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Cork Langer
21 Sep 14 12:49
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Following on from a few posts I read a couple of days ago regarding Epsom runners going into the NH sphere, couldn't resist cobbling together a few teasers to test the memories of the learned ones on here...!
All questions relate to the last 25 years to make it quick and easy, no googling now...!

1) Name the horse who finished 4th in a Derby and ended its career with two runs in the Grand National...?

2) Name a horse  to have taken part in the Derby and then gone on to record 10 NH victories....?

3) Name the Derby runner up and the Derby third who were put over hurdles...?

4) Which Derby in the last 25 years has supplied the largest number of horses to be sent over jumps...?

5) There have been 8 horses to have run in the Derby to then go on and win races over both hurdle and chase obstacles, who are they...?
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Report forgotmyusername September 21, 2014 1:01 PM BST
is number 2 Sea Pigeon?
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 1:05 PM BST
Good answer and factually correct fmun, but the answer I am looking for is a runner from the last 25 years, the great Sea Pigeon was of course alot earlier having run in the 1973 Derby
Report GEORGE.B September 21, 2014 1:14 PM BST
3) Walk In The Park?
Report dunlaying September 21, 2014 1:15 PM BST
Fourth in the Derby and a National runner,was it David Elsworth trained? Began with an M.
Report dunlaying September 21, 2014 1:17 PM BST
Celestial Halo for Q2,perhaps.
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 1:17 PM BST
Correct George B, Walk in the Park the 2005 runner up was sent over hurdles once, unsuccessfully in France at Auteuil
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 1:20 PM BST
Both wrong I'm afraid dunlaying
Report wixim September 21, 2014 1:40 PM BST
Q2 - Through the Rye
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 1:42 PM BST
wd wixim correct, Through the Rye was the answer I was looking for
Report penzance September 21, 2014 1:51 PM BST
Through The Rye?
Report penzance September 21, 2014 1:54 PM BST
Papua?
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 1:55 PM BST
wd penzance, wixim beat you to it, but Papua is correct for Q5, having won 2 hurdles and 4 chases
Report Mikael D'Haguenet September 21, 2014 2:28 PM BST
Silver Wisp was the Derby 3rd. Plato's Republic won over hurdles/fences - I'd guess the 1994 Derby he ran in produced most NH horses too.
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 2:42 PM BST
wd Mikael all correct, the 1994 Derby yielded 8 individual recruits to the NH game, Silver Wisp was indeed 3rd in 1992 and had one unsuccessful run at Punchestown and Plato's Republic won 1 hurdle and 1 chase
Report .Fidway. September 21, 2014 2:47 PM BST
Name the Sir Henry Cecil trained horse who was 5th in the Derby and went on to win at the Grand National meeting
Report Mikael D'Haguenet September 21, 2014 2:49 PM BST
Easy. The fabulous Wellbeing.
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 2:53 PM BST
A quick update

1) Name the horse who finished 4th in a Derby and ended its career with two runs in the Grand National...? Still to be answered

2) Name a horse to have taken part in the Derby and then gone on to record 10 NH victories....? Answered - Through The Rye (1999)

3) Name the Derby runner up and the Derby third who were put over hurdles...? Answered - runner up Walk in the Park (2005) third Silver Wisp (1992)

4) Which Derby in the last 25 years has supplied the largest number of horses to be sent over jumps...? Answered - 1994, 8 runners

5) There have been 8 horses to have run in the Derby to then go on and win races over both hurdle and chase obstacles, who are they...? Partly answered - so far you have

Plato's Republic (1994) 1 hurdle 1 chase
Papua (1997) 2 hurdles 4 chases
Through the Rye (1999) 9 hurdles 1 chase
Report dunlaying September 21, 2014 2:56 PM BST
A St Leger winner that ran over hurdles?
Report salmon spray September 21, 2014 2:59 PM BST
Q8 Another one was Spartan General.
Report Mikael D'Haguenet September 21, 2014 2:59 PM BST
Moonax
Report salmon spray September 21, 2014 3:00 PM BST
And did the Leger winner Aurelius run in the Derby ?
He would be another for Q8 if he did.
Report dunlaying September 21, 2014 3:02 PM BST
That was the Leger winner I was thinking of ,I had forgotten Moonax.
Report salmon spray September 21, 2014 3:09 PM BST
Aurelius won over fences as well as hurdles.
Had a happy time at stud for a year or two but was basically infertile so lost his ghoulies and sent jumping.
Report forgotmyusername September 21, 2014 3:20 PM BST
Sorry Cork, just looked again at the question. My mistake.
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 3:27 PM BST
no probs fmun, looks like a few have missed "in the last 25 years" comment, ss is forgiven of course as he is ancient and always dreaming of past glories...!
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 4:01 PM BST
Piece of trivia - The only Derby runner to ever run in a NH flat race goes in the next at Plumpton
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 4:07 PM BST
Finished a respectable 5th under topweight - Castlemorris King
Report salmon spray September 21, 2014 4:11 PM BST
WhoopsCrazy
Report penzance September 21, 2014 4:46 PM BST
Percussionist ran over hdles,
don't know about the National,though?
Report Cork Langer September 21, 2014 4:52 PM BST
correct penzance wd, its last two runs were in the Far Hills Grand National, actually a hurdle race, winning in 2010 and pulling up in 2011
Report sidthekid September 21, 2014 6:41 PM BST
There was a Cheltenham Champion hurdle runner, that Won the Arc in the same year.
Report tonkability September 21, 2014 6:57 PM BST
Galliliao
Report tonkability September 21, 2014 6:58 PM BST
Sorry Galileo
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