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31 Jan 12
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I know today belongs to Shaneboy Fantasy but will chance this quiz all the same.
24 Questions 18 horse 3 trainers 2 racecourses 1 jockey no real theme although music crops up regularly,clues will follow.
Q1.Eastern punt for Gold Cup winner
Q2.Shane Warnes long distance handicap winner
Q3.Slow chaser won three championship races in five years
Q4.He can clone Gold Cup winners,two actually
Q5.Handbags and Mike D`Abo
Q6.Gratis Guineas winner
Q7.Clapton played in a white room,he played in a grey room
Q8.Oberons home
Q9.It is relaxed lunacy to let girls ride over jumps
Q10.This shrub won the Derby
Q11.This flower won the Derby
Q12.This flower is trained currently by John Kiely
Q13.Trainer of Dream Confusion
Q14.Van Morrison is sad mad bad
Q15.Is this the lighthouse that never was
Q16.Early Derby winner who caught the wind
Q17.Somewhere my love is in Cambridgeshire
Q18.Its not unusual for this Ceasarewitch winner to follow the Sullivan sitcom
Q19.Three times he entered the silvered ring with three different jockeys
Q20.Pulled up in Liverpool and sung there
Q21.Old confectionery now in bottle
Q22.This carthorse won the Derrinstown Derby trial
Q23.This battler won the Gallinule stakes
Q24.Second in the Epsom Derby and the Grand National
24 Questions 18 horse 3 trainers 2 racecourses 1 jockey no real theme although music crops up regularly,clues will follow.
Q1.Eastern punt for Gold Cup winner
Q2.Shane Warnes long distance handicap winner
Q3.Slow chaser won three championship races in five years
Q4.He can clone Gold Cup winners,two actually
Q5.Handbags and Mike D`Abo
Q6.Gratis Guineas winner
Q7.Clapton played in a white room,he played in a grey room
Q8.Oberons home
Q9.It is relaxed lunacy to let girls ride over jumps
Q10.This shrub won the Derby
Q11.This flower won the Derby
Q12.This flower is trained currently by John Kiely
Q13.Trainer of Dream Confusion
Q14.Van Morrison is sad mad bad
Q15.Is this the lighthouse that never was
Q16.Early Derby winner who caught the wind
Q17.Somewhere my love is in Cambridgeshire
Q18.Its not unusual for this Ceasarewitch winner to follow the Sullivan sitcom
Q19.Three times he entered the silvered ring with three different jockeys
Q20.Pulled up in Liverpool and sung there
Q21.Old confectionery now in bottle
Q22.This carthorse won the Derrinstown Derby trial
Q23.This battler won the Gallinule stakes
Q24.Second in the Epsom Derby and the Grand National
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Oops re Q20.........What Q's remain unanswered ?
You still got it right Catchmeifyoucan so well done.
Questions unanswered are 1,6,7,8,13,15,16,17,19,21,22,23 24.
Have some work to do will revisit at around eight.
Questions unanswered are 1,6,7,8,13,15,16,17,19,21,22,23 24.
Have some work to do will revisit at around eight.
SO THESE ONES TO GO.......
Q1.Eastern punt for Gold Cup winner
Q6.Gratis Guineas winner
Q7.Clapton played in a white room,he played in a grey room
Q8.Oberons home
Q13.Trainer of Dream Confusion
Q15.Is this the lighthouse that never was
Q16.Early Derby winner who caught the wind
Q17.Somewhere my love is in Cambridgeshire
Q19.Three times he entered the silvered ring with three different jockeys
Q21.Old confectionery now in bottle
Q22.This carthorse won the Derrinstown Derby trial
Q23.This battler won the Gallinule stakes
Q24.Second in the Epsom Derby and the Grand National
Q1.Eastern punt for Gold Cup winner
Q6.Gratis Guineas winner
Q7.Clapton played in a white room,he played in a grey room
Q8.Oberons home
Q13.Trainer of Dream Confusion
Q15.Is this the lighthouse that never was
Q16.Early Derby winner who caught the wind
Q17.Somewhere my love is in Cambridgeshire
Q19.Three times he entered the silvered ring with three different jockeys
Q21.Old confectionery now in bottle
Q22.This carthorse won the Derrinstown Derby trial
Q23.This battler won the Gallinule stakes
Q24.Second in the Epsom Derby and the Grand National
Sorry change that to......
Q1. "Imperial" Call
Q1. "Imperial" Call
Reviewed the answers and found dj876 answer of Lavandin to Q11 was correct also.
Monte Christo answered Q4 with Fortina who won the Gold Cup in 1947 and sired the 1968 winner Fort Leney,a brilliant answer so deserving of a bonus point.
Scores
dj876 5
Monte Christo 4
Distant View 3
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Monte Christo answered Q4 with Fortina who won the Gold Cup in 1947 and sired the 1968 winner Fort Leney,a brilliant answer so deserving of a bonus point.
