FLORIDA DERBY · UNITED STATES
Florida Derby prize money
The Florida Derby is worth $1,000,000 . That makes it the 87th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 33rd richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $1,000,000
WORLD RANK 87th
RUNNINGS HELD 76
FIRST RUN 1952
What the Florida Derby is
Grade I · miles (9 furlongs) · Dirt · Gulfstream Park
- Racecourse
- Gulfstream Park
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- miles (9 furlongs)
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1952
We hold the total fund for the Florida Derby and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:49.99 in 2026, the Florida Derby pays $9,092 for every second of the race, which is 79th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 39th in the United States.
Every Florida Derby winner
76 runnings, 1952 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Commandment1:49.99 | Flavien Prat | Brad H. Cox | Wathan Racing | $1,000,000 |
| 2025 | Tappan Street1:49.27 | Luis Saez | Brad H. Cox | Winstar Farm & China Horse Club Inc. | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | Fierceness1:48.22 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 2023 | Forte1:49.37 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 2022 | White Abarrio1:50.64 | Tyler Gaffalione | Saffie A. Joseph Jr. | C2 Racing Stable & La Milagrosa Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 2021 | Known Agenda1:49.45 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | St. Elias Stable | $750,000 |
| 2020 | Tiz the Law1:50.00 | Manny Franco | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable | $750,000 |
| 2019 | Maximum Security1:48.86 | Luis Saez | Jason Servis | Mary & Gary West | $1,000,000 |
| 2018 | Audible1:49.48 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing & WinStar Farm | $1,000,000 |
| 2017 | Always Dreaming1:47.47 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Brooklyn Boyz Stables, Teresa Viola Racing Stable, Siena Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds, MeB Racing & St. Elias Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 2016 | Nyquist1:49.11 | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | Reddam Racing | $1,000,000 |
| 2015 | Materiality1:52.30 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Alto Racing | $1,000,000 |
| 2014 | Constitution1:49.17 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Winstar Farm | $1,000,000 |
| 2013 | Orb1:50.87 | John Velazquez | Claude. R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 2012 | Take Charge Indy1:48.79 | Calvin Borel | Patrick B. Byrne | Chuck & Maribeth Sandford | $1,000,000 |
| 2011 | Dialed In1:50.74 | Julien Leparoux | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | $1,000,000 |
| 2010 | Ice Box1:49.19 | Jose Lezcano | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | $750,000 |
| 2009 | Quality Road1:47.72 | John Velazquez | James A. Jerkens | Edward P. Evans | $750,000 |
| 2008 | Big Brown1:48.16 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | IEAH Stables & Paul Pompa Jr. | $1,000,000 |
| 2007 | Scat Daddy1:49.00 | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | James Scatuorchio & Michael Tabor | $1,000,000 |
| 2006 | Barbaro1:49.01 | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz | Lael Stables | $1,000,000 |
| 2005 | High Fly1:49.43 | Jerry Bailey | Nick Zito | Live Oak Plantation | $1,000,000 |
| 2004 | Friends Lake1:51.38 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Chester & Mary Broman | $1,000,000 |
| 2003 | Empire Maker1:49.05 | Jerry Bailey | Robert Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | $1,000,000 |
| 2002 | Harlan's Holiday1:48.80 | Edgar Prado | Kenneth McPeek | Starlight Stable (Jack & Laurie Wolf) | $1,000,000 |
| 2001 | Monarchos1:49.95 | Jorge Chavez | John T. Ward Jr. | John C. Oxley | $1,000,000 |
| 2000 | Hal's Hope1:51.49 | Roger Velez | Harold J. Rose | Rose Family Stable | $1,000,000 |
| 1999 | Vicar1:50.83 | Shane Sellers | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | $750,000 |
| 1998 | Cape Town1:49.21 | Shane Sellers | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | $750,000 |
| 1997 | Captain Bodgit1:50.60 | Alex Solis | Gary Capuano | Team Valor | $750,000 |
| 1996 | Unbridled's Song1:47.85 | Mike Smith | James T. Ryerson | Paraneck Stable | $750,000 |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch1:49.70 | Mike Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | $500,000 |
