Racing Post Christmas Quiz 2022

Sent the following to the RP......Why is the prize linked to a bookmaker account?. Is having a PP bookmaker account a condition of entry? Will it be possible to win the competition without a PP bookmaker account?  If it is, what is the mechanism for this?.  Thank you.

always fiendish but fills the gap between the barren spell of sport and the xmas day family invasion.

GL

Quiz…Google ffs

on the contrary.
There will be posers that defy 'googling', although many will be googleable for sure.

formoftheace making a fool of himself again.  I think John has heard of Google.

I doubt if some of those answers can be found on Google or anywhere online.

Seems a lot easier this year...I've managed to get one correct!

Here are the "answers" to the questions I raised.
   
Thank you for contacting Racing Post. We can advise that prizes are offered as an incentive to submit an entry. As in previous years, there is no requirement for those entering to hold a Paddy Power account at the point that they submit their entry, however, should a non account holder win one of the prizes they would be required to set up an account in order to benefit from the free bets. Please do not hesitate to reply accordingly should you require any further assistance or clarification. Kind regards,
Alistair Broadbent Racing Post Customer Services

wd Lead on

I can't get past the first question ffs.

Ridiculous questions. Surely more fun to have questions from the year just gone.

Havin a quick glancedown the questions number 15 is the 1st one I am certain I know.

Youtube 1976 derby for question 1.

I got an honest 16 with no referring to the RP or googling...or even any guesses!

I only answered the ones I was almost certain about so I suspect I'd be able to
crank that score up to at least 20 with a few guesses - maybe even 25 if lucky.

Though I reckon a couple on here might be able to hit an admirably honest 35.

4 left - ta Colum

Far to difficult to be fun ffs....You can stuff it.

Yeah. Did half a dozen but can't be bothered to google the other 44. Or to watch Withnail and I to see if Tommo's in it (question 2). Some q's are excuses to watch old races on Youtube, which is always to be welcomed.

K Reveley finished ahead [Hello louis] of charlie who was riding his own horse Allibar
Thommo got the better of charlie in a charity race a year earlier '81 - charlie went off the 13/8 jolly

Thanks. I knew Tommo beat the PoW (as was) but figured Reveley was probably too young to have ridden against him. Anyway, thanks, leif.

Np.
That Allibar  dropped dead in front of charlie on the gallops.
Charlie bought Good prospect to replace it and was subsequently charlie's first winner as an owner when ridden by Richard Lindley [Gaye Brief champion hurdle his biggest win]
Devil’s Elbow would have been charlie's first winner as an owner when it won at worcester but was disqualified some time later as it had eaten 'doped' feed.

3 left

Q31
Q34,
Q40

apparently. a horse named Ascot,newmarket goodwood or sandown was a runner up in the derby.
cant find it.

willing to to trade Q6 [left fielder]

Ascot fin 2nd to Mundig in 1835 Derby.

Awesome.
high 5 kevo

Merry Xmas leif.

Assessment
Mundig was regarded as a useful but unexceptional horse whose form was "in no wise to be depended on."[7] "The Druid" (W. H. Dixon) described him as "a very moderate horse".[16] The Sportsman magazine took a different view, describing Mundig as essentially "true as steel", but ruined as a racehorse by his excessively hard race in the Derby.[15]

There were persistent rumours in this period of four-year-old "ringers" being entered in the Derby, which is a race restricted to three-year-olds. The "winner" of the 1844 Derby was disqualified on these grounds and there were doubts about Bloomsbury and Little Wonder. Several later sources claim that Mundig, an unusually well-developed colt who arrived at Epsom surrounded in secrecy, may have been a four-year-old, the suggestion being that Emma's 1832 foal had been switched with his 1831 sibling.[17][18]

Stud career
Following his retirement from racing Mundig stood as a stallion, with his stud fee in 1839 being 10 guineas.[19] He reportedly became a very difficult and dangerous horse during his time at stud and was responsible for at least one death. Mundig's early progeny were disappointing runners[20] and in 1843 he was sold for 400 guineas to Captain von Kotze, a Prussian breeder.[21][22] He was exported and stood from 1844 to 1848 as a stallion at the Hauptgestüt Trakehnen stud in Germany. Mundig was then sold to another German breeder called van Saucken and died in 1852.[2] One of his British foals, The Grey Prince was standing as a stallion at Badminton in 1865 as a sire of hunters.

conspiracy theories not such a new concept
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundig

Q6
becomes a lil easier if you take 'fruit bat' as Flying Fox [hoss] and work from that point.

q31 looks to be Akiyda based on her Wikipedia page and also that the others were surely too early to have run in Group races.

q31 looks to be Akiyda based on her Wikipedia page and also that the others were surely too early to have run in Group races.

I looks like it Ram.
The only other win was in the prix des tuileries. The race run two years previously [1980] was £11k to the winner. Listed race.

