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1. What champion horse won the 1971 VRC Caulifield Cup?
2. What horse fell and suffered servious injury in the 1973 Golden Slipper but returned to racing and won both the 1973 AJC Derby and the 1973 VRC Sires Produce Stakes?
3. What horse won the Caulfield Cup twice (1977 & 1980) and the VRC Australian Cup twice and, upon retirement, became a clerk of the course horse for many years afterwards?
4. Bart Cummings, the "Cup King", trained how many Melbourne Cup winners during the 1970s?
5. Which champion won the two year old Triple Crown in 1977 (STC Golden Slipper, AJC Sires Produce Stake and AJC Champagne Stakes)?
6. What champion 'crowd drawing' racehorse won both the 1972 and 1973 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes?
7. The 1984 Melbourne Cup was won by Black Knight. His sire, Silver Knight, won the Melbourne Cup in which year?
8. What Champion racehorse trained by T. J. Smith began his amazing race career on the 12th March 1979 in the STC Alfalfa Handicap and ran last?
9. What Australian jockey began his race riding career in 1974 at Cessnock and n 2008 became Australia's most winningest jockey?
10. The AJC Spring Champion Stakes was first run in what year?
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