OHIO DERBY · UNITED STATES
Ohio Derby prize money
The Ohio Derby is worth $500,000 for the 2016 running . That makes it the 199th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 80th 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 $500,000
WORLD RANK 199th
RUNNINGS HELD 95
FIRST RUN 1876
What the Ohio Derby is
Grade III · 1 miles (9 furlongs) · Dirt · Thistledown Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Thistledown Racecourse
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade III
- Distance
- 1 miles (9 furlongs)
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1876
We hold the total fund for the Ohio 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 1:51.18 in 2026, the Ohio Derby pays $4,497 for every second of the race, which is 169th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 89th in the United States.
Every Ohio Derby winner
95 runnings, 1876 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Winner's prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chip Honcho1:51.18 | Jose L. Ortiz | Steven M. Asmussen | Leland Ackerley Racing, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia | $300,000 |
| 2025 | Mo Plex1:50.72 | Joseph D. Ramos | Jeremiah C. Englehart | R and H Stable | $300,000 |
| 2024 | Batten Down1:50.20 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farm | $300,000 |
| 2023 | Two Phil's1:49.60 | Gerardo Corrales | Larry Rivelli | Patricia's Hope LLC, Phillip Sagan, & Madaket Stables | $300,000 |
| 2022 | Tawny Port1:50.46 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Brad H. Cox | Peachtree Stables | $300,000 |
| 2021 | Masqueparade1:50.82 | Miguel Mena | Albert M. Stall Jr. | FTGGG Racing (Wilbur "Bill" Babin & partners) | $300,000 |
| 2020 | Dean Martini1:51.60 | Ricardo Mejias | Thomas M. Amoss | Raise the Bar Racing, LLC (Annie Jessee & partners) | $300,000 |
| 2019 | Owendale1:50.88 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Rupp Racing (Jim Rupp & partners) | $300,000 |
| 2018 | Core Beliefs1:51.08 | Joseph Talamo | Peter Eurton | Gary Broad | $300,000 |
| 2017 | Irap1:50.48 | Julien Leparoux | Doug O'Neill | Reddam Racing LLC | $300,000 |
| 2016 | Mo Tom1:51.82 | Javier Castellano | Thomas M. Amoss | GMB Racing (Gayle Benson) | $300,000 |
| 2015 | Mr. Z1:43.60 | Joe Bravo | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet Farm (Brad M. Kelley) | $300,000 |
| 2014 | East Hall1:44.22 | Juan Leyva | William A. Kaplan | H. Jack Hendricks & Roger Justice | $180,000 |
| 2013 | Title Contender1:43.80 | Hector L. Rosario Jr. | Wayne M. Catalano | Mary & Gary West | $60,000 |
| 2012 | Prospective1:42.84 | Jermaine Bridgmohan | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | $60,000 |
| 2011 | Caleb's Posse1:43.12 | Eddie Razo Jr. | Donnie K. Von Hemel | McNeill Stables (Don C. McNeill) & Cheyenne Stables (Everett Dobson) | $60,000 |
| 2010 | Pleasant Prince1:43.90 | Alex Solis | Wesley A. Ward | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | $60,000 |
| 2009 | Gone Astray1:50.56 | Eddie Castro | Claude McGaughey | Phipps Stable | $90,000 |
| 2008 | Smooth Air1:50.26 | Manoel Cruz | Bennie Stutts Jr. | Mount Joy Stables (Brian Burns) | $180,000 |
| 2007 | Delightful Kiss1:49.36 | Jeffrey Sanchez | Pete D. Anderson | Hobeau Farm | $180,000 |
| 2006 | Deputy Glitters1:50.32 | René R. Douglas | Thomas Albertrani | Joseph LaCombe Stable | $210,000 |
| 2005 | Palladio1:51.56 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Haras Santa Maria de Araras (Julio Bozano) | $210,000 |