Went back over one and stuck on this. I cant find a link to any of the choices to the grandparents (who were a lively pair to say the least with both of them being gay. She was in love with virginia woolf]

32. Which Jockey Club member is a granddaughter of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West?

Countess of Halifax

Lady Carolyn Warren

Mary Low

Rebecca Philipps

q32

Combining information from two web searches, it seems Rebecca Nicolson is:-

(a) granddaughter of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, and
(b) partner of Guy Philipps, the 4th Baron Milford.

So the answer is (probably) D, Rebecca Philipps.

I had her down as the likely candidate purely on the Rebecca part. Carolyn doesnt fit, the countess of halifax had a different first name and the only Mary Low of any note was an american.
Juliet Nicholson is a sister and the only other sibling is male [Adam].
Thanks for the Guy Philipps link.

Believe I have all 50 now

Anyone know the winner of English/Irish Cesarewitch?

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HTH

Thanks Leif, I was 90% sure it was Rock Dove through eliminating the others, but couldn't find any written text on the Irish race.Im pretty sure i've nailed all the others, thanks for the heads up.

np
GL

Nice to see some trading....doesn't usually happen!  The only one I can't get is one of the "lateral thinking" ones - Q10, In 2022 which horse scored two wins on consecutive days in races six monts apart - Fairmac, Cabaletta, It's Good to Laugh, or Black Lotus.  Any clues happily accepted, thanks, and reciprocation offered!  I got 50 last year but no prize....been doing this since the first one!

https://www.racingpost.com/news/its-good-to-laugh-strikes-24-hours-after-win...

Thank you.  To be fair, that was sheer stupidity on my part - the easiest google in the world, yet on first try I only looked at the horse's form.  Would have gone through it again, but thank you.

What was the prize blackbarn?  Sorry, haven't been following closely.
The last one I entered I managed to win...it was a Mark Tompkins Christmas quiz when his website was still going.

Doesn't close till the 9th Jan Tatt.  Still loads of time.  FIrst prize is £350 in PP Betting vouchers.  RP says you don't have to have a PP account to enter but you'll need one if you win.

What was the prize

Thanks blackbarn/leif.
Good luck to all.

Haven't used PP since they started hating me...

Struggling on Q, 19.

Struggling on Q, 19.

I have it down as Richard linley but can't find the evidence/link just now.

HTH

Thanks leif!

Jesus i bet you guys were a barrel of laughs over the Christmas period.

Jesus i bet you guys were a barrel of laughs over the Christmas period.

Only a complete nerd would get stuck into that Quiz.

I got 3 one Year after that i said fack it.

Saxon and Leif - Defo Linley and I cannot find the evidence either.  Good luck.

Acey - Hope you found a barrel of laughs in posting FOUR times in THREE minutes on a subject that does not interest you. What a very strange chap you seem to be.

All the answers are now online at https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/how-did-you-fare-in-our-christmas-qui...

Got em all, as usual Didn't win, as usual

You call that fun.

1 Which of these was a horse who ran in the Derby?
C Phleez (1976)

2 Derek Thompson and Keith Reveley share what distinction?
D Beat the King into second place

3 Wikipedia wrongly gives 598 as Kent Desormeaux's 1989 jockeys' record for the most wins in a year, but what was his real score?
B 597 (Lady Winner was disqualified in the Martha Washington Handicap)

4 Which Ascot Gold Cup-winning owner once met Hitler with her Nazi-admiring father?
C Lady Mairi Bury (Fighting Charlie)

5 Which Poet Laureate wrote these words? "I have seen . . . the Gold Cup won by the worst horse at the races"
A John Masefield (The Meditation of Highworth Ridden)

6 What is the next in this sequence? Munster mountain, Arabian port, fruit bat . . .
A Royal anniversary (consecutive Derby winners 1897-1900 - Galtee More, Jeddah, Flying Fox, Diamond Jubilee)

7 Which of Ryan Moore's Classic mounts was beaten at odds of 1-7?
B Order Of St George (2016 Irish St Leger)

8 In which race did Ron Sheather come 58th as a jockey and first as a trainer?
A Lincoln Handicap (58th on Loucose 1948, won with Saher 1981)

9 Which famous sculptor married a racehorse trainer?
D Elisabeth Frink (Alexander Csaky, her third husband)

10 In 2022 which horse scored two wins on consecutive days in races six months apart?
C It's Good To Laugh (in January, after late disqualification at Chester and win at Catterick)

11 Which film mentions the news item "Ascot racecourse, new grandstand collapsed"?
A The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)

12 Which prominent owner is a namesake of a folk-rock legend?
B Richard Thompson


Who was the mystery owner (centre)?
Who was the mystery owner (centre)?
Caroline Norris
13 Who is this Group 1-winning owner of 2022 (pictured above; centre)?
B James Wigan (Bay Bridge)

