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9 Race Tracks quizzes and 90 Race Tracks trivia questions.
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  Horse Track Announcers   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let's see how much you know about the legendary announcers of yesterday and today.
Tough, 10 Qns, bsd987, May 15 10
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  Standardbred Horse Tracks   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Quiz about standardbred horse tracks.
Average, 10 Qns, bsd987, Dec 20 18
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Dec 20 18
360 plays
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  Horse Racing Tracks Test    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A general quiz regarding thoroughbred racing facilities in the United States and Canada.
Average, 10 Qns, dcd15401, Feb 08 15
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  10 Questions about Horse Racing Tracks    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the different horse racing tracks around the USA.
Average, 10 Qns, josethrac, Aug 11 16
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  Delaware Park 2007    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on Delaware Park's 2007 meeting.
Average, 10 Qns, yzzerdd, Jan 15 09
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148 plays
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  Santa Anita Park    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Santa Anita Park, one of the most beautiful horse racing tracks in the United States, opened in 1907. Test your knowledge of some of the races held there.
Difficult, 10 Qns, ddandelion70, May 27 08
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538 plays
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  Delaware Park 2008    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the 2008 meet at Delaware Park.
Average, 10 Qns, yzzerdd, Jan 15 09
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yzzerdd
159 plays
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  Pimlico 2007    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the Pimlico 2007 meet.
Tough, 10 Qns, yzzerdd, Jan 16 09
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157 plays
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  Monmouth Park 2007    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the Monmouth Park 2007 meet.
Average, 10 Qns, yzzerdd, Jan 17 09
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trivia question Quick Question
What legend called Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed when they completed their Triple Crown sweeps?

From Quiz "Horse Track Announcers"





Race Tracks Trivia Questions
1. Which track in New York state has a half-mile oval, is home to the second leg of the pacing Triple Crown, the Messenger Stakes, and is known for running races at 1 and 1/16 miles multiple times a night?

From Quiz Standardbred Horse Tracks

Answer: Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers Raceway is also home to the aptly name Yonkers Trot, part of the trotting Triple Crown.

2. What legend called Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed when they completed their Triple Crown sweeps?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Chic Anderson

Anderson suffered a massive heart attack and died in 1978, ending his illustrious career for NYRA. Henson called at Hollywood Park until 1983, Georgeff in Illinois until 1991, and Hernandez was the long-time Santa Anita announcer until 1972.

3. What track hosted the West Virgina Breeders Classic in 2005?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Charles Town

Located on the eastern tip of WV near the border with Virgina.

4. What jockey won the Santa Anita Derby seven times between 1993 and 2003?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: Gary Stevens & Stevens

His winners are Personal Hope in 1993, Brocco in 1994, Larry The Legend in 1995, Indian Charlie in 1998, General Challenge in 1999, Point Given in 2001, and Buddy Gil in 2003.

5. Which track is known for its hillside turf course?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Santa Anita Park

The course, located in Arcadia, Calif., includes another unique feature to American oval racing -- a right turn.

6. Who had an exclusive contract with ABC, allowing him to call the Kentucky Derby from 1978-1980, and 1987-2000?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Dave Johnson

Johnson also called many other stakes races for ESPN/ABC in addition to his regular duties at the Meadowlands.

7. In 2004, which track hosted the Breeders Cup?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Lone Star

Located in-between Dallas and Fort Worth.

8. Corey Nakatani won what race two years in a row aboard Romarin?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: San Gabriel Handicap

Corey also rode Martiniquais in 1997, to finish in a dead heat with Rainbow Blues.

9. What was the only track outside of the United States to play host to the Breeders Cup in its first 20 years?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Woodbine

Woodbine, located near Toronto, played host to the 1996 event.

10. Niatross is widely considered one of the best if not the best pacer of all time, winning 37 of his 39 lifetime races. At what Kentucky track did he race a time trial in 1:49 1/5, breaking the world record by nearly three seconds in the process?

From Quiz Standardbred Horse Tracks

Answer: The Red Mile

The Red Mile is located in the thoroughbred hot bed of Lexington, home to Keeneland. It is, however, a top-level standardbed track and the second-oldest in the United States. The Kentucky Futurity, the second leg of the trotting Triple Crown, is run annually at the Red Mile. Hazel Park is in Michigan and Scioto Downs is in Ohio.

