--- title: Kentucky Derby 2016: Puppies Predict Winner on Jimmy Fallon description: The canine representing the horse "Mor Spirit" was declared the winner after being the first to reach the food in a photo-finish. canonical: https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-06T15:49:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:12.718Z og:title: Kentucky Derby 2016: Puppies Predict Winner on Jimmy Fallon og:description: The canine representing the horse "Mor Spirit" was declared the winner after being the first to reach the food in a photo-finish. og:url: https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kentucky Derby 2016: Puppies Predict Winner on Jimmy Fallon twitter:description: The canine representing the horse "Mor Spirit" was declared the winner after being the first to reach the food in a photo-finish. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jimmy Fallon Predict the Kentucky Derby Winner With Puppies  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 6, 2016 3:49 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 6, 2016 3:49 PM UTC Puppies attempted to predict the winner of the 142nd [Kentucky Derby](http://time.com/money/4317642/how-to-buy-racehorse-kentucky-derby/) on _The Tonight Starring Jimmy Fallon_ Thursday night. Sixteen dogs named after the horses vying to win the [competition](http://time.com/4305256/kentucky-derby-hats-1945/) on Saturday raced to a trough of kibble. The canine representing the horse [“Mor Spirit”](https://www.kentuckyderby.com/horses/mor-spirit) was declared the winner after being the first to reach the food in a photo-finish. This stunt is the latest sporting competition that puppies have been asked to predict on the show — from the [Super Bowl](http://time.com/4209292/puppies-jimmy-fallon-super-bowl-50-animals-predictions/) to the [NCAA Final Four](http://time.com/4279948/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-north-carolina-championship/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Predict the Kentucky Derby Winner With Puppies","datePublished":"2016-05-06T15:49:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:12.718Z","description":"A photo-finish","url":"https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4320967/jimmy-fallon-puppies-predict-kentucky-derby/","name":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Predict the Kentucky Derby Winner With Puppies"}}]}] ```