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| 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 | Medina Spirit | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | 2:01.01 |
| 2020 | Authentic | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | 2:00.61 |
| 2019 | Country House | Flavien Prat | W. Mott | 2:03:93 |
| 2018 | Justify | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | 2:04.20 |
| 2017 | Always Dreaming | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | 2:03.59 |
| 2016 | Nyquist | Mario Guiterrez | Doug 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 | Shug McGaughey | 2:02 4/5 |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | 2:01.83 |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | John R. 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 | Rick Dutrow | 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 | Jos Santos | Barclay Tagg | 2:01.19 |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | 2:01.13 |
| 2001 | Monarchos | Jorge Chavez | John Ward Jr. | 1:59.97 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil Drysdale | 2:01 |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:03 1/5 |
| 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 | Mack Miller | 2:02 2/5 |
| 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 | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | 2:05 |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | 2:03 2/5 |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | 2:02 4/5 |
| 1985 | Spend a Buck | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Cam Gambolati | 2:00 1/5 |
| 1984 | Swale | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | 2:02 2/5 |
| 1983 | Sunnys Halo | Eddie Delahoussaye | David Cross Jr. | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1982 | Gato Del Sol | Eddie Delahoussaye | Eddie Gregson | 2:02 2/5 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John Campo | 2:02 |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | 2:02 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ron Franklin | Bud Delp | 2:02 2/5 |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | 2:01 1/5 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | Billy Turner | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | 2:01 3/5 |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | 2:02 |
| 1974 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Woody 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 | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | 2:01 4/5 |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1967 | Proud Clarion | Bobby Ussery | Loyd Gentry | 2:00 3/5 |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | 2:02 |
| 1965 | Lucky Debonair | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Catrone | 2:01 1/5 |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | 2:00 |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James Conway | 2:01 4/5 |
| 1962 | Decidedly | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | 2:00 2/5 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | John Sellers | Jack Price | 2:04 |
| 1960 | Venetian Way | Bill Hartack | Victor Sovinski | 2:02 2/5 |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Childs | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones | 2:05 |
| 1957 | Iron Liege | Bill Hartack | Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones | 2:02 1/5 |
| 1956 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh Fontaine | 2:03 2/5 |
| 1955 | Swaps | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | 2:01 4/5 |
| 1954 | Determine | Raymond York | Willie Molter | 2:03 |
| 1953 | Dark Star | Hank 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 Parke | 2:07 |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | 2:04 1/5 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | 2:04 |
| 1942 | Shut Out | Wayne Wright | John M. Gaver | 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 | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:03 2/5 |
| 1938 | Lawrin | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | 2:04 4/5 |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | 2:03 1/5 |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | Ira Hanford | Max Hirsch | 2:03 3/5 |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:05 |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | Mack Garner | Bob Smith | 2:04 |
| 1933 | Brokers Tip | Don Meade | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:06 4/5 |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:05 1/5 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James Rowe, Jr. | 2:01 4/5 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | 2:07 3/5 |
| 1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | Linus McAtee | Clyde Van Dusen | 2:10 4/5 |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert Micchell | 2:10 2/5 |
| 1927 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins | 2:06 |
| 1926 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:03 4/5 |
| 1925 | Flying Ebony | Earl Sande | William Duke | 2:07 3/5 |
| 1924 | Black Gold | John D. Mooney | Hanley Webb | 2:05 1/5 |
| 1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | David J. Leary | 2:05 2/5 |
| 1922 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | 2:04 3/5 |
| 1921 | Behave Yourself | Charles Thompson | Henry J. "Dick" Thompson | 2:04 1/5 |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | Ted Rice | Billy Garth | 2:09 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny 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 | Johnny Loftus | Hollie Hughes | 2:04 |
| 1915 | Regret | Joe Notter | James Rowe, Sr. | 2:05 2/5 |
| 1914 | Old Rosebud | John McCabe | F. D. Weir | 2:03 2/5 |
| 1913 | Donerail | Roscoe Goose | Thomas Hayes | 2:04 4/5 |
| 1912 | Worth | Carol Shilling | Frank Taylor | 2:09 2/5 |
| 1911 | Meridian | George Archibald | Albert Ewing | 2:05 |
| 1910 | Donau | Fred 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 | Shorty Prior | C. E. Durnell | 2:08 1/2 |
| 1903 | Judge Himes | Hal Booker | J. P. Mayberry | 2:09 |
| 1902 | Alan-a-Dale | Jimmy Winkfield | T. C. McDowell | 2:08 3/4 |
| 1901 | His Eminence | Jimmy Winkfield | F. P. Van Meter | 2:07 3/4 |
| 1900 | Lieut. Gibson | Jimmy Boland | Charles Hughes | 2:06 1/4 |
| 1899 | Manuel | Fred Taral | Robert J. 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 | 2:07 3/4 |
| 1895 | Halma | Soup Perkins | Byron McClelland | 2:37 1/2 |
| 1894 | Chant | Frank Goodale | Eugene Leigh | 2:41 |
| 1893 | Lookout | E. Kunze | William McDaniel | 2:39 1/4 |
| 1892 | Azra | Lonnie Clayton | John 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 |
| 1887 | Montrose | Isaac Lewis | John McGinty | 2:39 1/4 |
| 1886 | Ben Ali | Paul Duffy | Jim Murphy | 2:36 1/2 |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton | Babe Henderson | Alex Perry | 2:37 1/4 |
| 1884 | Buchanan | Isaac Murphy | William Bird | 2:40 1/4 |
| 1883 | Leonatus | Billy Donohue | John McGinty | 2:43 |
| 1882 | Apollo | Babe Hurd | Green Morris | 2:40 |
| 1881 | Hindoo | Jim McLaughlin | James Rowe, Sr. | 2:40 |
| 1880 | Fonso | George Lewis | Tice Hutsell | 2:37 1/2 |
| 1879 | Lord Murphy | Charlie Shauer | George Rice | 2:37 |
| 1878 | Day Star | J. Carter | Lee Paul | 2:37 1/4 |
| 1877 | Baden Baden | Billy Walker | Ed Brown (aka "Dick") | 2:38 |
| 1875 | Aristides | Oliver Lewis | Ansel Williamson | 2:37 3/4 |
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