14 In 1964 Jimmy Lindley rode Indiana to be second to Santa Claus in the Derby, but on which horse was he second in the Arc?
B Santa Claus

15 Which Derby-winning trainer had worked as an electronics researcher?
D Geoff Wragg (Teenoso 1983)

16 Which Group 1-winning trainer is an experienced helicopter pilot?
C Martyn Meade

17 Which of these was a Cheltenham Festival winner?
D Galileo (2002 Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle)

18 Which of this year's Cheltenham Festival winners has the same name as a Goodwood Cup winner?
A Vauban (1867 Goodwood Cup, 2022 Triumph Hurdle)

19 Who rode the King's first runner and first winner as an owner when he was Prince of Wales?
C Richard Linley (Allibar 1980, Good Prospect 1981)

20 “Pink; chocolate sleeves and cap” were the racing colours of which famous owner?
D Sir Winston Churchill

21 Teddy The Grinder was the first horse to beat which great racemare?
A Eleanor (Ascot 1801)

22 Which filly was runner-up to Mill Reef as a two-year-old?
B Hecla (1970 Imperial Stakes, Kempton)

23 Which great champion originally set the Northumberland Plate weight-carrying record of 9st 10lb that Trueshan broke in 2022?
C Barcaldine (1883)

24 When Levmoss won a Curragh handicap as a warm-up for his 1969 Arc victory, what weight did he carry?
D 10st 10lb


Did you recognise this champion sprinter?
Did you recognise this champion sprinter?
Mark Cranham
25 Who is this champion sprinter winning the July Cup (pictured above)?
A Limato (2016)

26 Which horse won the most European Flat Pattern races in 2022?
C Kyprios (5)

27 Which of Aidan O'Brien's Classic winners was never beaten?
C Footstepsinthesand (2005 2,000 Guineas)

28 Which king of Scotland was killed in a fall from a horse one night?
D Alexander III (1286)

29 Who won the Ebor Handicap by eight lengths, with the placed horses going on to win the Gold Cups at Cheltenham and Royal Ascot?
A Sir Montagu (1976, beat Alverton & Shangamuzo)

30 Which of Barry Hills's horses won the Welsh and Scottish Derbys?
B Prince Roland (1980)

31 Name the last horse whose only Group-race victory came in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
D Akiyda (1982)

32 Which Jockey Club member is a granddaughter of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West?
D Rebecca Philipps

33 Name the only horse to win both the Lincoln Handicap at Lincoln/Doncaster and the Lincolnshire at the Curragh
D Sweet Lightning (2011 & 2013)

34 Name the only horse to win the Cesarewitch at both Newmarket and the Curragh
B Rock Dove (1894 & 1895)

35 Which big-race winner in 2022 was named after a special-operations unit of the British army?
C Chindit (Summer Mile)

36 Which big-race winner in 2022 was named after a hit by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich?
A Legend Of Xanadu (Woodcote & Doncaster Stakes)


Name the jockey pictured . . .
Name the jockey pictured . . .
Alan Crowhurst
37 Who is this Stayers' Hurdle-winning jockey (pictured above)?
B Adam Wedge (Lisnagar Oscar 2020)

38 Who was the first woman to ride in the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
B Linda Sheedy (Foxbury, pulled up 1984)

39 Which Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was trained at Chequers Manor Stables?
C Linwell (1957, trained by Ivor Herbert)

40 Which of these was the name of a runner-up in the Derby?
A Ascot (1835)

41 Which racehorse-owning twin was the mother of triplets and died in 2022 aged 97?
A Mimi, Lady Manton

42 In which film does My Darling win the Ascot Gold Cup?
B The Calendar (1948)

43 Which of Martin Pipe's horses won twice at the Cheltenham Festival?
D Blowing Wind (1998 County Hurdle, 2002 Mildmay of Flete Chase)

44 Which song was the number one hit in Britain when Lucius won the Grand National?
C Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush 1978)

45 Which of these was an American company that made board games?
B Milton Bradley

46 On which racecourse are the Freddie Doyle and MW Hickey Memorial Chases run?
C Wexford

47 Which racecourse town is home to the “World of James Herriot” tourist attraction?
D Thirsk

48 What is Luke Harvey's real first name?
A Lucian

49 “Horses chasing 'cause they're racing” is a line from which hit single?
C On A Carousel (The Hollies 1967)

50 Name the Shakespearean character who says: “I wish your horses swift and sure of foot”
A Macbeth (Act 3, scene 1)

Winners
Congratulations to our winner Roger Hoy, who collects £350 in free bets courtesy of Paddy Power. Sean Kelsey, who gets £100 of free bets, came second, while Marc Huglin wins £50 in free bets for finishing third.

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Fun enough for you to post all the answers Acey, even though you dismissed in a minute when launched.

I think this was your initial considered opinion........"Far to difficult to be fun ffs....You can stuff it."