Not in any way related to the quiz but this popped up on YouTube today - good quality footage of Big Red's triple crown. Might be of historical interest.
Strange, is it because of lack of imagination or lack of tradition that they called Secretariat Big Red? I thought I'd be looking at Man o'War. Impressive, nonetheless.
Easy Question 3 A) Which horse is 2nd in 4a? 3p B) Which horse was 2nd in 4b? 3p C) Who was riding the grey horse in 4b? 4p
Nassau was in early and got 12 points (A4 x 2, and C2 X 2), Dexter picked up the bonus for Jim Joel's red cap and also scored 12 points. Tamerlo scored 10 points and Stick scored 4. Yes the 1968 Derby in which only 2 horses were priced at below 11-1. The favourite Sir Ivor, won from long-time leader Connaught (ridden by Barclay in Jim Joel's silks at 100-9) and Mount Athos was 3rd (at 40-1). O'Brien had backed Sir Ivor at 100-1 with William Hill in the Autumn of 1966 when the colt was still a yearling. Admittedly he backed 3 yearlings at 100-1 that day, but not a bad day's work. Dexter 32 points Nassau, Tamerlo 12 points Stich 4 points
Bustino, now who's guilty of a 'miserable response?' Those pics are just too easy and Dex must be desperate for sleep waiting for your very early am posting. I'll back off and give him the
Well you didn't like the other NH one. Thought I'd make it easy for you. The next one will be more difficult but you should know it. Even I think Kauto Star was better than Stalbridge Colinist
Question 3. Another Epsom finish A) Which horse is in 3rd place here (and indeed finished 3rd)? 5 points B) This horse came to the fore about 11 months earlier, when winning in Ireland and beating a two-times Classic winner, Who was that Classic Winner? 3 points C) Why might that Classic Winner have had special meaning to their trainer? 2 points The previous question has been scrubbed as too easy. No marks awarded though Dexter did get them all right.
Nobody answering this? OK. Horse in third is my favourite filly, Dahlia. The dual Classic winner was Mysterious. Special meaning for trainer,Murless, was that he trained her sire, Crepello - but also set a record of 6x 1000 Guineas winners for him.
Question 4 A fascinating photograph: Epsom again. It can only be one race but: A) who is the Jockey on the horse that's not started: 5 points B) Who is the horse ? 3 points C) Who is the trainer trying to get his horse on its way? 2 points
Question 3 Of course Tamerlo is correct on A and B. This is the 1974 Coronation Cup and odds-on favourite Dahlia finished 3rd. In July 1973 she caused a shock when defeating the 1000G and Oaks winner Mysterious. Yes she was by Crepello and trained by Noel Murless, but that's not the answer. What we didn't know at the time was that Mysterious was to be Murless's last Classic winner. As he said on his retirement in November 1976 'the Champagne cooler has a bird's nest in it'.
The 1974 Coronation Cup was seen as a walk in the park for Dahlia, with the other French challenger Tennyson believed to be his greatest threat. No-one in the small field of 5 wanted to make the running and the first furlong was farcical. After the furlong Dick Hollingsworth's Buoy took up the running at a slow pace and this continued until the top of the hill, when Buoy's jockey started him up at a decent gallop. Going down the hill he set Buoy alight such that entering the straight he was 10 lengths clear. He kept up that gallop until the furlong pole when he showed he was out on his feet. However The French had given him too much of a lead and he lasted home by more than a length from Tennyson. Not a great day for Dahlia and Tennyson's jockeys.
Bustino, that’s an dastardly depict! I’ll take a shot in the dark and go for Lester Piggott and Zucchero. For the trainer, I’ll try Paddy Prendergast, although Paddy would only be about 40 years old then. PS. The colours look like Victor Sassoon’s, but I don’t think he owned Zucchero.
I think that's an incredible photo. Yes, you are right Tamerlo, it's Zucchero (apparently a brilliant horse if he could be bothered) getting Lester Piggott's Derby journey off to an unfortunate start. Strangely enough his then trainer was Ken Cundell, who to many people is mostly famous for his NH horses, like Stalbridge Colonist. You are right Sassoon didn't own Zucchero, it was a Mr Rolls. Zucchero was by the equally frustrating but even more brilliant Nasrullah. 3 years later (1954) Lester rode the Nasrullah colt Never Say Die to win the Derby. Think I'll draw stumps on this competition and declare Dexter and Tamerlo joint winners..
Hi, Bustino, but who is the trainer leading the other horse? I must admit, I found the photo incredibly difficult. The one thing that prompted me to guess Zucchero was the size of the field- seeing the number 28 on one of the runners. Obviously therefore a much, much larger field than normal. And I remember reading that Piggott was left at the start in his first Derby.
OK, Bustino, here's one for you- and everybody else. Not very difficult. Name the first two horses...
