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Kentucky Derby Winners in the Breeders' Cup Classic since 2000

Unbridled winning the 1990 Kentucky Derby. (Mandatory Credit: Ken Levine /Allsport)
Unbridled winning the 1990 Kentucky Derby. (Mandatory Credit: Ken Levine /Allsport)

In their Derby winning year:

2011: Animal Kingdom (Will not race)
2010: Super Saver (Did not race)
2009: Mine That Bird (9th; finished 10th in the 2010 Dirt Mile
)
2008: Big Brown (Did not race)
2007: Street Sense (4th)

2006: Barbaro (Did not race)
2005: Giacomo (Did not race; finished 4th in 2006)
2004: Smarty Jones (Did not race)
2003: Funny Cide (9th
; finished 10th in 2004)
2002: War Emblem (8th)

2001: Monarchos  (Did not race)
2000: Fusaichi Pegasus (6th)

The last Kentucky Derby winner to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the same year was Unbridled in 1990.  Sunday Silence pulled off the same feat the year before.