Winners of the Kentucky Derby Photos

by | Feb 22, 2019 | Champion Racehorses

Welcome to our Winners of the Kentucky Derby page.

A professional photographer since 1973, Lexington native Bill Straus began his photographic career shooting football games for the Lexington Herald-Leader. By 1977 he was a full-time professional, working for a Lexington television station and later for an advertising design firm. Since 1978 Bill has been free-lancing in the diverse areas of equine, sports, commercial, and advertising photography.

In 1984 Bill was honored with the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Photography in Thoroughbred Racing for his photograph of the dramatic finish of the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic, which appeared on the cover of The Thoroughbred Record. In 1986 he received an Eclipse Award Honorable Mention for his photograph of jockey Bill Shoemaker draped in the traditional blanket of roses after winning the 1986 Kentucky Derby aboard Ferdinand.

Street Sense Kentucky Derby 2007

Barbaro Kentucky Derby 2006

Sunday Silence Kentucky Derby 1989

Affirmed Kentucky Derby 1978

Real Quiet Kentucky Derby 1998

Swale Kentucky Derby 1984

Alysheba Kentucky Derby 1987

Ferdinand Kentucky Derby 1986

Winning Colors Kentucky Derby 1998

Silver Charm Kentucky Derby 1997

Unbridled Kentucky Derby 1990

Charismatic Kentucky Derby 1999

War Emblem Kentucky Derby 2003

Secretariat Portrait Kentucky Derby 1973

Spend A Buck Kentucky Derby 1985

Sea Hero Kentucky Derby 1993

Thunder Gulch Kentucky Derby 1995

Lil E. Tee Kentucky Derby 1992

Strike The Gold Kentucky Derby 1991

Monarchos Kentucky Derby 2001

Gato Del Sol Kentucky Derby 1982

Funny Cide Kentucky Derby 2003

Fusaichi Pegasus Kentucky Derby 2000

Go For Gin Kentucky Derby 1994

Genuine Risk 1980 The Second Filly to ever win the Kentucky Derby

Smarty Jones Kentucky Derby 2004