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2 Breeders Cup quizzes and 20 Breeders Cup trivia questions.
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  Breeders Cup    
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 10 Qns
Love Horse Racing? Test your knowledge of Breeders Cup winners. I hope you enjoy.
Difficult, 10 Qns, ddandelion70, Mar 09 06
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ddandelion70
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  Breeders Cup Mania    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you think you know the Breeders Cup, give this one a try.
Difficult, 10 Qns, RealQuiet98, Feb 02 06
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Breeders Cup Trivia Questions
1. The Breeders Cup was first held in what year?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: 1984

The Breeders Cup, also known as The World Thoroughbred Championships, is held every fall (usually in October). It brings champions from all over the world to compete in races like the Classic, the Juvenile, the Mile, and more. These horses are the best of the best.

2. What horse ran second in the 1988 Breeders Cup Juvenile?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Easy Goer

Is It True trained By D. Wayne Lukas won the race. Easy Goer went on to run second in the KY Derby and Preakness to Sunday Silence, but he spoiled Sunday Silence's bid for the Triple Crown when he won the Belmont Stakes.

3. The inaugural Breeders Cup was held at what racetrack?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Hollywood Park

Every year the races are held at a different track, but the first one in 1984 was at Hollywood because they wanted to have it somewhere with a nice warm climate.

4. What jockey rode Da Hoss the 1st time he won the Breeders Cup Mile in 1996?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Gary Stevens

Da Hoss won the race again in 1998 with John Velazquez aboard.

5. Who won the first ever Breeders Cup Classic?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Wild Again

1984: Slew O Gold came in second, Gate Dancer in third (he ran second but was disqualified to third).

6. Who trained 1989 Breeders Cup Turf Winner "Prized"?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Neil Drysdale

Eddy Delahoussayee was aboard for the win. Eddy Delahoussayee also rode 1992 Horse Of The Year A.P. Indy for Neil Drysdale.

7. What horse, ridden by Mike Smith, won the Breeders Cup Classic in 1997?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Skip Away

Skip Away broke the record that year, running the 1 1/4 mile race in 1:59.16.

8. In the 1987 Breeders Cup Classic, what horse ran second?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Alysheba

Ferdinand won the race. It was the 1st time in Breeders Cup history that 2 KY Derby winners went against each other, but the next year Alysheba went on to win the Breeders Cup Classic.

9. What horse beat out Alysheba to win the Breeders Cup Classic in 1987?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Ferdinand

He went on to win Horse of the Year Honors that same year. He was killed inhumanely in 2003 at the age of 19, after standing at stud in Japan. He was a great Champion.

10. What horse ran 3rd in the 1996 Breeders Cup Classic?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Cigar

Cigar had won the 1995 Breeders Cup, but ran a close 3rd to longshot Alphabet Soup at Woodbine in 1996.

11. What jockey was aboard Personal Ensign when she won the 1988 Breeders Cup Distaff?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Randy Romero

Personal Ensign got to the lead in her last few jumps as she beat the KY Derby winner that year. Who happened to be a filly named Winning Colors.

12. What horse came in second in the BC Mile in 1988, then came back one year later to win it?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Steinlen

Cozzene came in third in 1984 and won it in '85. Miesque won it in 1987 and '88. Snow Dancer came in second to Miesque in 1987.

13. What jockey guided Sheikh Albadou when he won the 1991 Sprint?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Pat Eddery

He was a 26-1 longshot when he won this race pulling away by 3 lengths.

14. What 1998 BC Juvenile Fillies winner was named after a beer?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Silverbulletday

Silverbulletday was named after Coor's Light Beer.

15. What jockey guided 1990 Breeders Cup Mile winner Royal Academy to victory?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Lester Piggott & Piggott

He is considered the Bill Shoemaker of British Racing.

16. What horse won his second BC Mile in 1998?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Da Hoss

Da Hoss won his first BC Mile in 1996 with Gary Stevens aboard.

17. How many lengths did Inside Information win by when she won the 1995 Breeders Cup Distaff?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: 13 1/2

She was trained by the same trainer who led Personal Ensign to her undefeated record. He goes by Shug.

18. What 1989 BC Juvenile Fillies winner has a race named after her at Saratoga Racecourse?

From Quiz Breeders Cup

Answer: Go For Wand

Ironically, it was at the Breeders Cup in 1990 that, while running in the Distaff, Go For Wand broke down in the home stretch. The 1 1/8 mile Go For Wand Handicap, renamed in her honor is run in July at Saratoga Racecourse in New York.

19. What jockey guided Skip Away to his 1997 Breeders Cup Classic win?

From Quiz Breeders Cup Mania

Answer: Mike Smith

Skip Away also set the record for fastest Breeders Cup Classic when he came home in 1:59.16 He is second on the all time career money earnings.

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