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| 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]
Full results
- Winning Breeder: Greentree Stable; (KY)
Payout
- 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.