Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs |
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Date | May 16, 1931 |
Winning horse | Twenty Grand |
Jockey | Charles Kurtsinger |
Trainer | James G. Rowe Jr. |
Owner | Greentree Stable |
Surface | Dirt |
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]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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]
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 |
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 |