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Well done to Ken (West Derby) and Adrian who between them answered most of the questions correctly – great stuff lads and thanks again to jinnyj for providing an excellent set of questions.
Q1. Which Newmarket Trainers train from the following stables:
a) Heath House b) Carlburg Stables c) La Grange Stables d) Freemason LodgeQ1 Answer – a) Sir Mark Prescott b) Clive Brittain c) Ed Dunlop e) Sir Michael Stoute
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Q2. Which famous racehorse and later stallion has a statue outside the Jockey Club Rooms on Newmarket High Street?Q2 Answer – Hyperion
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Q3 In Bob Rolf’s 4PP how many points would four winners at 2/1 score?Q3 Answer – 40 points[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q4. Which well-loved stayer has a statue at the Rowley Mile Racecourse?
Q4 Answer – Persian Punch.[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q5. Which horse’s skeleton is found in the Horse Racing Museum?
Q5 Answer – Eclipse. [/color:pxikkyfi]
Q6. Which King is the Rowley Mile Racecourse named after?
Q6 Answer – Charles II
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Q7. Name this years Offical TRF Football Team – and for a bouns point what league do they play in?Q7 Answer – Wick Academy – The Highland League[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q8. What is the significance of the Boys Grave in early June?
Q8 Answer – The flowers laid on it by an anonymous gypsy are supposed to predict the colours of the forthcoming Derby winner. [/color:pxikkyfi]
Q9. Which French horse was disqualified from the 1980 2,000 Guineas?
Q9 Answer – Nureyev. [/color:pxikkyfi]
Q10. Which horse was awarded the race?
Q10 Answer – Known Fact.
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Q11 What is the name of the famous grass gallops to be found alongside the road towards Bury St Edmunds in Newmarket?Q11 Answer – The Limekilns.[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q12 Name these two TRF’ers and for a bonus point where can they regularly be heard?
Q12 Answer – Rory & Graysonscolumn – Timeform Radio[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q13. What is the bank & ditch that lies between the 2 racecourses called?
Q13 Answer – The Devils Dyke.
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Q14 Who is the only female British trainer to have trained a Classic winner and for a bouns points what was the horse, race & year?Q14 Answer – Pam Sly – Speciosa, 1,000 Guineas, 2006
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Q15 How many Jockey Club Cups did Further Flight win?Q15 Answer – 5.
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Q16. Who trained the following 2,000 Guineas winners:
a)Entrepreneur b)Wollow c)Island Sands d)Zino e)Cockney Rebel –Q16 Answer a)Sir Michael Stoute b)Henry Cecil c)Saeed Bin Surror d)Francois Boutin e)Geoff Huffer[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q17 Who trained the following 1,000 Guineas winners:
a) Miesque b) Oh So Sharp c)Las Meninas d)Natagora e)LahanQ17 Answer – a)Criquette Head b)Henry Cecil c)Tommy Stack d)Pascal Bary e)John Gosden[/color:pxikkyfi]
Q18 Which Newmarket based jockey was known as the “Tin Man?”
Q18 Answer – Fred Archer.
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Q19 Which horse won the very first 2,000 Guineas and what was the year?Q19 Answer -Wizard in 1809. [/color:pxikkyfi]
Q20 What is the traditional edible prize for the winner of the Newmarket Town Plate?
Q20 Answer – Newmarket Sausages!
[/color:pxikkyfi]Well, I never! That Graysoncolumn is a very dapper looking guy, isn’t he? Has all the hallmarks of a well-read and sophisticated gent.
For those not familiar with them Jeremy (Graysonscolumn) is the one with glasses and a dark jacket…
Well, I never! That Graysoncolumn is a very dapper looking guy, isn’t he? Has all the hallmarks of a well-read and sophisticated gent.
Nope, I’m the ugly tool to the left of the well-read and sophisticated gent as you look at it.
Still haven’t an earthlys where CupCompetition got the photo from. Or what that thin black thing hanging off my neck is.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
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