Q 01/05

By what margin did Secretariat win the 1973 Belmont Stakes, clocking a still-record 2:24?

A) 21 lengths

B) 25 lengths

C) 31 lengths

D) 41 lengths

Answer · why

C) 31 lengths

Secretariat's 31 lengths beat the 25-length record Count Fleet had set in 1943, and that same week he became the first athlete on the covers of Time, ...

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

Answer · why

B) Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs can hold roughly 170,000 people once the infield opens on Derby day, more than three times its usual seated crowd of 50,000.

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 owes its notoriety to a landing side that once dropped 6 ft 9 in below the take-off, re...

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 weighed 6.2 kg, nearly twice a normal horse's 3.2 kg, and sits in Canberra, while his hide is in Melbourne and his skeleton in Wellin...