen 9th 2012 Silver Charm 1 1997 Spectacular Bid (1980), Ferdinand (1987), Alysheba th American Pharoah 1st 2015 (1988) and California Chrome (2016). Point Given 5 2001 Curlin 3rd 2007 * 1st 2016