| 2004 | Brass Hat1:49.50 | Willie Martinez | William B. Bradley | Fred F. Bradley | $210,000 |
| 2003 | Wild and Wicked1:50.08 | Shane Sellers | Kenny McPeek | Mr. & Mrs. R. David Randal | $180,000 |
| 2002 | Magic Weisner1:49.96 | Richard Migliore | Nancy Alberts | Nancy Alberts | $180,000 |
| 2001 | Western Pride1:48.66 | Dana Whitney | Richard Estvanko | Theresa McArthur | $180,000 |
| 2000 | Milwaukee Brew1:50.58 | Mike McCarthy | Tino Attard | Frank Stronach | $180,000 |
| 1999 | Stellar Brush1:49.22 | Mike McCarthy | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | $180,000 |
| 1998 | Classic Cat1:49.92 | Shane Sellers | David C. Cross Jr. | David Garber | $180,000 |
| 1997 | Frisk Me Now1:48.28 | Edwin L. King Jr. | Robert Durso | Carol R. Dender | $180,000 |
| 1996 | Skip Away1:47.86 | José A. Santos | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | $180,000 |
| 1995 | Petionville1:48.93 | Pat Day | Randy Bradshaw | Everest Stables (Jeff Nielsen) | $180,000 |
| 1994 | Exclusive Praline1:48.54 | Willie Martinez | Steve Towne | Frank C. Calabrese | $180,000 |
| 1993 | Forever Whirl1:48.93 | Abdiel Toribio | Martin D. Wolfson | Alan Reskin & Irving Ellis | $180,000 |
| 1992 | Majestic Sweep1:50.07 | Earlie Fires | Robert Reid Jr. | Three G. Stable | $180,000 |
| 1991 | Private Man1:50.20 | John R. Velazquez | John O. Hertler | Philip Dileo | $180,000 |
| 1990 | Private School1:51.20 | Jacinto Vásquez | Donald Habeeb | Bruce Hutson | $180,000 |
| 1989 | King Glorious1:50.40 | Chris McCarron | Jerry Hollendorfer | Four M Stables Inc & Halo Farms (Theodore Aroney) | $180,000 |
| 1988 | Jims Orbit1:50.60 | Shane Romero | Clarence E. Picou | James Cottrell | $150,000 |
| 1987 | Lost Code1:50.60 | Gene St. Leon | Bill Donovan | Wendover Stable (Donald Levinson) | $150,000 |
| 1986 | Broad Brush1:51.20 | Gary Stevens | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | $150,000 |
| 1985 | Skip Trial1:49.00 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Hubert Hine | Zelda Cohen | $120,000 |
| 1984 | At The Threshold1:49.30 | Garth Patterson | Lynn S. Whiting | W. Cal Partee | $120,000 |
| 1983 | Pax Nobiscum1:50.20 | Robin Platts | James E. Day | Kingfield Farm | $90,000 |
| 1982 | Spanish Drums1:49.60 | Jacinto Vásquez | Antonio Arcodia | Anthony Drakas | $90,000 |
| 1981 | Pass The Tab1:49.60 | Antonio Graell | Albert S. Barrera | Leopoldo Villareal | $90,000 |
| 1980 | Stone Manor1:52.00 | Pat Day | James C. Bentley | Gerald Armstrong | $90,000 |
| 1979 | Smarten1:47.40 | Sam Maple | Woody Stephens | Ryehill Farm Stable (Jim & Eleanor Ryan) | $90,000 |
| 1978 | Special Honor1:47.80 | Robert Breen | Edward T. McCann | G. Alvin Haynes | $90,000 |
| 1977 | Silver Series1:49.20 | Larry Synder | Oscar Dishman Jr. | Archie R. Donaldson | $90,000 |
| 1976 | Return of a Native1:49.80 | Garth Patterson | William R. Pickett | Sundance Stable | $75,000 |
| 1975 | Brent's Prince1:49.40 | Ben R. Feliciano | James E. Morgan | Mary Classen | $66,780 |
| 1974 | Stonewalk1:53.20 | Miguel A. Rivera | Daniel J. Lopez | Timberland Stable (Lopez Sr.) | $63,000 |
| 1973 | Our Native1:50.20 | Anthony Rini | William Resseguet Jr. | Elizabeth Pritchard | $63,882 |
| 1972 | Freetex1:50.40 | James Moseley | William T. Raymond | Middletown Stables (Joseph & William Stavola) | $64,134 |
| 1971 | Twist The Axe1:52.40 | Robert Woodhouse | George T. Poole | Pastorale Stable (Barbara Vanderbilt Whitney Headley) | $32,256 |