| 1994 | Holy Bull1:47.66 | Mike Smith | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Warren A. Croll Jr. | $500,000 |
| 1993 | Bull Inthe Heather1:51.38 | Wigberto Ramos | Howard M. Tesher | Arthur Klein | $500,000 |
| 1992 | Technology1:50.72 | Jerry Bailey | Hubert Hine | Scott C. Savin | $500,000 |
| 1991 | Fly So Free1:50.44 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Tommy Valando | $500,000 |
| 1990 | Unbridled1:52.00 | Pat Day | Carl Nafzger | Genter Stable | $500,000 |
| 1989 | Mercedes Won1:49.60 | Earlie Fires | Arnold Fink | Christopher Spencer | $500,000 |
| 1988 | Brian's Time1:49.80 | Randy Romero | John M. Veitch | James W. Phillips | $500,000 |
| 1987 | Cryptoclearance1:49.60 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Phil Teinowitz | $500,000 |
| 1986 | Snow Chief1:51.80 | Alex Solis | Melvin F. Stute | Carl Grinstead & Ben Rochelle | $500,000 |
| 1985 | Proud Truth1:50.00 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | $500,000 |
| 1984 | Swale1:47.60 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | $300,000 |
| 1983 | Croeso1:49.80 | Frank Olivares | Stephen A. DiMauro | Cardiff Stud Farm, Jerry Fowler & Roy Fowler | $300,000 |
| 1982 | Timely Writer1:49.60 | Jeffrey Fell | Dominic Imprescia | Peter Martin & Francis Martin | $250,000 |
| 1981 | Lord Avie1:50.40 | Chris McCarron | Daniel Perlsweig | David Simon | $250,000 |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle1:50.20 | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | $250,000 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid1:48.80 | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm (Harry & Teresa Meyerhoff) | $200,000 |
| 1978 | Alydar1:47.00 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | $200,000 |
| 1977 | Ruthie's Native1:50.20 | Craig Perret | Eugene Jacobs | Ruth A. Perlmutter | $125,000 |
| 1977 | Coined Silver1:48.80 | Buck Thornburg | George T. Poole III | Cornelius V. Whitney | $125,000 |
| 1976 | Honest Pleasure1:47.80 | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | $125,000 |
| 1975 | Prince Thou Art1:50.40 | Braulio Baeza | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | $150,000 |
| 1974 | Judger1:49.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | $150,000 |
| 1973 | Royal and Regal1:47.40 | Walter Blum | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable | $130,000 |
| 1972 | Upper Case1:50.00 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | $130,000 |
| 1971 | Eastern Fleet1:47.40 | Eddie Maple | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | $125,000 |
| 1970 | My Dad George1:50.80 | Ray Broussard | Frank J. McManus | Raymond M. Curtis | $125,000 |
| 1969 | Top Knight1:48.40 | Manuel Ycaza | Raymond F. Metcalf | Steven B. Wilson | |
| 1968 | Forward Pass1:49.00 | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm | |
| 1967 | In Reality1:50.20 | Earlie Fires | Melvin Calvert | Frances A. Genter | |
| 1966 | Williamston Kid1:50.60 | Robert Stevenson | James Bartlett | Paul F. Ternes & James Bartlett | |
| 1965 | Native Charger1:51.20 | John L. Rotz | Raymond F. Metcalf | Warner Stable | |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer1:50.80 | Bill Shoemaker | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | |
| 1963 | Candy Spots1:50.60 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | |
| 1962 | Ridan1:50.40 | Manuel Ycaza | LeRoy Jolley | Mrs. Moody Jolley, Ernest Woods, John L. Greer | |
| 1961 | Carry Back1:48.80 | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | |
| 1960 | Bally Ache1:47.60 | Bobby Ussery | Jimmy Pitt | Edgehill Farm (Leonard D. & Morris Fruchtman) | |
| 1959 | Easy Spur1:47.20 | Bill Hartack | Paul L. Kelley | Spring Hill Farm | |
| 1958 | Tim Tam1:49.20 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | |
| 1957 | Gen. Duke1:46.80 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | |
| 1956 | Needles1:48.60 | David Erb | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable (Jack Dudley & Bonnie Heath) | |
| 1955 | Nashua1:53.20 | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | |
| 1954 | Correlation1:55.20 | Bill Shoemaker | Noble Threewitt | Robert S. Lytle | |
| 1953 | Money Broker1:53.80 | Alfred Popara | Vester R. Wright | G. & G. Stable (T. Alie Grissom & Edward Grosfield) | |
| 1952 | Sky Ship1:50.80 | Ronnie Nash | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable |
76 of the 76 runnings name the rider, 76 name the trainer and 76 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to. 58 carry the total prize money for that year, converted here the same way the purse above is.
