Racing Horseracing Trivia

[bigpapagman]

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3218.688 then???

Yeah *en oath campaigner. Spot on.

I'll look past the fact that you used Google.

 

[iluvparis]

I would have thought two decimal places would be standard when asking for a measurement. One for politeness, and one for courage.

Yeah ****en oath campaigner. Spot on.

I'll look past the fact that you used Google.

I'm the obvious winner given question was asked in metres

 

[iluvparis]

The 2001 Grand National was run on an absolute bog at Aintree. Of the 40 horses who faced the starter - how many completed the course?

 

[bigpapagman]

The 2001 Grand National was run on an absolute bog at Aintree. Of the 40 horses who faced the starter - how many completed the course?

40

 

[iluvparis]

40

Nope

 

[bigpapagman]

Nope

Oh.

 

[HeathySure]

four

 

[bigpapagman]

four

Great work.

 

[iluvparis]

four

Winner

As Dr Turf famously quipped

'It's the first time I've backed 36 horses in a race and none of them have run a place'

 

[HeathySure]

Great work.

it was a guess so i googled
wow, only 2 completed without mishap and 2 others were remounted their horses
no wonder the animal libs started whining about the race

also found this while i was googling



astonishing!!


ummm ok let me think of a question...
ok a weird one

what was the name of John Singletons horse who he only ran in the Melbourne Cup so it would be a long way in front in the first lap of the Melbourne Cup? of course it finished tailed off.

 

[iluvparis]

it was a guess so i googled
wow, only 2 completed without mishap and 2 others were remounted their horses
no wonder the animal libs started whining about the race

also found this while i was googling



astonishing!!


ummm ok let me think of a question...
ok a weird one

what was the name of John Singletons horse who he only ran in the Melbourne Cup so it would be a long way in front in the first lap of the Melbourne Cup? of course it finished tailed off.

Sunshine Sally?

 

[HeathySure]

Sunshine Sally?

correct! go go go

 

[bigpapagman]

it was a guess so i googled
wow, only 2 completed without mishap and 2 others were remounted their horses
no wonder the animal libs started whining about the race

also found this while i was googling



astonishing!!


ummm ok let me think of a question...
ok a weird one

what was the name of John Singletons horse who he only ran in the Melbourne Cup so it would be a long way in front in the first lap of the Melbourne Cup? of course it finished tailed off.

Watch all the Velka Parbudicka replays. Now that's some serious steepling.

 

[iluvparis]

Which year did champion jumper Karasi run top 4 in a Melbourne Cup?

 

[balmainforever]

Which year did champion jumper Karasi run top 4 in a Melbourne Cup?

2000 Brew???

 

[iluvparis]

2000 Brew???

Nope

 

[54Dogs]

He won in Japan in the mid 2000s, so had to be before that.

2004

 

[FallingLiefs]

Which year did champion jumper Karasi run top 4 in a Melbourne Cup?

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/melb-cup-trivia.1116377/

 

[iluvparis]

He won in Japan in the mid 2000s, so had to be before that.

2004

Nope - if you battlers can't guess in the next 24 hours we'll move on

 

[balmainforever]

Nope - if you battlers can't guess in the next 24 hours we'll move on

How about 2001 then. Ethereal

 

[iluvparis]

How about 2001 then. Ethereal

Thank christ -

First Australian trained horse home - vomit.

 

[balmainforever]

When was the last Werribee Cup run on the Wednesday before the Melbourne Cup

 

[IKnowtheDog]

When was the last Werribee Cup run on the Wednesday before the Melbourne Cup

I'll go with 1995 THE 2600M version

 

[iluvparis]

When was the last Werribee Cup run on the Wednesday before the Melbourne Cup

I can remember some filly in red and black with yellow sleeves backing up to win the Matriarch in around 2006 so will guess then.

 

[balmainforever]

I'll go with 1995 THE 2600M version

That was the last 2600m Werribee Cup however they ran it over 2000m from then for a number of years before they redid the track