1931 Kentucky Derby

Last updated
57th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location Churchill Downs
DateMay 16, 1931
Winning horse Twenty Grand
Jockey Charles Kurtsinger
Trainer James G. Rowe Jr.
Owner Greentree 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]

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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

FinishedPostHorseJockeyTrainerOwnerTime / behind
1st5 Twenty Grand Charley Kurtsinger James G. Rowe Jr. Greentree Stable 2:01.80
2nd1Sweep All Frank Coltiletti Clyde Van Dusen Dixiana 4
3rd10 Mate George Ellis James W. Healy Albert C. Bostwick Jr. 1
4th6Spanish PlayCharles E. AllenGeorge LandKnebelkamp & Morris4
5th7Boys HowdyGilbert Riley Loyd Gentry Sr. Harry C. Hatch 1+1⁄2
6th12InscoSteve O'Donnell Charles E. Durnell Griffin Watkins6
7th9PittsburgherCharles CorbettJames H. MoodyShady Brook Farm Stable1
8th3The MongolJames McCoyWilliam Reed Hamburg Place Head
9th4Ladder Louis Schaefer Jack R. Price Walter J. Salmon Sr. 1
10th2Anchors Aweigh Earl Steffen James G. Rowe Jr.Greentree StableHead
11th8Surf BoardClarence WattersJames G. Rowe Jr.Greentree Stable2
12th11Prince d'Amour Eugene James Nathaniel K. BealJoseph Leiter8

Payout

PostHorseWinPlaceShow
5Twenty Grand $ 3.763.002.60
1Sweep All15.587.16
10Mate3.62

References

  1. ↑ Kentucky Derby History, 1931
  2. 1 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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