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57th running of the Kentucky Derby
Horse race
The 1931 Kentucky Derby was the 57th running of the Kentucky Derby . The race took place on May 16, 1931.[ 1] Equipoise , Up, and Don Leon scratched before the race. Twenty Grand's winning time set a new Derby record (later broken).[ 2] 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] [ 5] 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
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.[ 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 . Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via newspapers.com. ^ Steadman, John (May 18, 1994). "Spreading out Triple Crown will help set it apart" . The Baltimore Sun 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 .
