The 1931 Kentucky Derby was the 57th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1931. 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 Tables 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.
The 1931 Preakness Stakes was held one week earlier, on May 9, making this the most recent time that the Preakness was run before the Kentucky Derby. 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.
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 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.
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