1931 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 57th Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 16, 1931 Twenty Grand Charles Kurtsinger James G. Rowe Jr. Greentree Stable Dirt 1930 1932 The 1931 Kentucky Derby was the 57th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1931.http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1931 Kentucky Derby History, 1931 2016-03-26 2022-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083548/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1931 dead Horses Equipoise, Up, and Don Leon scratched before the race. Twenty Grand's winning time set a new Derby record (later broken).1931 Kentucky Derby Results TablesFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 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.https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1934050501/drf1934050501_2_7 Women Have Won Derby Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives 1934-05-05 2020-02-08 The 1931 Preakness Stakes was held one week earlier, on May 9,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53788050/its-the-preakness-today-and-derby-is/ It's the Preakness Today; And Derby is One Week Off Jake Wade The Charlotte Observer 18 May 9, 1931 June 20, 2020 newspapers.com making this the most recent time that the Preakness was run before the Kentucky Derby.https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/05/18/spreading-out-triple-crown-will-help-set-it-apart/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200622211331/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-05-18-1994138199-story.html live June 22, 2020 Spreading out Triple Crown will help set it apart John Steadman The Baltimore Sun May 18, 1994 June 20, 2020 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.https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/29325102/what-know-ahead-unusual-belmont-stakes What to know ahead of an unusual Belmont Stakes Kieran Darcy ESPN.com June 18, 2020 June 20, 2020 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. Hatch1 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. References 1931 Kentucky Derby Derby Category:May 1931 sports events in the United States Kentucky Category:1931 in Louisville, Kentucky