The fastest Kentucky Derby time ever recorded came from Big Red , as Secretariat completed the 1973 Run for the Roses in 1:59.4
Top 10 fastest Kentucky Derby times in history
- Secretariat (1973) 1:59.4
- Monachos (2001) 1:59.97
- Northern Dancer (1964) 2:00.00
- Spend A Buck (1985) 2:00.20
- Decidedly (1962) 2:00.40
- Proud Clarion (1967) 2:00.60
- Authentic (2020) 2:00.61
- Grindstone (1996) 2:01.06
- Mandaloun ( 2021), 2:01.10
- Fusaichi Pegasus ( 2000), 2:01.12