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Sixteen Wins in a Row Trivia Quiz

On April 26, 2008, Peppers Pride won her 16th consecutive race to tie the North American record for most consecutive races won by a horse with a saddled jockey. This quiz is about the first five horses to accomplish the feat.

A multiple-choice quiz by bsd987. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bsd987

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
289,049

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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285

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1950, which horse became the first North American thoroughbred to win 16 races in a row when he won his 5-year-old debut?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. The first horse to win 16 consecutive races wasn't retired until he was a 6-year old, because his connections wanted him to set a record for career earnings. Which race did he win in his final career race? Hint

Pimlico Special

Santa Anita Handicap

Hollywood Gold Cup

Golden Gate Mile Handicap

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 1990, Mister Frisky was shipped to Santa Anita in California with a career record of 13 wins in 13 lifetime races in Puerto Rico. He won his first two stakes races at Santa Anita before winning which Grade I event to tie the 40-year old mark for most consecutive wins? Hint

San Rafael Stakes

San Marcos Stakes

San Vicente Stakes

Santa Anita Derby

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Question 4 of 10

4. Mister Frisky was shipped to Louisville for his attempt at 17 wins in a row, but was defeated as the post time favorite in the Kentucky Derby. Who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby to hand Mister Frisky his first lifetime defeat? Hint

Unbridled

Go And Go

Summer Squall

Pleasant Tap

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Question 5 of 10

5. Cigar won his 16th race in a row in 1996 in which aptly-named stakes race? Hint

Remington Got Country Grip Challenge Stakes

Santa Anita Mister Frisky Challenge Stakes

Arlington Citation Challenge Stakes

Evangeline Hallowed Dreams Challenge Stakes

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Question 6 of 10

6. Cigar could not break the record, as he lost in his bid for 17 in a row. In which race did longshot Dare And Go upset Cigar to end his record-tying streak? Hint

Michigan Mile Handicap

Longacres Mile Stakes

Pacific Classic Stakes

Whitney Handicap

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Question 7 of 10

7. The fourth horse to win 16 consecutive races was Hallowed Dreams who won all 16 races during her streak. In which state was she born? Hint

Louisiana

Oklahoma

Texas

Florida

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Question 8 of 10

8. At which track did Hallowed Dreams's winning streak end in 2000? Hint

Fair Grounds

Oaklawn Park

Delta Downs

Evangeline Downs

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2008, Got Country Grip became the first non-thoroughbred with a saddled jockey to win 16 consecutive North American races, when the five-year old gelding won an allowance race at Remington Park. What breed of horse is Got Country Grip? Hint

Mule

Appaloosa

Paint

Quarter Horse

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Question 10 of 10

10. Like the four thoroughbreds before him, Got Country Grip lost in his bid for 17 wins in a row. Which horse that he had beaten in win number 16, defeated him on April 18, 2008, in the Mr. Lewie Memorial Handicap at Remington Park? Hint

Moon Bully

Blue Oyster Cult

Bust N Moves

Tisa Arrow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1950, which horse became the first North American thoroughbred to win 16 races in a row when he won his 5-year-old debut?

Answer: Citation

Citation, who two years earlier became the U.S.'s eighth Triple Crown winner, did not race as a four-year old in 1949 due to injury, but came back strong in 1950 to establish his record that would not be touched for 40 years.

Answer: Hollywood Gold Cup

Citation won the Hollywood Gold Cup in 1951, the final race of his legendary career. He won the Pimlico Special in 1948 at the age of three.

Answer: Santa Anita Derby

Mister Frisky's win in the 1990 Santa Anita Derby would be the last win in his 20-race career. He would record one second and two third place finishes after this race.

Answer: Unbridled

Mister Frisky finished a disappointing eighth. Two weeks later, he ran third to Summer Squall in the Preakness. He did not race again due to illness for more than a year. As a four-year old, Mister Frisky lost two races and was retired to stud.

5. Cigar won his 16th race in a row in 1996 in which aptly-named stakes race?

Answer: Arlington Citation Challenge Stakes

Arlington Park offered a huge purse in an effort to lure Cigar to the Chicago-area track for his race, to equal Citation's record of 16 straight wins set in 1950. He won the race in the process, becoming the third North American thoroughbred to win 16 races in a row.

6. Cigar could not break the record, as he lost in his bid for 17 in a row. In which race did longshot Dare And Go upset Cigar to end his record-tying streak?

Answer: Pacific Classic Stakes

Cigar was shipped to Del Mar in Southern California for the sixth running of the Pacific Classic Stakes, but finished a surprising second. As an interesting side fact, The Michigan Mile Handicap, which was run at Detroit Race Course was actually contested at 1-1/8 miles despite the name.

7. The fourth horse to win 16 consecutive races was Hallowed Dreams who won all 16 races during her streak. In which state was she born?

Answer: Louisiana

She would not race outside of Louisiana until well after the streak was over. As a four-year old, she was shipped to Lone Star Park at Grande Prairie in Texas, winning the Miller Light Stakes. That victory made it five in a row and 21 out of 22 lifetime.

8. At which track did Hallowed Dreams's winning streak end in 2000?

Answer: Evangeline Downs

Hallowed Dreams lost the Millennium Stakes at Evangeline Downs to suffer her first career defeat.

Answer: Paint

Got Country Grip was already a two-time world champion paint horse before he won his 16th consecutive race, an allowance race for paints and appaloosas. The record is specifically for horses with saddled jockeys because standardbred horses race with the driver in a sulky behind the horse. Got Country Grip would have still been 19 wins shy of Bret Hanover's mark of 35 consecutive standardbred wins from 1964-1965.

Answer: Bust N Moves

Got Country Grip lost by 3/4 of a length carrying 10 pounds more than Bust N Moves. His reign as the last horse to win 16 consecutive races would be very short, as just eight days after his loss, Peppers Pride equaled the record.

Source: Author bsd987

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