The appetite doesnt need any more whetting but if you fancy a break from the endless hours of form studying have a go at this little quiz. Good luck, try not to cheat. Answers will be posted on Monday evening. 1) Which is the only Festival race ever to have been divided? 2) Who is the only horse to win consecutive races at the Festival? 3) Who is the only Arkle winner ever to go on to win a Gold Cup? 4) Which Arkle winner recorded the fastest time? 5) Who is the last person to both ride and train a Champion Hurdle winner? 6) Who designed the cross country course? 7) How many Festival winners did David Nicholson have as a jockey? 8) Which National Hunt Chase winner subsequently won the Irish Grand National? 9) Who is the only horse to win the Neptune and the RSA? 10) Who is the only jockey to ride three RSA winners? 11) Who is the oldest horse to win a Queen Mother? 12) Name the last favourite to win a Coral Cup? 13) Willie Mullins saddled how many runners in the 2009 Bumper? 14) Which of them was the first one to finish? 15) Where was the Triumph Hurdle originally run up to 1965? 16) Who was the last filly to win the Triumph Hurdle? 17) Who was the last six year old to win the Gold Cup? 18) The first Gold Cup was in 1924. How much was the winning prizemoney? 19) Who was the last horse to win the Foxhunters twice? 20) Which two horses have won the Grand Annual and a Champion Chase?
1. Hurricane year, 2009 ? 2. Montelado (bumper and following years Supreme) 11. Moscow Flyer ? 12. Illnamar ? not sure if he was the Pipe handicap plot, if not maybe Olympian ? 17. Long Run 19. Fantus ?
Sorry just re-read Q1, by race divided do you mean separate divisions ? We had this the other day, Supreme - had 2 divs upto the early 70s though some forumite said there used to be 3 divs....