What the Florida Derby has paid, season by season
Total prize money, 1970 to 2026
$125k 70
$125k 71
$130k 72
$130k 73
$150k 74
$150k 75
$125k 76
$125k 77
$200k 78
$200k 79
$250k 80
$250k 81
$250k 82
$300k 83
$300k 84
$500k 85
$500k 86
$500k 87
$500k 88
$500k 89
$500k 90
$500k 91
$500k 92
$500k 93
$500k 94
$500k 95
$750k 96
$750k 97
$750k 98
$750k 99
$1.0m 00
$1.0m 01
$1.0m 02
$1.0m 03
$1.0m 04
$1.0m 05
$1.0m 06
$1.0m 07
$1.0m 08
$750k 09
$750k 10
$1.0m 11
$1.0m 12
$1.0m 13
$1.0m 14
$1.0m 15
$1.0m 16
$1.0m 17
$1.0m 18
$1.0m 19
$750k 20
$750k 21
$1.0m 22
$1.0m 23
$1.0m 24
$1.0m 25
$1.0m 26
The total prize money went from $125,000 in 1970 to $1,000,000 in 2026, 8.0 times more. Every year is converted at today's rate, so the line is the money the race puts up rather than the money the exchange rate did.
Who wins the Florida Derby more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Florida Derby twice in the 76 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Florida Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Arlington MillionColonial Downs | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 78 | Breeders' Cup Dirt MileUnited States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 79 | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare SprintUnited States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 80 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies TurfUnited States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 81 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile TurfUnited States, United States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 82 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf SprintUnited States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 83 | Breeders' Cup Turf SprintUnited States | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 84 | Churchill Downs StakesChurchill Downs | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 85 | Cotillion HandicapParx Racing and Casino | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 86 | Derby City Distaff StakesChurchill Downs | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 88 | Godolphin MileMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 89 | Haskell StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 90 | Jockey Club Gold CupBelmont Park | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 91 | La Troienne StakesChurchill Downs | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 92 | Louisiana DerbyFair Grounds Race Course | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 93 | Manhattan StakesBelmont Park | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 94 | Metropolitan HandicapBelmont Park | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 95 | Pacific Classic StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 96 | Pegasus World Cup Turf InvitationalGulfstream Park | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 97 | Pennsylvania DerbyParx Racing and Casino, | United States | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Florida Derby in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 33rd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint | United States | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Churchill Downs Stakes | Churchill Downs | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Cotillion Handicap | Parx Racing and Casino | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Derby City Distaff Stakes | Churchill Downs | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Haskell Stakes | Monmouth Park Racetrack | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Jockey Club Gold Cup | Belmont Park | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| La Troienne Stakes | Churchill Downs | Grade I | $1,000,000 |
| Louisiana Derby | Fair Grounds Race Course | Grade II | $1,000,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Florida Derby prize money?
$1,000,000.
Where does the Florida Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
87th of 997. 86 races pay more, the nearest of them Arlington Million. In the United States it is 33rd of 196.
Which jockey has won the Florida Derby most often?
John R. Velazquez, with 4 wins between 2015 and 2024.
When was the Florida Derby first run?
1952. This page holds 76 runnings, from 1952 to 2026.
How far is the Florida Derby?
miles (9 furlongs), on dirt, at Gulfstream Park.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money