11. Who called the Kentucky Derby for the patrons at Churchill Downs from 1976-1995?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Mike Battaglia

Battaglia was the Churchill Downs announcer until he was replaced by Kurt Becker in 1996. He would, however, continue to call at Turfway.

12. Where is the Hambletonian raced?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Meadowlands

2004 winner was Windsong's Legacy.

13. What horse won the Senator Ken Maddy Handicap in 1993?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: Toussaud

A Grade 3 for fillies and mares three-years-old and up, the race is run at 61/2 furlongs over a turf course. It was first run in 1969 and has been graded since 1998.

14. In 2004, Windsong's Legacy won the trotting Triple Crown, becoming the first horse since Super Bowl in 1972 to accomplish the feat. He won the first leg, the Hambletonian, at which New Jersey race track?

From Quiz Standardbred Horse Tracks

Answer: The Meadowlands

The Hambletonian started being held annually at the Meadowlands since 1981. Previously, it was held at the Illinois State Fair at DuQuoin.

15. Who called the races for NYRA (Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga) in the 1980s until being replaced by Tom Durkin in 1990?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Marshall Cassidy

Cassidy was known for his slow, precise calls. He was only 45 years old when he was forced to retire.

16. Which track did Smarty Jones race at before winning the Kentucky Derby?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Oaklawn Park

Smarty won the first two legs of the Triple Crown before retiring to Three Chimneys Farm.

17. Silver Charm set a stakes record for what 1 1/8 mile race in 1998?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: Strub Stakes

Silver Charm also set a stakes recoed for the San Vincente Stakes in 1997, running seven furlongs in 1:21.07.

18. At what California track was legendary jockey Johnny Longden's last race?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Santa Anita

Longden won the 1966 San Juan Capistrano Invitational aboard George Royal.

19. Who became the first announcer in Keeneland history in 1996?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Kurt Becker

Mike Battaglia had called the races for the simulcast since the mid-1980s, but once the track installed the PA system, the track hired Becker.

20. The Arkansas Derby was run at which park in 2004?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Oaklawn

Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, and Sir Cherokee were three previous winners.

21. The Santa Ynez Stakes is a race held for who?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: 3-year old fillies

This race is a Grade 2. It was first held in 1952. The stakes record, held by Terlingua, is 1:21.20 (for 7 furlongs).

22. Which track plays host to the Haskell Invitational?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Monmouth Park.

The Haskell, a prominent race for 3-year-olds is run at the Oceanport, N.J. track.

23. While most tracks are geographically in the northeast, which standardbred facility is located in South Florida, the only standardbred track in the state?

From Quiz Standardbred Horse Tracks

Answer: Pompano Park

While all four are located in Florida, the other three are greyhound tracks. Pompano Park in Broward County is the only standardbred facility in Florida.

24. Who called every race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, from 1974 through 2008?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Terry Wallace

Wallace called over 19,000 consecutive races during that time period.

25. Across from which track did the Horse Racing Hall of Fame reside?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Saratoga

Saratoga Springs in upstate New York.

26. The 2000 San Felipe Stakes was won by what horse?

From Quiz Santa Anita Park

Answer: Fusaichi Pegasus

This is a Grade 2, 1 1/16 mile race run over dirt. Prime Timber won it in 1999 and Point Given in 2001. The Deputy came in second to Fusaichi Pegasus.

27. Which track was known as the "Graveyard of Favorites?"

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Saratoga

"The Spa," in upstate New York, has played host to many upsets, including Man-O-War's only loss -- to a horse named Upset.

28. Which Chicago area one-mile oval used to have thoroughbred racing in addition to harness racing until 1991, when it became exclusively a harness track?

From Quiz Standardbred Horse Tracks

Answer: Balmoral Park

Balmoral Park and Maywood alternate throughout the year between themselves, with Balmoral having Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, then Maywood having the rest of the week.

29. What announcer is best known for his ability to impersonate other announcers, which landed him the job of Santa Anita announcer for the movie, "Seabiscuit"?

From Quiz Horse Track Announcers

Answer: Frank Mirahmadi

Dave Rodman, who is the Pimlico announcer, reenacted the Pimlico special match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral.

30. Which track hosted one of the biggest sales of yearlings in 2004?

From Quiz Horse Racing Tracks

Answer: Keeneland

It is located in Kentucky.

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