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How much do you know about Horse Racing? | Quiz

Random hodgepodge of horse racing information. Questions about tracks, races, horses, and even announcers!

A multiple-choice quiz by bsd987. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bsd987

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
287,864

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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546

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Question 1 of 10

1. What former Duke Blue Devil owned 2001 Fountain of Youth winner, Songandaprayer? Hint

Christian Laettner

Antonio Lang

Kenny Blakeney

Bobby Hurley

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which track did not host a graded stakes during the 1990s? Hint

Fairmount Park

Thistledown

Canterbury Downs

Ak-Sar-Ben

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did Latonia Race Course have its name changed to in 1986? Hint

Emerald Downs

Turfway Park

Mountaineer Race Track

The Downs at Albuquerque

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these states did not have a horse that was bred in it, win the Kentucky Derby during the first 130 runnings? Hint

Georgia

Missouri

Tennessee

Montana

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Question 5 of 10

5. What long-time Gulfstream Park track announcer was known as, "The Voice"?

Answer: (Two words or just surname)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What track operates the Tropical Park meet each year? Hint

Gulfstream Park

Calder Race Course

Hialeah Park

Tampa Bay Downs

7. On June 11, 2005, Eddie Castro won 9 races from 11 mounts on Calder's 13 race card, to become the first jockey in North America to win 9 races on a single card. However, he was not the first N.A. jockey to win 9 races on a day. Who accomplished this first?

Answer: (Two words or just surname)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which horse that hadn't run in 14 months, ran dead last in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf? Hint

Arcangues

Zippy Chippy

Rick's Natural Star

Kuttingedgekid

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these horses has never won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Steeplechase Horse and the Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase? Hint

Double Bill

Highland Bud

Lonesome Glory

Morley Street

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the last horse of the 20th century to race in only two triple crown races, and win them both?

Answer: (Two Words only. It happened before 1950)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What former Duke Blue Devil owned 2001 Fountain of Youth winner, Songandaprayer?

Answer: Bobby Hurley

Hurley and his wife purchased the colt as a two-year-old.

2. Which track did not host a graded stakes during the 1990s?

Answer: Fairmount Park

Canterbury Downs, later Canterbury Park, hosted a slew of graded events before the track closed down for a year in the mid-90s. Both the Ohio Derby and the Thistledown Breeders' Cup were graded in the decade. Ak-Sar-Ben hosted a few graded stakes before the track closed in the mid-90s.

3. What did Latonia Race Course have its name changed to in 1986?

Answer: Turfway Park

Latonia was rechristened as Turfway Park in 1986 after being sold.

4. Which of these states did not have a horse that was bred in it, win the Kentucky Derby during the first 130 runnings?

Answer: Georgia

Tennessee has had three derby winners, all before 1900.

5. What long-time Gulfstream Park track announcer was known as, "The Voice"?

Answer: Ross Morton

Morton was the Gulfstream announcer from 1972-1994. He also called at Hialeah Park in the late 1970s, and Finger Lakes from the track's opening in 1962 until his death in 2008.

6. What track operates the Tropical Park meet each year?

Answer: Calder Race Course

Calder had been running the meet since Tropical Park closed in the 1970s.

Answer: Chris Antley

On October 31, 1987, the late Chris Antley won 4 races during the day at Aqueduct, and 5 that night at the Meadowlands.

8. Which horse that hadn't run in 14 months, ran dead last in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf?

Answer: Rick's Natural Star

He was entered, because by a loophole he was eligible and his owner did it for the publicity. The horse was battling for the lead 1/3 of the way in before being eased up the rest of the way.

9. Which of these horses has never won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Steeplechase Horse and the Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase?

Answer: Double Bill

Double Bill won numerous stakes races, but he never won either the Eclipse Award or the Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase, which the other three all did in the 1990s.

10. Who was the last horse of the 20th century to race in only two triple crown races, and win them both?

Answer: Bold Venture

In 1936, Bold Venture won the Derby and the Preakness, but did not enter the Belmont Stakes. Seven horses have won the Preakness and the Belmont while two have won the Derby and the Preakness. No horse had won both the Derby and the Belmont without at least racing in the Preakness.

Source: Author bsd987

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