20 Racing Questions: racecourses
20 Racing Hub Questions – racecourses
Welcome to the first in a series of Racing Hub quizzes, each one on a specific theme, starting with racecourses.
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1 – Which British jumps track introduced Flat racing in 2015?
2 – At which racecourses will you find the following?
a) Be Friendly Stand
b) Bibury Stand
c) Dalby Stand
d) Hampshire Stand
e) Lord Nelson Stand
3 – In 1831, which racecourse staged the first ever jumps race as we would know it?
4 – What was significant about racing at Ascot and Carlisle on 2 July 1929?
5 – As a result of Royal Ascot being run at York in 2005, what is now the longest distance race run at York?
6 – What, on August Bank Holiday Monday in 1974, did Cartmel, Plumpton and Southwell have in common?
7 – What was significant about racing at Epsom on 22 April 1947?
8 – Name the racecourse
9 – Which racecourse names can precede the following to become rugby union sides in either the English Championship or Premiership?
a) ——— Chiefs
b) ——— Falcons
c) ——— Knights
d) ——— Tigers
e) ——— Warriors
10 – Which British racecourse has the most northerly 6f start?
11 – In what year did the first race at Ascot take place?
12 – What was significant about racing at Goodwood on 29 July 1959?
13 – Which racecourses had their inaugural meetings in these years (the three racecourses have something in common)?
a) 1859
b) 1926
c) 2009
14 – When Hurst Part racecourse was closed in 1964, what became of its turf?
15 – What was significant about racing at Newmarket on 8 July 1965?
16 – Name the racecourse
17 – Which racecourses are on or adjacent to the following?
a) Cleeve Hill
b) Haldon Hill
c) Race Hill
d) Rose Hill
e) Trundle Hill
18 – Name the racecourse
19 – Which British racecourse has the longest, continuous round circuit?
20 – What was significant about a race run at Brighton on 3 August 1966?
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Answers
1 – Which British jumps track introduced Flat racing in 2015? Wetherby
2 – At which racecourses will you find the following?
a) Be Friendly Stand Haydock
b) Bibury Stand Salisbury
c) Dalby Stand Pontefract
d) Hampshire Stand Newbury
e) Lord Nelson Stand Great Yarmouth
3 – In 1831, which racecourse staged the first ever jumps race as we would know it? Warwick
4 – What was significant about racing at Ascot and Carlisle on 2 July 1929? The Tote first began operating on a racecourse at these tracks
5 – As a result of Royal Ascot being run at York in 2005, what is now the longest distance race run at York? Whilst there is a 2m6f start, the longest distance raced at York is 2m½f
6 – What, on August Bank Holiday Monday in 1974, did Cartmel, Plumpton and Southwell have in common? The three racecourses were involved in the Gay Future affair. Three horses were due to run, one at each racecourse, but only Gay Future ran, at Cartmel. Before the races, thousands of bets were bet on the three horses in double and trebles, but then the Plumpton and Southwell clerks of the courses were informed that the horseboxes bringing the runners had broken down. The bets all went onto Gay Future but bookmakers were unable to phone through to Cartmel to return money to the ring and Gay Future was an easy winner. The attempted coup was exposed when a reporter telephoned the trainer, Tony Collins, but the only person at the yard was the housekeeper who innocently said the two “non-runners” were at the stables.
7 – What was significant about racing at Epsom on 22 April 1947? First use of the photo-finish at a British racecourse
8 – Name the racecourse
Haydock Park
9 – Which racecourse names can precede the following to become rugby union sides in either the English Championship or Premiership?
a) Exeter Chiefs
b) Newcastle Falcons
c) Doncaster Knights
d) Leicester Tigers
e) Worcester Warriors
10 – Which British racecourse has the most northerly 6f start? Hamilton Park
11 – In what year did the first race at Ascot take place? 1711
12 – What was significant about racing at Goodwood on 29 July 1959? First British racecourse commentary
13 – Which racecourses had their inaugural meetings in these years (the three racecourses have something in common)?
a) 1859 Bangor on Dee
b) 1926 Chepstow
c) 2009 Ffos Las
14 – When Hurst Part racecourse was closed in 1964, what became of its turf? It was used for Ascot’s new jumps track
15 – What was significant about racing at Newmarket on 8 July 1965? First use of starting stalls on a British racecourse
16 – Name the racecourse
Doncaster
17 – Which racecourses are on or adjacent to the following?
a) Cleeve Hill Cheltenham
b) Haldon Hill Exeter
c) Race Hill Brighton
d) Rose Hill Doncaster
e) Trundle Hill Goodwood
18 – Name the racecourse
Fontwell Park
19 – Which British racecourse has the longest, continuous round circuit? Pontefract
20 – What was significant about a race run at Brighton on 3 August 1966? Nora Wilmot became the first women to officially train a winner on the Flat with her horse Pat
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