Row year winner cond speed 1 1896 BenBrush good 51.66 2 1897 TyphoonII slow 49.81 3 1898 Plaudit good 51.16 4 1899 Manuel fast 50.00 5 1900 Lieut.Gibson fast 52.28 6 1901 HisEminence fast 51.66 7 1902 Alan-a-Dale fast 51.26 8 1903 JudgeHimes fast 51.16 9 1904 Elwood fast 51.36 10 1905 Agile slow 50.48 11 1906 SirHuon fast 51.24 12 1907 PinkStar slow 49.77 13 1908 StoneStreet slow 48.82 14 1909 Wintergreen slow 51.48 15 1910 Donau fast 52.22 16 1911 Meridian fast 52.80 17 1912 Worth slow 51.00 18 1913 Donerail fast 52.88 19 1914 OldRosebud fast 53.48 20 1915 Regret fast 52.63 21 1916 GeorgeSmith fast 53.23 22 1917 OmarKhayyam fast 52.97 23 1918 Exterminator slow 50.46 24 1919 SirBarton slow 50.85 25 1920 PaulJones slow 51.16 26 1921 BehaveYourself fast 53.14 27 1922 Morvich fast 52.97 28 1923 Zev fast 52.63 29 1924 BlackGold fast 52.72 30 1925 FlyingEbony slow 51.72 31 1926 BubblingOver fast 53.31 32 1927 Whiskery slow 52.38 33 1928 ReighCount slow 50.61 34 1929 ClydeVanDusen slow 50.46 35 1930 GallantFox good 51.72 36 1931 TwentyGrand fast 54.19 37 1932 BurgooKing fast 52.72 38 1933 BrokersTip good 52.05 39 1934 Cavalcade fast 53.23 40 1935 Omaha good 52.80 41 1936 BoldVenture fast 53.66 42 1937 WarAdmiral fast 53.57 43 1938 Lawrin fast 52.88 44 1939 Johnstown fast 53.48 45 1940 Gallahadion fast 52.80 46 1941 Whirlaway fast 54.37 47 1942 ShutOut fast 53.05 48 1943 CountFleet fast 53.23 49 1944 Pensive good 53.14 50 1945 HoopJr. slow 51.97 51 1946 Assault slow 52.13 52 1947 JetPilot slow 52.05 53 1948 Citation slow 52.63 54 1949 Ponder fast 53.14 55 1950 Middleground fast 54.28 56 1951 CountTurf fast 53.83 57 1952 HillGail fast 54.28 58 1953 DarkStar fast 54.10 59 1954 Determine fast 53.66 60 1955 Swaps fast 54.19 61 1956 Needles fast 53.48 62 1957 IronLiege fast 54.01 63 1958 TimTam slow 52.80 64 1959 TomyLee fast 54.01 65 1960 VenetianWay good 53.92 66 1961 CarryBack good 53.23 67 1962 Decidedly fast 54.82 68 1963 Chateaugay fast 54.55 69 1964 NorthernDancer fast 55.00 70 1965 LuckyDebonair fast 54.46 71 1966 KauaiKing fast 54.10 72 1967 ProudClarion fast 54.73 73 1968 ForwardPass fast 54.01 74 1969 MajesticPrince fast 54.19 75 1970 DustCommander good 53.48 76 1971 CanoneroII fast 53.57 77 1972 RivaRidge fast 54.19 78 1973 Secretariat fast 55.28 79 1974 Cannonade fast 53.23 80 1975 FoolishPleasure fast 54.10 81 1976 BoldForbes fast 54.28 82 1977 SeattleSlew fast 54.01 83 1978 Affirmed fast 54.46 84 1979 SpectacularBid fast 53.92 85 1980 GenuineRisk fast 54.10 86 1981 PleasantColony fast 54.10 87 1982 GatoDelSol fast 53.92 88 1983 SunnysHalo fast 53.92 89 1984 Swale fast 53.92 90 1985 SpendaBuck fast 54.91 91 1986 Ferdinand fast 53.75 92 1987 Alysheba fast 53.48 93 1988 WinningColors fast 54.01 94 1989 SundaySilence slow 52.80 95 1990 Unbridled good 54.10 96 1991 StriketheGold fast 53.66 97 1992 LilE.Tee fast 53.66 98 1993 SeaHero fast 53.92 99 1994 GoforGin slow 53.40 100 1995 ThunderGulch fast 54.46 101 1996 Grindstone fast 54.55 102 1997 SilverCharm fast 53.92 103 1998 RealQuiet fast 54.01 104 1999 Charismatic fast 53.66 105 2000 FusaichiPegasus fast 54.49