| 1970 | Climber1:50.60 | Heliodoro Gustines | Thomas J. Kelly | Brookmeade Stable | $25,641 |
| 1969 | Berkley Prince1:50.60 | John Giovanni | J. William Boniface | Virgil Christopher & Philip S. Heisler | $22,450 |
| 1968 | Te Vega1:51.00 | Mike Manganello | George C. Berthold | Brunswick Farm (Frank C. Sullivan) | $19,075 |
| 1967 | Out The Window1:52.20 | Bobby Wall | Robert D. Goldsberry | James. R. Chapman | $21,000 |
| 1966 | War Censor1:52.20 | David Kassen | S. Bryant Ott | Fourth Estate Stable (John S. Knight) | $22,320 |
| 1965 | Terra Hi1:50.00 | Ronald J. Campbell | Robert E. Holthus | Bar O Stable | $21,020 |
| 1964 | National1:44.60 | Pete D. Anderson | Lucien Laurin | Reginald N. Webster | $19,435 |
| 1963 | Lemon Twist1:44.40 | Sidney LeJeune Jr. | Peter C. Keiser | Theodore DeLong Buhl | $20,572 |
| 1962 | Gushing Wind1:42.80 | Robert L. Baird | John O. Meaux | T. Alie Grissom | $15,616 |
| 1961 | Gay's Pal1:43.60 | Guy Smithson | Mack Crawford | H. C. Drew | $12,477 |
| 1960 | Playgoer1:47.80 | Clarence Meaux | W. Hal Bishop | W. Hal Bishop Stable | $11,757 |
| 1959 | On-and-On1:49.40 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | $19,730 |
| 1958 | Terra Firma1:54.20 | Lois C. Cook | R. Douglas Prewitt | H. Edsall Olson & R. Douglas Prewitt | $19,980 |
| 1957 | Manteau1:49.00 | Kenneth Church | Howard C. Hoffman | Louis Lee Haggin II | $19,840 |
| 1956 | Born Mighty1:55.80 | John Choquette | Sylvester E. Veitch | Cornelius V. Whitney | $29,041 |
| 1955 | Traffic Judge1:50.20 | Eddie Arcaro | Woody Stephens | Clifford H. Mooers | $28,938 |
| 1954 | Timely Tip1:49.80 | Paul A. Ward | Reid Armstrong | A. L. Birch | $18,703 |
| 1953 | Find1:48.00 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | $18,988 |
| 1952 | Carter's Pride1:54.60 | Stanley Bielen | Robert Brannock | M. Carter & J. Johnson | $3,783 |
| 1936 | - 1951 | ||||
| 1935 | Paradisical1:51.20 | Lee Hardy | Albert Miller | Isaac Jacob Collins | $4,250 |
| 1933 | - 1934 | ||||
| 1932 | Economic1:51.60 | Francis Horn | Clarence S. Buxton | Jerome H. Louchheim | $7,760 |
| 1931 | A La Carte1:58.00 | Frank Catrone | Clarence S. Buxton | Alton Stable (Jerome H. Louchheim) | $11,580 |
| 1930 | Culloden1:51.60 | Pete Groos | Daniel E. Stewart | Johnson N. Camden Jr. | $11,580 |
| 1929 | Thistle Fyrn1:51.60 | V. Smith | Edward Haughton | George Collins | $11,880 |
| 1928 | Sunfire1:52.20 | Roger Leonard | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | $7,320 |
| 1926 | Boot To Boot1:57.00 | Albert Johnson | William A. Hurley | Idle Hour Stock Farm Stable | $7,320 |
| 1925 | Millwick1:50.80 | Kenny Noe | Kimball Patterson | Charles A. Mills | $7,320 |
| 1924 | Black Gold1:57.40 | J. D. Mooney | Hanley Webb | Rosa M. Hoots | $4,000 |
| 1884 | - 1923 | ||||
| 1883 | Pilot2:55.00 | Watkins | J. Nicholas Ackerman | J. Nicholas Ackerman | $1,100 |
| 1882 | Babcock2:45.00 | Kelso | William Lakeland | William Lakeland | $950 |
| 1881 | Bootjack2:41.00 | Allen | Edward D. Brown | Milton Young | $550 |
| 1880 | Mary Anderson | Caldwell & Co | $600 | ||
| 1879 | Ben Hill$750 | Charles Shauer | Lloyd & Co. | ||
| 1878 | Harper$1,025 | McLellan | Beatty & McClellan | ||
| 1877 | McWhirter2:40.00 | Mr. James | Abraham Perry | Abe Buford | $975 |
| 1876 | Bombay2:46.00 | Billy Walker | Edward D. Brown | Daniel Swigert | $1,000 |
92 of the 95 runnings name the rider, 91 name the trainer and 90 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to. 89 carry the winner's prize for that year, converted here the same way the purse above is.
