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04 Apr 11
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Gone are the cryptic clues just straight forward questions.
Q1.Which current Irish trainer finished second in the Grand National.
Q2.Name the last five horses to twice finish second in the Grand National.
Q3.In the void Grand National which finishing jockey actually won the race.
Q4.What weight did the gallant Prince Regent carry when third in 1946.
Q5.Two Grand National winners were named after Scottish mountains name them.
Q6.What do Grand National winners Gay Trip and Party Politics have in common.
Q1.Which current Irish trainer finished second in the Grand National.
Q2.Name the last five horses to twice finish second in the Grand National.
Q3.In the void Grand National which finishing jockey actually won the race.
Q4.What weight did the gallant Prince Regent carry when third in 1946.
Q5.Two Grand National winners were named after Scottish mountains name them.
Q6.What do Grand National winners Gay Trip and Party Politics have in common.
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1 jim draper ..
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3 john white.
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ben nevis 5
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4 12 4lbs ..
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Workrider picking up where you left off,you have one and a half points.Q3 is wrong while John White won the race it was void but one of the other finishing jockeys had previously won the race.
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cant think of the other scottish mountain and was going to google it but that would be cheating and i'm not willing to do that....i back ben nevis @ 40/1 i think ...american rode it i'm nearly sure....
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Workrider you are a true Corinthian thats exactly the spirit of this quiz.With regards the Scottish mountains i always felt that it should have been three,what would Arkle have done to those fences if allowed he would have soared over them like Crisp did in 1973.I thought it ironic that Anne Duchess of Westminster who disliked the Grand National and prevented Arkle from running would later win it with the ungenuine Last Suspect.
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thanks wildman for that ... the reason j draper came to mind was eddie newman , father of gerry newman had the 4th in the national that day , watched it at the curragh, funny that any other poster put up the question when was the last time an irish race meeting clashed with the grand national well it was either 71/72 season so it was happening then ... the newmans celebrated the following week with a party we were invited to the party ...happy days..
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Q2 I think Freddie was 2nd a few times and Greasepaint was placed a few times and another one cant think was it Little Polveir or Young something
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2 suny bay
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2. Suny Bay, Durham Edition, Greasepaint, Red Rum, Freddie
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r dunwoody..q 3..
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Well done Soldieroffortune all five correct even though thatsurcoco beat you to Suny Bay and JayTrumpOldTom got Greasepaint and Freddie.It would have been incredible if JayTrump did not get Freddie as it was you that beat him three parts of a length in 1965.
Not Richard Dunwoody as i have a clear recollection of him not starting and looking exasperated. |
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Great stuff Wildmanfromborneo and can you let mr. workrider know that twas I that carried the YANK...
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 sof Well done! I hope you were the true corinthian too though?  |
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Ben Nevis was also ridden by a YANK as far as I know the 2nd last amateur to win the National..... Charlie Fenwick
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JayTrumpOldTom you carried a different Yank a Tommy Smith not the black power sprinter of Mexico fame but as you would know a heavier gentleman.Charles Fenwick is the Yank Workrider was searching for,he rode Ben Nevis.
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q3 Neale Doughty rode On the Other Hand having previously ridden Hallo Dandy to victory
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I also remember CharlieSwan on Cahervillahow and Conor O Dwyer on Laura's Beau
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Correct Yummy not so sure about Conor ODwyer on Lauras Beau thought Brendan Sheridan our present day starter was the jockey.
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well lads it shaping up nicely .....hard to belive though that 2 americans have ridden the winner of the grand national ...sorry jaytrump the other guy was a southern rebel....
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Gents workrider was in his early 30's in the mid-1960's when Freddie came 2nd twice, so he helped me out with that one!
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your a squealer.....
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Now wildman a Question 4u.........What won the 1965 English Lincoln and who did the steering ..........sorry thats 2 questions
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Definitely Old Tom as the clue is in your name no idea of the jockey.
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great thread sorry i missed it. On the void race im trying here to remember the finishers, il give it a stab.
1. esha ness j white 2. carvillahow c swan 3. romany king a maguire 4. into the red dunno 5. the committee dunno notg sure if im right, somebody please correct me, think there may have been another finisher |
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You have the first three right,there were seven finishers all Irish jockeys with the exception of Neale Doughty i seem to remember some genius attributing the jockeys failure to pull up down to the fact that they were Irish.
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was it fleet and eddie hide ?
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Wildman ....brilliant again outta traps like a rocket...Old Tom it was ...must cheq me old cuttings for the man on top....well old pacemakers really...
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Scobie Breasley 22/1....i did think it was the great Aussie but there are risks here so you need to be suir and my memory fades though he was a kind rider
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