Scores
dj876 5
Monte Christo 4
Distant View 3
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Sunstar is also a flower wildman. The scoring does not matter much though. I am just interested in finding another one or 2.
Incredible stuff on Fortina. The last thing I would expect is that a Gold Cup winner would be a sire.
Ardross a great battler but not the answer.
I have no idea who Harry Baker is,definitely not the answer but could you explain.
I broke the cardinal rule with Q11 as there is more than one answer.
Fortina was a top sire,he also sired Fortria amongst many others
I have no idea who Harry Baker is,definitely not the answer but could you explain.
I broke the cardinal rule with Q11 as there is more than one answer.
Fortina was a top sire,he also sired Fortria amongst many others
If it was a battle rather than battler that won the Gallinule, then it would be the Vincent O'Brien trained Inkerman?
Well done Distant View.Inkerman a famous battle in the Crimean war and a Gallinule winner and as you correctly say trained by Vincent O`Brien.
I didn`t realise Sunstar was a flower but accept your word for it,you are now joint leader.
I didn`t realise Sunstar was a flower but accept your word for it,you are now joint leader.
Apparently in 1893
Jockey Harry Barker recorded the amazing feat of finishing second in both the Grand National and the Derby. He rode Aesop at Aintree and Ravensbury at Epsom Downs.
Jockey Harry Barker recorded the amazing feat of finishing second in both the Grand National and the Derby. He rode Aesop at Aintree and Ravensbury at Epsom Downs.
No,i thought this was the easiest question in the quiz but then i thought Q12 was the hardest.
Thank you dj876 not as amazing as you think as there were many jockeys who rode under both rules down the years,however this is a horse with a name meaning the same thing.
Thank you dj876 not as amazing as you think as there were many jockeys who rode under both rules down the years,however this is a horse with a name meaning the same thing.
Ok I was thinking of the Rock as Fergie got him free of charge. Time to think again.
That is badly worded,two different horses,we might need Anaglogs Daughter to help us out.
Rock Of Gibralter a great answer all the same.
Rock Of Gibralter a great answer all the same.
Rock of gibraltar a superb answer considering he ran in his colours-That race still gives me nightmares with Mr.Spencer(tho with hindsight).
Assume it is wrong but thought The Great Gatsby (won a few academy awards) and Oscar Time was an interesting link.
The Scottish folk singer Donovans first hit was Catch The Wind,Donovan won the Derby in the eighteen eighties.
The key to question 24 is Anaglogs Daughter
The key to question 24 is Anaglogs Daughter
Wd Distant View.
How many do we still need to answer now folks ?
How many do we still need to answer now folks ?
Questions 1,6,7,8,13,15,17,19,21,22 and 24 unanswered.
Distant View has caused problems with Q6 as his answer is far better than mine....again.
Distant View has caused problems with Q6 as his answer is far better than mine....again.
Alamshar is a super answer.
Completely forgot about that controversy over the yacht.
Completely forgot about that controversy over the yacht.
My guess at that is Meydan?
There are 2 racecourses and this may be one of them?
There are 2 racecourses and this may be one of them?
Ah maybe so, i was thinking of a War Memorial they have in Boston that looks like a lighthouse..
wd Guinness with Alamshar.
Totally forgot about that as well.
Totally forgot about that as well.
On The House correct although not as good as Distant Views answer of Rock of Gibraltar.
Alamshar incorrect,i think the race was the Gold Flake Stakes when this lad won
Q15 Concentrate on the last three words of the clue
Q17 Cambridgeshire is a race as well as a county
Q21 Is a racecourse
will attack in earnest after racing today
Scores
Distant View 6
dj876 5
Monte Christo 3
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Guinness2dear 1
Alamshar incorrect,i think the race was the Gold Flake Stakes when this lad won
Q15 Concentrate on the last three words of the clue
Q17 Cambridgeshire is a race as well as a county
Q21 Is a racecourse
will attack in earnest after racing today
Scores
Distant View 6
dj876 5
Monte Christo 3
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Guinness2dear 1
Again flawed thinking from me.
The Lighthouse was a skyscraper that was due to be built in the Dubai Marina but the plans were shelved. Around the same time the Meydan City project with a marina and a racecourse was given the go ahead. Back to square one again!.
The Lighthouse was a skyscraper that was due to be built in the Dubai Marina but the plans were shelved. Around the same time the Meydan City project with a marina and a racecourse was given the go ahead. Back to square one again!.
Alamshar did win the Derrinstown. The Aga Khan super yacht "Alamshar" was ridiculed as being a carthorse due to the speed levels that it could achieve.
I thought it was like the naps competition and docked you a point for no selection,it has been rectified.
To speed things up i will give some clues and will start with Q1
The new clue is...News for the cardinal points and more than half an anagram.
To speed things up i will give some clues and will start with Q1
The new clue is...News for the cardinal points and more than half an anagram.
The word news comprises the cardinal points so in this case Eastern is E and part of the anagram.