What the Ohio Derby has paid, season by season
The winner's prize, 1876 to 2026
$1,000 76
$975 77
$550 81
$950 82
$1,100 83
$4,000 24
$7,320 25
$7,320 26
$7,320 28
$12k 29
$12k 30
$12k 31
$7,760 32
$4,250 35
$3,783 52
$19k 53
$19k 54
$29k 55
$29k 56
$20k 57
$20k 58
$20k 59
$12k 60
$12k 61
$16k 62
$21k 63
$19k 64
$21k 65
$22k 66
$21k 67
$19k 68
$22k 69
$26k 70
$32k 71
$64k 72
$64k 73
$63k 74
$67k 75
$75k 76
$90k 77
$90k 78
$90k 79
$90k 80
$90k 81
$90k 82
$90k 83
$120k 84
$120k 85
$150k 86
$150k 87
$150k 88
$180k 89
$180k 90
$180k 91
$180k 92
$180k 93
$180k 94
$180k 95
$180k 96
$180k 97
$180k 98
$180k 99
$180k 00
$180k 01
$180k 02
$180k 03
$210k 04
$210k 05
$210k 06
$180k 07
$180k 08
$90k 09
$60k 10
$60k 11
$60k 12
$60k 13
$180k 14
$300k 15
$300k 16
$300k 17
$300k 18
$300k 19
$300k 20
$300k 21
$300k 22
$300k 23
$300k 24
$300k 25
$300k 26
The winner's prize went from $1,000 in 1876 to $300,000 in 2026, 300.0 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 Ohio Derby more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Ohio Derby twice in the 95 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Ohio Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | Coaching Club American OaksSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 189 | Diana StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 190 | Forego StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 191 | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 192 | Jaipur StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 193 | Jenny Wiley StakesKeeneland Racecourse | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 194 | Jim Dandy StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 196 | Joe Hirsch Turf Classic StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 197 | Just a Game StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 198 | Ogden Phipps StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 200 | Old Dominion DerbyColonial Downs | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 201 | Personal Ensign StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 202 | Risen Star StakesFair Grounds Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 203 | Santa Anita DerbySanta Anita Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 204 | Secretariat StakesColonial Downs | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 205 | Sunland Park DerbySunland Park Racetrack | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 206 | Test StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 208 | Woody Stephens StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 209 | Ryanair ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | $498,750 | £375,000 |
| 210 | Canadian Pacing DerbyCampbellville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | $492,621 | CA$690,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Ohio 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, 80th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dandy Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade II | $500,000 |
| Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Just a Game Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Ogden Phipps Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Old Dominion Derby | Colonial Downs | Grade III | $500,000 |
| Personal Ensign Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Risen Star Stakes | Fair Grounds Race Course | Grade II | $500,000 |
| Santa Anita Derby | Santa Anita Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
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 Ohio Derby prize money?
$500,000, for the 2016 running.
Where does the Ohio Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
199th of 997. 198 races pay more, the nearest of them Coaching Club American Oaks. In the United States it is 80th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Ohio Derby most often?
Willie Martinez, with 2 wins between 1994 and 2004.
When was the Ohio Derby first run?
1876. This page holds 95 runnings, from 1876 to 2026.
How far is the Ohio Derby?
1 miles (9 furlongs), on dirt, at Thistledown Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money