Twenty Grand

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Twenty Grand


caption =
sire = St. Germans
grandsire = Swynford
dam = Bonus
damsire = All Gold
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1928
country = USA flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Greentree Stable
owner =
trainer = James G. Rowe, Jr.
record = 23: 14-4-3
earnings = $261,790
race = Cowdin Stakes (1930)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1931)
Kentucky Derby (1931)
Belmont Stakes (1931)
Dwyer Stakes (1931)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1931)
Travers Stakes (1931)
Saratoga Cup (1931)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1931)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1931)
United States Horse of the Year (1931)
honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957)
#52 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
updated= October 1, 2006

Twenty Grand (1928-1948) was an American thoroughbred race horse.

Owned and bred by Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans out of Bonus.

Trained at age three by James G. Rowe, Jr. and ridden by jockey Charley Kurtsinger, Twenty Grand won the Wood Memorial Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Dwyer Stakes, Travers Stakes, Saratoga Cup, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He just missed the Triple Crown after finishing second in the Preakness. His performance earned him the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year.

After twenty five races, of which he won fourteen, finished second four times and third three times, Twenty Grand was retired to stud but proved to be sterile.

In 1957, he was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the "Blood-Horse" ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Twenty Grand ranked number 52.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/twenty+grand Twenty Grand's pedigree]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1931.html Twenty Grand's Kentucky Derby]