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Question 1 Who am I? Answer: Sir Henry Cecil, trainer of a combined nine 1000 & 2000 Guineas winners, including the unbeaten Frankel Question 3 Which letter marks the start of both the 1000 and 2000 Guineas? Answer: B - which is the 1 mile start on the Rowley Mile Course. (A is the 6f start / C is the 1m2f start / D is the 7f start on the July Course) Question 2 Name the horse Answer: Brigadier Gerard, who won seventeen of his eighteen races including the 1971 2000 Guineas under Joe Mercer Question 4 Name the two trainers Answer: Sir Michael Stoute (top) multiple winner of both Guineas and Peter Chapple-Hyam (bottom) who won the 2000 Guineas with Rodrigo de Triano in 1992 Question 5 What connected this filly's win at Doncaster in Autumn with the 1000 Guineas in spring that same year? Answer: In 1985, Oh So Sharp completed the fillies’ ‘Triple Crown’ of 1000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger QUIZ ANSWERS GUINEAS 1000 & 2000

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Page 1: 1000 & 2000 GUINEAS QUIZ ANSWERS Index... · 2020. 9. 27. · Sue Magnier, wife of Coolmore owner John Magnier, the horse won the 2000 Guineas in 2002 but Ferguson & Magnier became

Question 1Who am I?

Answer:Sir Henry Cecil, trainer of a combinednine 1000 & 2000 Guineas winners, including the unbeaten Frankel

Question 3Which letter marks the start of both the 1000 and 2000 Guineas?

Answer:B - which is the 1 mile start on the Rowley Mile Course.(A is the 6f start / C is the 1m2f start / D is the 7f start on the July Course)

Question 2Name the horse

Answer:Brigadier Gerard, who won seventeen of his eighteenraces including the 1971 2000 Guineas under Joe Mercer

Question 4Name the two trainers

Answer:Sir Michael Stoute(top) multiple winner of both Guineas and Peter Chapple-Hyam(bottom) who won the 2000 Guineas with Rodrigo de Triano in 1992

Question 5What connected this filly's win at Doncaster inAutumn with the 1000 Guineas in spring that same year?

Answer:In 1985, Oh So Sharp completed the fillies’‘Triple Crown’ of 1000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger

QUIZ ANSWERSGUINEAS1000 & 2000

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Question 6Name the stable jockey

Answer:Kieren Fallon, who had spells with all three top trainers, winning the 1000 & 2000 Guineas a combinednine times (athough one of those was for Richard Hannon Jr.)

Question 8In terms of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas, which ofthese three jockeys is the odd one out and why?

Answer:Jimmy Lindley (right) is the odd one out - he won the 2000 Guineas butnever the 1000. Lester Piggot (le�) and Willie Carson (centre) won both

Question 7Why did this 1000 Guineas winner make the record books?

Answer:In 2018, Billesdon Brook, trained by Richard Hannon Jr.became the longest-priced winner of the race, returning at 66/1

Question 9Which one is the Rowley Mile?

Answer:B - Rowley Mile, Newmarket. (A is Epsom / C is York / D is Ascot)

Question 10Which horse is about to stride clear in this renewal of the 1000 Guineas?

Answer:A - Hermosa in 2019, ridden by Wayne Lordan & trained by Aidan O'Brien

QUIZ ANSWERSGUINEAS1000 & 2000

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Question 11Name the horse

Answer: Rock of Gibraltar. Part owned by Sir Alex Ferguson and Sue Magnier, wife of Coolmore owner John Magnier, the horse won the 2000 Guineas in 2002 but Ferguson & Magnier became embroiled in a bitter legal despute over stud rights

Question 13Always respected. Qui suis je?

Answer:Andre Fabre, top French trainer andwinner of both the 1000 & 2000 Guineas

Question 12Name the two jockeys

Answer:Pat Eddery (top) who won the 1000 Guineas once / 2000 Guineas three times & Walter Swinburn(bottom) who won the 1000 Guineas three times / 2000 Guineas once

Question 14Name the year of this 2000 Guineas result

Answer:2017 - Churchill, Barney Roy, Al Wukair

Question 15Name the missing horse

Answer:The imperious Frankel, who had a lead of around 15 lengths by half way in the 2011 2000 Guineas and won bysix lengths - the biggest winning margin since Tudor Minstrel in 1947

QUIZ ANSWERSGUINEAS1000 & 2000

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Question 16Which legendary horse is he best associated with?

Answer:Nijinsky - trained by Vincent O'Brien (pictured) - and the most recent winner of the English Triple Crown

Question 18Who am I?

Answer:Cape Verdi - winner of the 1000 Guineas in 1998 under Frankie Dettori

Question 17What happened next (and also in the French 1000 Guineas 2 weeks later)

Answer:Special Duty finished second by a nose to Jacqueline Quest in 2010 but was awarded the race in the stewards' room. In France, Special Dutyagain finished second but promoted to first by the stewards

Question 19What links these two winners of the 2000 Guineas?

Answer:King of Kings (le�) was Aidan O'Brien's first success in 1998 and MagnaGrecia (right) was Aidan O'Brien's landmark tenth win in the race in 2019

Question 20Which trainer, who loved to land atouch, offers these punting pearls?

Answer:Barry Hills, shrewd punter and two-time winning trainer of both Guineas

QUIZ ANSWERSGUINEAS1000 & 2000