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09 Apr 15
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Once was the best race of all,has lost a lot of its charm but still one we all look forward to.
Will post a quiz on here later today to see does our Elvis Presley loving Fen tiger remember anything from his betting days at Aintree.
Also to check has that Ghost of an umpire driven all the clever posters off here.
Will post a quiz on here later today to see does our Elvis Presley loving Fen tiger remember anything from his betting days at Aintree.
Also to check has that Ghost of an umpire driven all the clever posters off here.
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Q1.The Great Gatsby card.
Q2.Make up
Q3.Dentists
Q4.Rio
Q5.Scarred
Q6.Slow
Q7. Nobber
Q8.Bird
Q9.Hairdresser
Q10.48
Q11.24262
Q12.54
Q13.Haemophiliac
Q14.His subjects are overrunning the steel city.
Q15.Red red red red red.
Q16.I find cracks in his plots
Q17.Spaniels swimming stroke.
Q18.Young dog.
Q19.He climbed the ladder to victory.
Q20.Topical now topical then.
Q21.Two lesser lights scaled the heights.
Q22.A number of fingers.
Q23.Revolutionary dart maker
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
Questions all over the place and hard,will let simmer for a while then will give clues.
Somewhere in there are 15 horses 10 jockeys 1 owner and 1 race.
Three questions have two answers.
Inevitably someone will come up with an answer that's better than mine.
Q2.Make up
Q3.Dentists
Q4.Rio
Q5.Scarred
Q6.Slow
Q7. Nobber
Q8.Bird
Q9.Hairdresser
Q10.48
Q11.24262
Q12.54
Q13.Haemophiliac
Q14.His subjects are overrunning the steel city.
Q15.Red red red red red.
Q16.I find cracks in his plots
Q17.Spaniels swimming stroke.
Q18.Young dog.
Q19.He climbed the ladder to victory.
Q20.Topical now topical then.
Q21.Two lesser lights scaled the heights.
Q22.A number of fingers.
Q23.Revolutionary dart maker
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
Questions all over the place and hard,will let simmer for a while then will give clues.
Somewhere in there are 15 horses 10 jockeys 1 owner and 1 race.
Three questions have two answers.
Inevitably someone will come up with an answer that's better than mine.
15. alligator - rum - rum - rum - marauder
Q7 could apply to the majority of posters on here today (not those on this thread I would add)
Teasy Weasy correct owner of Ayala and Rag Trade.
Party Politics also correct.
Party Politics also correct.
David Fishwick you have the question cracked,it is a sequence,two answers.
Dick Francis correct a simple anagram.
Dick Francis correct a simple anagram.
David Fishwick correct on Q3 but there is another answer.
The fav enters the fray.
Wyndburgh correct those figures were his finishing positions.
Wyndburgh correct those figures were his finishing positions.
Punters are generally good with figures,that's all the number clues done.
Dick Saunders correct,oldest jockey at 48 to ride a Grand National winner.
John Burke correct,he hails from a town called Nobber in the county Meath.
Ged has given an equally correct answer to Q21 but I wanted the horses.
Dick Saunders correct,oldest jockey at 48 to ride a Grand National winner.
John Burke correct,he hails from a town called Nobber in the county Meath.
Ged has given an equally correct answer to Q21 but I wanted the horses.
Jezebel correct Robbie Powers nickname is Puppy.
West Tip correct famed for his scars received in a crash.
Ben Nevis and Foinavon correct,lesser lights as they wouldn't hold a candle to Arkle or Ben Stack for that matter.
West Tip correct famed for his scars received in a crash.
Ben Nevis and Foinavon correct,lesser lights as they wouldn't hold a candle to Arkle or Ben Stack for that matter.
Probably the worlds most famous haemophiliac,a second correct answer for Jezebel.
4 Ayala then? - as in Roberto Ayala, of River Plate (or Rio de La Plata)
Its connected to something that happened in Rio.
Current scores.
Ged 5
Dunlaying. 4
Jezebel. 3
David Fishwick. 2
Stewart's Rise. 1
Test For Free. 1
Ged 5
Dunlaying. 4
Jezebel. 3
David Fishwick. 2
Stewart's Rise. 1
Test For Free. 1
Good answer from no won sun.
The answer is John Burke,GED got it.
The answer is John Burke,GED got it.
If its the Graf Spee you are thinking of,that was scuttled after leaving Montevideo in Uruquay.
