Q4 - Mildmay question, you have named the victorious horse, the question asked for the beaten favourite that broke the cycle not the winner of the race, you've got me checking everything that is left now, just in case....!

Stevie - Dwyer used to ride the Gold Cup Winner Forgive 'n Forget...I expect he was beaten by Wayward Lad one year but I'm not certain.

So it may well be that they were all Cheltenham Championship winners, all beaten as favourites at Aintree.

ah so every fav they've rode at the aintree festival lost. you'd have thought they'd rode quite a few favs between them as well. yes I think Dwyer did ride forgive n forget NG.

Not much left to get

Q1 – This has happened 4 times in the Grand National since 1960, what is it?

Q8 – Although not unique, it has only happened twice at the Aintree Festival in the last 50 years, what is it?

Q10 – My first placing over the Aintree fences resulted in me finishing a respectable but well beaten 4th, 36 years later I returned to improve one place into 3rd, who am I?

Clue – Things have gone flat for this fellow since

Q14 – For 13 consecutive years I succeeded in getting each of my mounts to place 1st, 2nd or 3rd, who am I and what race am I referring to?

Answered in part, jockey A.P.McCoy, what was the race

Q15 – Is it any wonder I did not win, I was asked to run from way out of the handicap and my jockey couldn’t even bother to make the correct weight, putting up 2lb overweight, the greedy flogger…! It was not the National thankfully, but the weight told in the end, I still think I did exceptionally well to finish a gallant second beaten 5 lengths.
A change of jockey worked wonders, as although faced with a similar task the following year, I led the field a merry dance and was still in front at the line, who am I?

Clue – Think sheepskin coats and fleeces put the village more on the map than I did…!

Q19 – The 1981 Foxhunters contained 8 horses ridden by people who went on to train, name the 8 and state which have gone on to train winners at the Aintree Festival?

Answered in part,  Oliver Sherwood, Nigel Twiston Davies, Jim Wilson, Paul Webber, John Queally, Tim Walford, Martin Bosley, Jenny Hembrow

Five points still available to whoever names the five who have trained Aintree winners

Q21 – These two people are the only individuals to have a sole winner at the Aintree Festival and to have trained a Group winner, name them? Note exclude all and there are many, who have had winners and placed horses at the Aintree Festival and trained Group winners.
Answered in part, Sally Hall, still need the male

Clue –  This man has moved from photos to weights

Q22 – Over a period of eight consecutive years, the podium places in this top race included runners from 9 dual purpose trainers, who number the following between them

3 Chester Cups
3 Doncaster Cups
4 Ebor Handicaps
5 Lincoln Handicaps
7 Fighting Fifth Hurdles
7 Champion Hurdles
7 Classics
8 of them have had Royal Ascot winners
5 of them have held the title of Champion Trainer
Each of the 9 individual Trainers qualifies under at least two of the criteria.

Name the race, the 9 Trainers and the two without a Royal Ascot winner?

Identified so far,  David Elsworth/Martin Pipe/Peter Easterby/Richard Hannon/Mark Tompkins/Reg  Akehurst/Tommy Stack

Clue – Take the initials to find the missing 2

Politically Correct
Nuclear Missile

Further two points are available for naming the two that haven’t trained Royal Ascot winners


Q25 – Paul Nicholls has trained a placed horse at the Aintree Festival (1st to 4th) starting with every letter of the alphabet except three, what are they?

Answered in part,  X/Y need one more

Q19. Oliver Sherwood & Nigel Twiston Davies are definites and I'd suspect Jim Wilson, Paul Webber & Martin Bosley were the other three to train an Aintree Festival winner.

Q1. OR a remounted horse had made the frame?

Q19 - 4/5 navel gazer

CL - I'm OK with stuff from decades ago but recent facts just don't sink in any more
I still can't remember Lolly For Dolly in 2011!

Q1 - horse won one year and returned to finish second the following year?  (Merryman II, Red Rum, Hedgehunter, Comply Or Die)

Oops, missed that.

Didn't Durham Edition do that too?

Q1 - Again factually correct Jezebel, not what I'm looking for, but certainly worth a two point bonus, will store it for future use as a question if thats ok with you...!

Q1.

4 Horses, Grittar,Rough Quest,Earth Summit and Hedgehunter all won as 7/1 favs.

Paddy, my p/p selections are evidence enough why I am better off setting quiz questions...!

Q22 - correct ged with the names, 1/2 for the trainers without Royal Ascot winners

Q14. Betfair Bowl - the 3m1f Grade 1 chase.

Q14 - correct ged

Q1 - nothing to do with time or weight

Q1 - factually correct Mightyfly but not what I'm looking for, Paddy Hair beat you to it and was awarded two bonus points for it earlier I'm afraid