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10 Dec 11
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To celebrate the golden anniversary of Arkles racecourse debut a tough quiz.
Q1.Arkle was named after a mountain in Scotland,name three other similarly named famous chasers.
Q2.Which stakes race run at Leopardstown has the same name as Arkles half brother.
Q3.Which bank was Arkles amateur rider the chairman of.
Q4.Flyingbolt and Flying Wild had the same sire,name him.
Q5.What horse was Arkle accused of killing.
Q6.What bird dog finished second to Arkle.
Q7.Name the three racecourses Arkle raced on that have since closed down.
Q8.What famous family bred Mill House.
Q9.Two famous Irish chasers carried over twelve stone to victory in the Massey Ferguson Gold Cup name them.
Q10.Who rode Arkle in his sole flat victory.
Q1.Arkle was named after a mountain in Scotland,name three other similarly named famous chasers.
Q2.Which stakes race run at Leopardstown has the same name as Arkles half brother.
Q3.Which bank was Arkles amateur rider the chairman of.
Q4.Flyingbolt and Flying Wild had the same sire,name him.
Q5.What horse was Arkle accused of killing.
Q6.What bird dog finished second to Arkle.
Q7.Name the three racecourses Arkle raced on that have since closed down.
Q8.What famous family bred Mill House.
Q9.Two famous Irish chasers carried over twelve stone to victory in the Massey Ferguson Gold Cup name them.
Q10.Who rode Arkle in his sole flat victory.
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1. Ben Nevis
7. Mullingar, I'll guess at Baldoyle |
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3 boi ,sir mark healy hutchinson,only one never to have won on him if memory is correct
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Cupwinkcook gets us started with 3 correct answers closely followed by Ambush with his detailed answer.
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did he run in a hurdle race in the phoenix park
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8. Breeder of Mill House Was Mrs B. Lawlor, Naas hotelier
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Q4 - Airborne was the sire
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No he never ran in the Phoenix Park,but the correct answer could prove contentious.
JayTrumpOldTom a very complete answer and correct. |
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ChildOfMine2 Airborne correct winner of the 1946 Epsom Derby.
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ran in a hurdle race in dundalk
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Reverse Arkle quiz from 1982 onwards as I cannot go back any further.
I have tried to link the question but I did this quickly so there may be errors and spelling mistakes. 1. Which Irish jockey dropped his whip in a driving finish but still managed to edge out a son of Kemal that went on to win the Tingle Creek? 2. Who won the Arkle the year the great Sabin Du Loit was a beaten favourite? 3. Name the Darren Mercer owned Martin Pipe mare who started favourite for the race the year Arctic Kinsman was beaten into second in the race? 4. Name the Irish mare who beat the winner of the above race the previous year, to open the festival. 5. What is the connection between the beaten favourite of the race that the mare in the previous question won and an historic event that occurred in Eastern Europe in 1989? 6. Who was ante post favourite for the Arkle the year it was abandoned? 7. Who finished second to the answer to question 6 at the following year's festival? 8. Name the last beaten odds on favourite in the Arkle? 9. Name the Coral Cup winner in the same colours for Jimmy Fitzgearld? 10. Another Coral Cup winner that previously raced in the colours of 8&9 was controversially beaten in a Newmarket handicap when ridden by Kieren Fallon - Name the horse and the race? |
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Q5 - Mill House - Arkle was accused of breaking his heart!
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Q2 - Waterloo Boy (what a ride from Woody)
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10 - Top Cees & Cesarewitch
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think young tp burns won on him
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COM
2 correct 10 Fist part correct |
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Sorry for the intrusion wildman but it is related. |
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Q10 - Cambridgeshire then.
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Arkle Q1 - I think Foinavon was named after a Scottish mountain.
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Woody did indeed give Waterloo a sensational ride. Came home from school to see that Sondrio, Waterloo and Beech Road had won. A good year now to be doing the jackpot.
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Not Mill House.
Ambush T.P.Burns and Dundalk both correct. |
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Not the Cambridgeshire
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Hopefully it means that I got the last odds on shot to be beaten correct!!
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Q9 - Sybilan maybe (under Mark Dwyer)
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COM
That is correct for Q8 |
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Q3 - Draborgie
Q4 - French Ballerina |
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I remember Sybillan well cos I bloody backed New Co
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was best mate fav for the arkle
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No intrusion Distant View and i like the link.
Foinavon correct was also owned by Anne Duchess of Westminster and trained by Tom Dreaper. |
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3 is Draborgie - It was a horrible sight
4 is not French Ballerina |
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Best Mate was fav the year it was abandoned.
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Q4 Tourist Attraction
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Tourist Attraction is correct
Ventanya Canton won the Arkle to beat Arctic Kinsman. |
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was my lad ruby second on commanche court in following years gold cup
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Commanche Court is correct
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Arkle Q9 - Flyingbolt & Leap Frog
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1 Franny Woods
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10 . Seems to have been left alone so COM - the answer was the Swaffham Handicap - I just remember a lot of controversy about the race on CH4 when it was with Ramsden.
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Woods is correct when he beat Sound Man
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