Kentucky Derby winners by coat color
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Eric Crawford
Sports Reporter
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Kentucky Derby winners by coat color
All-time wins
2026 Derby field by color
Bay (8)
Commandment, Renegade, So Happy, Silent
Tactic, Potente, Golden Tempo, Stark Contrast, Chief Wallabee
Last win: Sovereignty, 2025
Chestnut (4)
Further Ado, The Puma, Emerging Market,
Right to Party
Last win: Mage, 2023
Dark bay/brown (6)
Albus, Incredibolt, Danon Bourbon, Wonder
Dean (JPN), Chip Honcho, Six Speed
Last win: Always Dreaming, 2017
Gray/roan (2)
Fulleffort, Pavlovian
Last win: Giacomo, 2005
Note: In 1962 the Jockey Club merged dark bay and brown into a single category; in 1993, gray and roan were merged. Dark bay (pre-merger) counted separately above. Source: Churchill Downs records.
Eric Crawford
Sports Reporter