This answer to Q4 is a recent winner and would have a green theme.
Papillon a butterfly ( swimming stroke ) and a type of spaniel.
More recent and one that reflects my prejudices
Yangtze kiang correct,as slow as a snail.
6 unanswered questions.
Q1.The Great Gatsby card.
Think of the Francis Scott Fitzgerald novel,the author is normally called F Scott Fitzgerald so here the key is a first name.
Q2.Make up.
Equity a clue.
Q15.Red red red red red.
David Fishwick cracked this almost immediately but has failed to follow it through.
Its a sequence and we are looking for a horse either side of the sequence,
Q22.A number of fingers.
This is a winning jockey and its a crossword type clue.
Q23.Revolutionary dart maker.
Another jockey and another crossword type clue.
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
This is cryptic,its the name of a race run on another racecourse.
6 unanswered questions.
Q1.The Great Gatsby card.
Think of the Francis Scott Fitzgerald novel,the author is normally called F Scott Fitzgerald so here the key is a first name.
Q2.Make up.
Equity a clue.
Q15.Red red red red red.
David Fishwick cracked this almost immediately but has failed to follow it through.
Its a sequence and we are looking for a horse either side of the sequence,
Q22.A number of fingers.
This is a winning jockey and its a crossword type clue.
Q23.Revolutionary dart maker.
Another jockey and another crossword type clue.
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
This is cryptic,its the name of a race run on another racecourse.
Greasepaint correct
Q15 is a sequence Alun 2005 has correctly given the first and last part of the sequence but I'm looking for the horse that goes before Red Alligator and the one that goes after Red Marauder.
Q15 is a sequence Alun 2005 has correctly given the first and last part of the sequence but I'm looking for the horse that goes before Red Alligator and the one that goes after Red Marauder.
Phew ! I felt like I was throwing darts at a board there ! Nice question.
Q1.Alan Ladd played what role in The Great Gatsby
Q23.Colours feature in this question.
This jockey had a favourite colour.
Q23.Colours feature in this question.
This jockey had a favourite colour.
Jay Gatsby and a great card should be a trump.
Q23. A number of fingers.
This is a jockey who won the race,I think his son is riding now.
Look at it like a cryptic crossword clue.
If the B in number was silent it might lead you to the wintry answer.
Q23. A number of fingers.
This is a jockey who won the race,I think his son is riding now.
Look at it like a cryptic crossword clue.
If the B in number was silent it might lead you to the wintry answer.
Brian Fletcher correct.
The revolutionary in this instance was a red,indicating his three National winners.
The clue given above is for Q22.
The revolutionary in this instance was a red,indicating his three National winners.
The clue given above is for Q22.
Scores with only one question to be answered.
Dunlaying. 5
Ged. 5
Jezebel. 5
Alun2005. 3
David Fishwick. 2
Stewart's Rise. 1
Test For Free. 1
Lead on. 1
Yangtse Kiang. 1
Mightyfly. 1
Dunlaying. 5
Ged. 5
Jezebel. 5
Alun2005. 3
David Fishwick. 2
Stewart's Rise. 1
Test For Free. 1
Lead on. 1
Yangtse Kiang. 1
Mightyfly. 1
Alun2005 has 4 correct answers so has a shot at a tie.
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
We have already established this answer is a race run at another racecourse.
Think of a family steeped in Aintree history with the matriarch the most successful,now think of a Northern profession and you will get a Northern race.
Q24.The Aintree Derby.
We have already established this answer is a race run at another racecourse.
Think of a family steeped in Aintree history with the matriarch the most successful,now think of a Northern profession and you will get a Northern race.
Unlucky Lead On. I beat you in a photo finish, and will probably get a whip ban for my pains. .
I'm calling that a dead heat for the last question.
Its a four way tie for the title.
Not a bad buckle with ten on the score sheet.
Its a four way tie for the title.
Not a bad buckle with ten on the score sheet.
WD...some cracking clues...worthy of Mephisto or Araucaria himself
Dunlaying
Ged
Jezebel
Alun2005
All tie with 5 points.
No real point in dividing the Grand prize money four ways so will just give it to the Injured Jockeys Fund.
Ged
Jezebel
Alun2005
All tie with 5 points.
No real point in dividing the Grand prize money four ways so will just give it to the Injured Jockeys Fund.
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