Q 01/05

By what margin did Secretariat win the 1973 Belmont Stakes in a record 2:24?

A) 7 lengths

B) 15 lengths

C) 31 lengths

D) 62 lengths

Answer · why

C) 31 lengths

31 lengths broke the 25-length record Count Fleet had set in 1943, and Secretariat's rival Sham, who went with his fierce early pace, tired and faded.

Q 02/05

Which Louisville track, topped by twin spires since 1895, has hosted the Kentucky Derby since 1875?

A) Keeneland

B) Churchill Downs

C) Belmont Park

D) Saratoga Race Course

Answer · why

B) Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased the land to their nephew Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of the explorer Willia...

Q 03/05

Which Grand National fence is named for a captain unseated there in the first official race of 1839?

A) The Chair

B) Canal Turn

C) Valentine's Brook

D) Becher's Brook

Answer · why

D) Becher's Brook

Becher's Brook is jumped twice, as the 6th and 22nd fence, and Captain Martin Becher lay in its water after his fall until the rest of the field had j...

Q 04/05

Which three-time Grand National winner, trained on Southport sands, is buried at Aintree's winning post?

A) L'Escargot

B) Corbiere

C) Red Rum

D) Aldaniti

Answer · why

C) Red Rum

Red Rum won in 1973, 1974 and 1977 and was runner-up in the two years between, and his name is simply the last three letters of his dam, Mared, and hi...

Q 05/05

Which New Zealand-born 1930 Melbourne Cup winner has his hide, skeleton and heart in three museums?

A) Phar Lap

B) Carbine

C) Tulloch

D) Rising Fast

Answer · why

A) Phar Lap

Phar Lap's heart is in Canberra, his hide in Melbourne and his skeleton in Wellington, and 'a heart as big as Phar Lap' became an Australian phrase fo...