1931 Kentucky Derby

57th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	May 16, 1931
Winning horse	Twenty Grand
Jockey	Charles Kurtsinger
Trainer	James G. Rowe Jr.
Owner	Greentree Stable
Surface	Dirt
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The 1931 Kentucky Derby was the 57th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1931.^[1] Horses Equipoise, Up, and Don Leon scratched before the race. Twenty Grand's winning time set a new Derby record (later broken).^[2] The winner was owned and bred by the Greentree Stable of Helen Hay Whitney. It marked the fourth time in the Derby's history that a woman owned the winning horse and the second time that a woman was both owner and breeder.^[3]

The 1931 Preakness Stakes was held one week prior, on May 9,^[4] making this the most recent time that the Preakness was run before the Kentucky Derby.^[5] Until the 2020 Kentucky Derby and 2020 Preakness Stakes were rescheduled to follow the 2020 Belmont Stakes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 1931 was the most recent time that the Kentucky Derby was not the first leg of the Triple Crown.^[6]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st	5	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James G. Rowe Jr.	Greentree Stable	2:01.80
2nd	1	Sweep All	Frank Coltiletti	Clyde Van Dusen	Dixiana	4
3rd	10	Mate	George Ellis	James W. Healy	Albert C. Bostwick Jr.	1
4th	6	Spanish Play	Charles E. Allen	George Land	Knebelkamp & Morris	4
5th	7	Boys Howdy	Gilbert Riley	Loyd Gentry Sr.	Harry C. Hatch	1+1⁄2
6th	12	Insco	Steve O'Donnell	Charles E. Durnell	Griffin Watkins	6
7th	9	Pittsburgher	Charles Corbett	James H. Moody	Shady Brook Farm Stable	1
8th	3	The Mongol	James McCoy	William Reed	Hamburg Place	Head
9th	4	Ladder	Louis Schaefer	Jack R. Price	Walter J. Salmon Sr.	1
10th	2	Anchors Aweigh	Earl Steffen	James G. Rowe Jr.	Greentree Stable	Head
11th	8	Surf Board	Clarence Watters	James G. Rowe Jr.	Greentree Stable	2
12th	11	Prince d'Amour	Eugene James	Nathaniel K. Beal	Joseph Leiter	8

Winning Breeder: Greentree Stable; (KY)

Payout

Post	Horse	Win	Place	Show
5	Twenty Grand	$ 3.76	3.00	2.60
1	Sweep All		15.58	7.16
10	Mate			3.62

The winner received a purse of $48,725 and $5,000 Gold Cup.
Second place received $6,000.
Third place received $3,000.
Fourth place received $1,000.^[2]

References

^ Kentucky Derby History, 1931
^ ^a ^b 1931 Kentucky Derby Results Tables^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Women Have Won Derby". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1934-05-05. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
^ Wade, Jake (May 9, 1931). "It's the Preakness Today; And Derby is One Week Off". The Charlotte Observer. p. 18. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^ Steadman, John (May 18, 1994). "Spreading out Triple Crown will help set it apart". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ Darcy, Kieran (June 18, 2020). "What to know ahead of an unusual Belmont Stakes". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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[1] Kentucky Derby History, 1931

[1931_Kentucky_Derby_Results_Tables-2] 1931 Kentucky Derby Results Tables^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Women Have Won Derby". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1934-05-05. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[4] Wade, Jake (May 9, 1931). "It's the Preakness Today; And Derby is One Week Off". The Charlotte Observer. p. 18. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

[5] Steadman, John (May 18, 1994). "Spreading out Triple Crown will help set it apart". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[6] Darcy, Kieran (June 18, 2020). "What to know ahead of an unusual Belmont Stakes". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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