Past Winners | Preps and PPs |  Final Times  | Triple Crown History FASTEST RUNNINGS OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY Year Horse Time 1973 Secretariat 1:59 2/5 2001 Monarchos 1:59.97 1964 Northern Dancer 2:00 1985 Spend a Buck 2:00 1/5 1962 Decidedly 2:00 2/5 1967 Proud Clarion 2:00 3/5 1996 Grindstone 2:01.06 2000 Fusaichi Pegasus 2:01.12 2002 War Emblem 2:01.13 2003 Funny Cide 2:01.19 1965 Lucky Debonair 2:01 1/5 1978 Affirmed 2:01 1/5 1995 Thunder Gulch 2:01.27 2006 Barbaro 2:01.36 1941 Whirlaway 2:01 2/5 1950 Middleground 2:01 3/5 1952 Hill Gail 2:01 3/5 1976 Bold Forbes 2:01 3/5   FASTEST KENTUCKY DERBY FRACTIONS Quarter Mile(1/4) Time Horse (Year) :21 4/5 Top Avenger (1981) :22 Bombay Duck (1975) :22.25 Songandaprayer (2001) :22.28 Spanish Chestnut (2005) :22 1/5 Kentucky Sherry (1968) :22 1/5 Barbs Delight (1967) :22 1/5 Groovy (1986) :22.32 Bodemeister (2012) :22.34 Honour And Glory (1996) :22 2/5 Dominant (1916) :22 2/5 Olympia (1949) :22 2/5 Royal Shuck (1964) :22 2/5 Bold Forbes (1976) :22 2/5 Serena's Song (1995) :22.47 Hal's Hope (2000)   Half Mile(1/2) Time Horse (Year) :44.86 Songandaprayer (2001) :45 1/5 Top Avenger (1981) :45 1/5 Groovy (1986) :45.39 Bodemeister (2012) :45.38 Spanish Chestnut (2005) :45 2/5 Bombay Duck (1975) :45 3/5 Sensitive Prince (1978) :45.75 Old Trieste (1998) :45 4/5 For The Moment (1977) :45 4/5 Bold Forbes (1976) :45 4/5 Kentucky Sherry (1968) :45 4/5 Lee Town (1962) :45 4/5 Spend a Buck (1985) :45.89 Serena's Song (1995) :45.99 Hal's Hope (2000)   Three-Quarter Mile(3/4) Time Horse (Year) 1:09.25 Songandaprayer (2001) 1:09.59 Spanish Chestnut (2005) 1:09 3/5 Spend a Buck (1985) 1:09.80 Bodemeister (2012) 1:09 4/5 Kentucky Sherry (1968) 1:09.99 Hal's Hope (2000) 1:10 Never Bend (1963) 1:10.15 Honour And Glory (1996) 1:10 1/5 Sunrise County (1962) 1:10 1/5 Top Avenger (1981) 1:10 1/5 Groovy (1986) 1:10 1/5 Serena's Song (1995)   One Mile Time Horse (Year) 1:34 4/5 Spend a Buck (1985) 1:35.00 Congaree (2001) 1:35 Kauai King (1966) 1:35 Unbridled's Song (1996) 1:35.19 Bodemeister (2012) 1:35 1/5 Admiral's Voyage (1962) 1:35 2/5 Never Bend (1963) 1:35 2/5 Hill Gail (1952) 1:35.88 Spanish Chestnut (2005)