It’s that time of the year when countless blogs will be online reviewing the jumps season that just was. And what a season…
Now, I’m going to spare you another of my long reads as I look back at the 2015/16 GB National Hunt campaign in the form of… a quiz! So put your answers in the comments box below and I’ll leave it 48 hours before putting them up. There’s no prize, it’s just for fun (if this is your idea of enjoying yourself.)
Thanks for taking part and no Googling!
1. Gigginstown House Stud has taken the Champion Owner prize for the first time with just 7 (SEVEN!) winners. Name those seven.
Rule The World, Identity Thief, McKinley, Apples Jade, Don Poli, Don Cossack, Empire Of Dirt
2. Willie Mullins twice won with his first ever runners at a GB track this season. Name the two tracks and horses.
Taunton – Myska, Perth – Up For Review
3. Who won the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham?
Village Vic
4. Who was John Ferguson’s last runner under rules in the UK now he’s handed in his trainer’s license?
Nabucco
5. Champion Trainer, Paul Nicholls only won two Grade 1’s this season. Name the two races and winning horses.
Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle – Adrien Du Pont, Ascot Chase – Silviniaco Conti
6. Which horse, followed up his seasonal winning debut at Wetherby with only two more runs, both at Cheltenham recording Prestbury Park form of 2,1?
Superb Story
7. Who were the two horses that dead heated for 1st place in the Ladbroke Hurdle at Ascot in December?
Sternrubin and Jolly’s Cracked It
8. What was significant about Tea For Two’s victory in the Kauto Star Novice’s Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day?
Lizzie Kelly became the first female jockey to ride a Grade 1 winner in this country over fences.
9. Name the horse whose Festival form read 4,9,2,2 before he won at this year’s Cheltenham Festival?
Any Currency
10. Who said this about what?
“We appreciate that the incident looked untidy, but having reviewed it we were satisfied that procedures had been followed correctly.”
Jamie Stier, Director of Raceday Operations and Regulation for the BHA about the start of the JLT Novice Chase at the Cheltenham Festival where from what should have been a standing start, they let them go with Zabana at 90 degrees from the direction he should have been racing.
11. Which horse departed first in this season’s Grand National?
Hadrian’s Approach
12. How many UK Grade 1’s has trainer Colin Tizzard captured this season?
Seven: Cue Card x 3, Thistlecrack x 3 & Native River x 1
13. Champion Jockey, Richard Johnson rode 235 winners this season. Which race course provided the most of those?
Perth
14. Name all the horses to have won over the National fences at Aintree this season.
Highland Lodge, Bennys Mist, On The Fringe, Eastlake, Rule The World
15. Which jockey rode a treble on Hennessy Gold Cup day last November at Newbury?
Gavin Sheehan
16. Which hurdler began the season rated 159 on official ratings, ran three times this season and is now rated 8lbs inferior?
Peace And Co
17. Which horse won the National Spirit Hurdle?
Lil Rockerfeller
18. Name the six jockeys which rode more than a century of winners in Britain this season.
Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, STD, Noel Fehily, Brian Hughes, Harry Skelton.
19. Who is saying this about who, following what?
“It’s pretty emotional stuff because it’s been a long time in the wilderness. The doubters were there to say, how long do you go on doing this? How long do we go on believing you?”
Nicky Henderson about Sprinter Sacre following his win in the Shloer Chase
20. Kerry Lee has had a breakthrough season in her first since officially taking over from her father, Richard. How many winners in Britain did she train this season?
Twenty-three
21. What exactly forced Coneygree to miss the remainder of the season from Christmas?
Slab fractures in both hocks
22. Which horse carried the Whateley colours to victory at this season’s Cheltenham Festival?
Diamond King
23. How many rides over hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival had Tom Scudamore had in his career before he won this March on Thistlecrack?
Ninety-six
24. Who won the Old Roan Chase?
Sound Investment
25. Which British racecourses saw a Susannah Ricci winner this season?
Kempton (Faugheen), Warwick (Thomas Hobson), Ascot (Vroum Vroum Mag), Cheltenham (Douvan, Annie Power, Vroum Vroum Mag, Vautour, Limini), Aintree (Annie Power, Douvan) Perth (Townshend)
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