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Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by newapproach, Dec 20, 2012.

  1. newapproach

    newapproach Member

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    I have some anagrams of racecourses in the UK for people to have a go at.

    edit: sorry i had to change the numbers

    1 sword in
    2 mint halo
    3 hot grey trauma
    4 tree to tux
    5 erect lies
    6 hamlet porn vow
    7 sweet clan
    8 snow mopeds
    9 screw tote
    10 A mint thong
    11 dodo go ow
    12 rat knew me
    13 burn yew
    14 welsh lout
    15 won bet on bat
    16 ex tree
    17 kent pork map
    18 raw wick
    19 yack dark hop
    20 do her ref
    21 beer levy
    22 rank mare set
    23 elm cart
    24 secret row
    25 don't cares
    26 he lent mach
    27 nun tonight
    28 beret why
    29 busy liars
    30 retches
    31 dr care
    32 hank fame
    33 back tiger direct
    34 naked pig frill
    35 defied legs
    36 act so
    37 word sank nap
    38 call sire
    39 Cpt fear not
    40 so elk
    41 dull ow
    42 snort for toad van
    43 brush me slug
    44 trainee
    45 wet chops
    46 prion
    47 no grab
    48 bro thing
    49 off lass
    50 pert lawn folk
    51 no soft leek
    52 not plump
    53 can not win
    54 Ton Aunt
    55 ray
     
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  2. OddDog

    OddDog Mild mannered janitor
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    Christ man give us a clue <yikes>
     
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    9. Catterick Bridge?
     
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    14. Epsom Downs
     
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    21. Great Yarmouth?
     
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  6. OddDog

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    It's a list of all UK racecourses in alphabetical order guys <ok>

    1 trainee = Aintree
    2 act so = Ascot
    3 ray = Ayr
    4 no grab = Bangor
    5 beer levy = Beverley
    6 bro thing = Brighton

    and so on :)
     
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    it's quite fun once you get your eye in. some from the bottom:

    38. plumpton

    47. taunton

    50. warwick

    52. wincanton
     
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  8. newapproach

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    <doh>

    I should have mixed them up!

    edit: mixed up now
     
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    49. Taunton

    These are too easy. 41 Ludlow, 40 Kelso etc
     
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    This is like our meals at the Buffalo Grill. 11. Goodwood Can you remove/highlight the ones that are done so we can concentrate on the difficult ones?
     
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    bored of this now! lol
     
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  13. Reebok

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    some of these names are better than the real ones <laugh>

    I particularly like Screw Tote (Uttoxeter I assume) <ok>
     
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    Towcester I think you'll find Reebs <ok>
     
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    1 sword in - Windsor
    2 mint halo - Hamilton
    3 hot grey trauma - Great Yarmouth
    4 tree to tux - Uttoxeter
    5 erect lies - Leicester
    6 hamlet porn vow - Wolverhampton
    7 sweet clan - Newcastle
    8 snow mopeds - Epsom Downs
    9 screw tote - Towcester
    10 A mint thong - Nottingham
    11 dodo go ow - Goodwood
    12 rat knew me - Newmarket
    13 burn yew - Newbury
    14 welsh lout - Southwell
    15 won bet on bat - Newton Abbot
    16 ex tree - Exeter
    17 kent pork map - Kempton Park
    18 raw wick - Warwick
    19 yack dark hop - Haydock Park
    20 do her ref - Hereford
    21 beer levy - Beverley
    22 rank mare set - Market Rasen
    23 elm cart - Cartmel
    24 secret row - Worcester
    25 don't cares - Doncaster
    26 he lent mach - Cheltenham
    27 nun tonight - Huntingdon (but you gave the wrong letters)
    28 beret why - Wetherby
    29 busy liars - Salisbury
    30 retches - Chester
    31 dr care - Redcar
    32 hank fame - Fakenham
    33 back tiger direct - Catterick Bridge
    34 naked pig frill - Lingfield Park
    35 defied legs - Sedgefield
    36 act so - Ascot
    37 word sank nap - Sandown Park
    38 call sire - Carlisle
    39 Cpt fear not - Pontefract
    40 so elk - Kelso
    41 dull ow - Ludlow
    42 snort for toad van - Stratford On Avon
    43 brush me slug - Musselburgh
    44 trainee - Aintree
    45 wet chops - Chepstow
    46 prion - Ripon
    47 no grab - Bangor
    48 bro thing - Brighton
    49 off lass - Ffos Las
    50 pert lawn folk - Fontwell Park
    51 no soft leek - Folkestone
    52 not plump - Plumpton
    53 can not win - Wincanton
    54 Ton Aunt - Taunton
    55 ray - Ayr
     
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  16. newapproach

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    Well done Stick and others, just three left....

    27 nun tonight -
    33 back tiger direct -
    34 naked pig frill -
     
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  17. stick

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    nun tonight is Huntingdon but you have given the wrong letters mate
    Catterick Bridge
    Lingfield Park
     
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  18. newapproach

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    Thanks NA, good fun. I am rubbish at quizzes but have this weird ability to solve wordwheels in seconds, word formations just seem to come to me. Complex thing the old grey matter!
     
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    Back from my grandson's school concert and it's all over. Oh well - next.
     
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