Twenty Grand

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Not to be confused with Twenty Grand (Duesenberg).
Twenty Grand
Sire
Stallion
Foaled1928
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederGreentree Stable
OwnerGreentree Stable (Silks: Pink, Black Stripes on Sleeves, Black Cap)
TrainerThomas W. Murphy (1930)
James G. Rowe Jr.
Record23: 14-4-3
Earnings$261,790
Major wins
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1930)
Junior Champion Stakes (1930)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1931)
Dwyer Stakes (1931)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1931)
Travers Stakes (1931)
Saratoga Cup (1931)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1931)

#52 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Last updated on January 22, 2010

Twenty Grand (1928–1948) was an American

race horse. Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans
out of Bonus.

Racing career

Trained at age three by

Charley Kurtsinger, Twenty Grand raced against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune newspaper called the "big four" in racing, which included Jamestown, Mate, and Equipoise.[1] Twenty Grand won the Wood Memorial Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Dwyer Stakes, Travers Stakes, Saratoga Cup, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup
. In his only blemish of the year, Twenty Grand just missed the
Charlie Kurtsinger, chose the rail and went inside, but the tiring Mate blocked Twenty Grand and held on to win by a half length. Twenty Grand's performances in 1931 earned him retrospective American Horse of the Year
honors.

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

top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century
, Twenty Grand ranked number 52.

Twenty Grand Cigarette Brand

Twenty Grand's fame was reflected in his name and image being used for a brand of cigarettes put out by Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co.[2] In 1936, Axton-Fisher's right to the Twenty Grand trademark was upheld after it was sued for trademark infringement.

Cigarette Camp

Camp Twenty Grand was an American Army "cigarette camp", located near Le Havre, France, during World War II and named after the once-popular American cigarette brand (Twenty Grand cigarettes).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archives: Chicago Tribune - CHICAGO TO SEE 3 YEAR OLD TURF CHAMP CROWNED". pqarchiver.com.
  2. ^ "31 Cigarette Brands". Kentucky Historical Society. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co. v. Fortune Tobacco". Casetext: Smarter Legal Research.

External links

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