1931 Kentucky Derby

57th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
LocationChurchill Downs
DateMay 16, 1931
Winning horseTwenty Grand
JockeyCharles Kurtsinger
TrainerJames G. Rowe Jr.
OwnerGreentree Stable
SurfaceDirt
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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

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

  1. ^ Kentucky Derby History, 1931
  2. ^ a b 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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