Horseracing 120290

Horseracing 120290 is a selection of 10 questions. Horseracing 120290 is the filename to differentiate it from other Sport and Leisure quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   What horse race was initially called the Bunbury Stakes?
A   The Derby Stakes – Sir Charles Bunbury was the “perpetual president” of the Jockey Club

2   Which racecourse stages the Coventry Stakes?
A   Ascot – Inaugurated 1890

3   On which course is The Bet365 Gold Cup run, the last major ‘race of the National Hunt season?

A   Sandown – a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase which is open to horses aged five years or older

4   The ‘Cambridgeshire’ and which other race make up the ‘Autumn Double’?
A   Caesarewitch – both introduced to the racing scene in the same year -1839

5   What American horse race is frequently referred to as ‘The Run For The Roses’?
A   Kentucky Derby – because a lush blanket of 554 red roses is awarded to the winner

6   Which Australian horse race is known as ‘The Race That Stops a Nation’?
A   Melbourne Cup – held on the first Tuesday in November

7   The Midlands Grand National is run on which racecourse?
A   Uttoxeter – since 1969 – The class 1 race run every March is the second longest race in the National Hunt calendar, second only to the famous Grand National

8   In which year did masked gunmen steal the racehorse Shergar from the Ballymany Stud in Ireland?
A   8th February 1983

9   Perth, Pontefract and which other horse racing venue in Great Britain begins with P?
A   Plumpton

10   Fontwell Park, Fakenham, Ffos Las and which other horse racing venue in Great Britain begins with F?
A   Folkestone