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Has anyone got any info on a Irish chaser from back in the 1920's
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You could at least say why you want to know
 . The answer is that it was the winner of the inaugural running of an Irish race. You appear to have narrowed it down to chasers. |
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Ha! I asked the other day if there was a thread on John Randall's Christmas Quiz as I was surprised not to find one and got only one reply saying it was too difficult! I guess this is another way of asking the same question. Brown Jack, is this the only question you are stuck on? If so, well done. If anyone out there is feeling generous, this question on Pulcher is impossible to crack, as is a race one by a horse called Sadler's Wells (presumably not THE Sadler's Wells as the choices are Irish Lincolnshire, Irish Cambridgeshire, Kerry National and Conyngham Cup) and the Barry Hills-trained horse that was runner-up 10 consecutive times (Aureoletta, Song In The Air, Fiordiligi or Poquito Queen. I think it's Aureoletta). Anyway, I'm being up front for the reason I'm asking....
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Hi Archie. I will post on the other thread re this.
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This thread is better as it covers several unanswered ones. I got them all but eight fairly easily, and Mrs Barn got two more. She knows little about racing but is a very fine googler
 . The Barry Hills filly with ten consecutive seconds is Song in the Air. The Sadlers Wells one is defo NOT THE Sadlers Wells, and Pulcher, god knows!. |
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Thanks Blackbarn, yes I got all but about 10 on first Google-round, then a few more with some very in-depth Googling at three in the morning! Just tried Sadler's Wells with all those races again but not coming up with anything. I always fall down on the Irish ones. Only got the 1945 Newmarket one after checking John Randall's own Horse Racing - The Records which he co-wrote with Tony Morris years ago. Anyway, see you on other thread...
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A shame that everyone's hard Googling and research work for this Christmas Quiz is potentially being undermined here.
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Alun - It happens every year
Wait till the horsetrading starts tomorrow. I think most will agree that this years is particularly hard. I consider myself a reasonably proficient racing historian and I have found it the hardest yet. I have thus far only given away one reasonably easy to get answer and been honest about my own progress. How are you doing? |
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I am missing three answers. Yes, it's the hardest yet.
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I don't see it like that at all Alun - "undermined" is a bit strong, but I see where you're coming from. We're all having a good go and it's a bit of fun - it's not as though the prize is that massive to get too serious about having a conversation about it. I just commented that there is usually a thread on here about it. I enter every year and have always completely put in answers off my own bat and must have missed the horse-trading Blackbarn refers to! I was miffed last year because I missed the RP issue with the answers in, I was sure I'd got them all. Having said all that I'm grateful to Blackbarn for the steer on Barry Hills but I'm still left with no clue on two of them and I doubt that will be good enough to win. As far as I can see, no amount of Googling will come up with (the other) Sadler's Wells and Pulcher. Oh well, I I was runner-up once many moons ago, might have to stick with that!
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I didn't see the issue with last year's answers as well.
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I'm a bit confused over the closing date - in the paper it says midnight 3 January, online midnight 1 January. Any ideas which is right or is the 3 January one just for postal entries?
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