Royal Ascot brainteasers
Friday 12 June 2015 09:55, UK
Test your knowledge with our quiz ahead of the start of Royal Ascot 2015 on Tuesday.
Questions
1. Name the three jockeys who steered the incredible Yeats to his record-breaking four consecutive victories in the Gold Cup.
2. Which horse finished an 11-length second to Frankel in the 2012 Queen Anne Stakes?
3. Valentino second, Medicean third. Name the memorable winner of the 2000 running of the St James's Palace Stakes.
4. Which filly won the Queen Mary Stakes in 2001 for Mick Channon and retired unbeaten after five races?
5. Which American jockey steered Dubai Millennium to his Prince of Wales's Stakes success in millennium year?
6. Which horse won the 2008 Golden Jubilee Stakes and only last month secured a seventh career success?
7. Which Irish stayer won both the Ascot Stakes and the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot three years ago?
8. Sole Power bids to become the first horse ever to win the King's Stand three times on Tuesday. Which other horse won it twice in the last decade?
9. Which horse gave Sir Michael Stoute a record eighth success in the Hardwicke Stakes 12 months ago?
10. Bryan Smart trained which horse to 2006 Coventry Stakes glory?
11. Aidan O'Brien's first ever Royal Ascot winner came in the 1997 Coventry Stakes. Name the horse.
12. Andre Fabre has not had a winner at the meeting since which horse in 2010?
13. How many times has Frankie Dettori won the Gold Cup?
14. Saeed bin Suroor dominated the Queen Anne Stakes between 1996 and 1999. Can you name his four winners?
15. How many Royal Ascot winners has jumps maestro Nicky Henderson had, and can you name them?
Answers
1. Kieren Fallon, Mick Kinane and Johnny Murtagh (twice).
2. Excelebration.
3. Giant's Causeway.
4. Queen's Logic.
5. Jerry Bailey.
6. Kingsgate Native.
7. Simenon.
8. Equiano (2008 and 2010).
9. Telescope.
10. Hellvelyn.
11. Harbour Master.
12. Byword (Prince of Wales's Stakes)
13. Five.
14. Charnwood Forest (1996), Allied Forces (1997), Intikhab (1998) and Cape Cross (1999)
15. Three (Caracciola, Veiled and Forgotten Voice)