Well done Oddball.The last three words of the clue were...that never was...The race that never was was won by Esha Ness ridden by poor John White,Esha Ness is a lighthouse off the coast of Scotland.
Q1 We have established Eastern is E also the rest is an anagram now find the Gold Cup winner.
Q1 We have established Eastern is E also the rest is an anagram now find the Gold Cup winner.
Q21 is a racecourse whose name changed,the first part is the old name the second part the new.
Distant View cracked Q8 at the srart but seems to have forgotten.
Oddball gets his third correct answer.Marshmallows sweets from our youth and a Cork goes in a bottle.
Oberon a fairy Midsummer Night's Dream...Shakespeare>> Stratford?
Correct about Oberon and your almost there,read your answer again.
Well done Oddball.Oberon king of the fairies your home can be your house so Fairyhouse.
Correct.Somewhere My Love is the song from Dr Zhivago,that book was written by Boris Pasternak.
Do any of you remember the Lloyds Bank Hurdle?
The tough quiz turned out too tough as five left unanswered.
Q7 The Clapton is Eric Clapton and the answer is an English trainer also an anagram.
Q13 A simple anagram
Q19 Another anagram
Q22 Yet another anagram
Q24 Two different horses named after the same feature in the wee county
An interesting aside to this question was the answer Harry Barker who apparently was runner up in both races as a jockey in the 1890s but much more recently the great Willie Robinson was second in the 1958 Derby on Paddys Point and won the 1964 Grand National on Team Spirit.
The World Hurdle is the connection between 13 and 19.
Q7 The Clapton is Eric Clapton and the answer is an English trainer also an anagram.
Q13 A simple anagram
Q19 Another anagram
Q22 Yet another anagram
Q24 Two different horses named after the same feature in the wee county
An interesting aside to this question was the answer Harry Barker who apparently was runner up in both races as a jockey in the 1890s but much more recently the great Willie Robinson was second in the 1958 Derby on Paddys Point and won the 1964 Grand National on Team Spirit.
The World Hurdle is the connection between 13 and 19.
Q22 Orchestra which was trained by John Oxx Snr.
Well done Monte Christo,carthorse is an anagram of Orchestra,he won the Gold Flake Stakes as it then was in the mid seventies.
Now for questions 13 and 19,the stayers hurdle at Cheltenham connects them.
Q13 is a trainer
Q19 is a horse
Now for questions 13 and 19,the stayers hurdle at Cheltenham connects them.
Q13 is a trainer
Q19 is a horse
Q13. Francois Doumen trainer of the great Baracouda
I assume that the first answer to 24 is the runner up to Teenoso.
Well done again,Inglis Drever an anagram of silvered ring and 3 time winner of World Hurdle with three different jockeys.
Dream Confusion = Francois Doumen
Q17.Eric Clapton a great guitarist now think of a recently deceased guitarist with the same name as an English trainer.
Well done Distant View correct but you have to name them.
Dream Confusion = Francois Doumen
Q17.Eric Clapton a great guitarist now think of a recently deceased guitarist with the same name as an English trainer.
Well done Distant View correct but you have to name them.
Gary Moore.
Is this something to do with the Old Grey Whistle Test?
Is this something to do with the Old Grey Whistle Test?
Thats the winner well done Distant View.
Eric Clapton was in a group called Cream and they had a song called White Room.
Gary Moore also a guitarist but his name is a anagram of a grey room and he shares his name with an English trainer.
Final Scores
Distant View 8
Monte Christo 7
dj876 5
Oddball 5
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Guinness2dear 1
Well done Distant View good win, now if i had asked some questions on the dogs it would have been no contest.
Eric Clapton was in a group called Cream and they had a song called White Room.
Gary Moore also a guitarist but his name is a anagram of a grey room and he shares his name with an English trainer.
Final Scores
Distant View 8
Monte Christo 7
dj876 5
Oddball 5
Catchmeifyoucan 3
Guinness2dear 1
Well done Distant View good win, now if i had asked some questions on the dogs it would have been no contest.
I would never have got the anagrams until they were pointed out. Even then I did not get Gary Moore as an anagram.
Oddball showed himself to be extremely knowledgeable during the brief time that he participated.
Oddball showed himself to be extremely knowledgeable during the brief time that he participated.
Distant Views answer to Gratis Guineas winner was inspired,he also cracked Q8 first pop with his answer of Fairy King.
I also liked Monte Christos answer of Fortina to Q4.
Great to see people with a knowledge and a genuine gra for racing,it is why i like this forum.
I also liked Monte Christos answer of Fortina to Q4.
Great to see people with a knowledge and a genuine gra for racing,it is why i like this forum.
Just a note on Inglis Drever - won 4 times in Cheltenham (albeit 3 grade 1's) with 4 different jocks.
Q25.Are there other horses with similiar TOP CLASS winning form with different jocks ??????????
Q25.Are there other horses with similiar TOP CLASS winning form with different jocks ??????????
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