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  Top Race Horses: 20th & 21st Centuries   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Everyone debates who the greatest horse of all time is. After this quiz you will be armed to voice an opinion of your own! Look for clues in the question - even the horseracing novice should be able to find the right answer!
Easier, 10 Qns, euphonic, May 14 10
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  Thoroughbred Honors   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Horse of the Year or Horse of the Century are honors for outstanding Thoroughbreds in America. Here are 10.
Average, 10 Qns, mpkitty, Jan 20 14
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1995 plays
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  A Day at the Races   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My friend Serena has asked me to go to Churchill Downs with her and her friends, but I don't know a thing about racing! Can you help me?
Easier, 10 Qns, euphonic, May 17 10
Easier
euphonic
634 plays
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  The Sport of Kings   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's post time, and the flag is up! Here you're not betting on a horse, you're betting on yourself. Will you beat the odds and go 10/10 on this horse racing quiz? Don that thinking cap and those imaginary racing silks and saddle up.
Average, 10 Qns, snediger, Sep 03 11
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530 plays
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  Tragic Endings   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Quiz about U.S. horses that died during their racing career.
Average, 10 Qns, bsd987, Apr 11 20
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bsd987
Apr 11 20
1278 plays
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  Famous Race Horses    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I am a big fan of "The Sport of Kings." Here are some questions to test your knowledge of one of America's favorite sports.
Tough, 25 Qns, daver852, May 15 10
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2129 plays
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  Horse Racing Upsets   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Questions about North American horse racing upsets of the 20th century.
Average, 10 Qns, bsd987, May 14 10
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bsd987
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  General Horse Racing   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Horse Racing is one of the most exciting sports. This is a general horse racing quiz. See how much you know.
Tough, 10 Qns, cnugget3, May 14 10
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1776 plays
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  The Greatest U.S. Thoroughbreds   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on great thoroughbred champions. The majority of this quiz asks questions about thoroughbred breeding.
Difficult, 15 Qns, BoKnows36, Aug 01 11
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1514 plays
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  American Quarter Horse Racing   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Questions about the fastest equine sport, quarter horse racing!
Tough, 10 Qns, bsd987, May 15 10
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bsd987
283 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who was War Emblem's sire (father)?

From Quiz "War Emblem: Almost Triple Crown"




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  Horse Racing Terminology   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Try your skills out on this quiz on Thoroughbred terminology that will give you a better understanding of the industry.
Average, 10 Qns, horsestuff, May 14 10
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  Horse Racing - Who Am I?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a who am I quiz about horse racing. It includes horses, jockeys, owners, and trainers. I hope you enjoy it.
Tough, 10 Qns, ddandelion70, May 14 10
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1236 plays
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  Thoroughbred Racing   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will test your general knowledge of American Thoroughbred racing history.
Tough, 10 Qns, seattleslew, May 14 10
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  Around the Track    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Have a run at this quiz to see how much you know about "the sport of kings".
Tough, 10 Qns, debodun, Sep 20 12
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222 plays
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  Racing Fillies   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz deals with the fillies of racing. Please enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, FrostKami, May 14 10
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FrostKami
654 plays
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  War Emblem: Almost Triple Crown    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge on the race horse who came soooo close to winning the Triple Crown. This quiz deals with his campaign as a three year old.
Average, 10 Qns, WarEmblem21, Jan 01 10
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788 plays
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  Famous and Not So Famous    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi there. This is my quiz on famous and not so famous race horses. Please enjoy it.
Tough, 10 Qns, FrostKami, May 15 10
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671 plays
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  Horse Racing Quiz for Experts   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Trivia on great race horses of years past. Good luck.
Difficult, 10 Qns, BoKnows36, May 15 10
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  Sixteen Wins in a Row    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
On April 26, 2008, Peppers Pride won her 16th consecutive race to tie the North American record for most consecutive races won by a horse with a saddled jockey. This quiz is about the first five horses to accomplish the feat.
Tough, 10 Qns, bsd987, May 14 10
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  Sunday Silence    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is about Sunday Silence, one of my all-time favorite race horses of the 1980s. Please have fun with this.
Average, 10 Qns, FrostKami, May 14 10
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FrostKami
516 plays
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  Seattle Slew    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the great Seattle Slew! I hope you enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, Slewgal, Mar 13 04
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977 plays
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  Citation: Racing's Greatest Thoroughbred    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Have you heard of Citation? The greatest thoroughbred that ever lived? Citation always dominated his races and this quiz is dedicated to him.
Tough, 15 Qns, Barbaro123, May 30 07
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Barbaro123
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  Triple Crown's Blueblood: War Admiral    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
War Admiral was one of the earliest Triple Crown winners, gaining the Crown in 1937. He came from great bloodlines and was considered one of the finest horses ever. See how much you know about the only horse 'royal' enough to wear the Crown.
Tough, 10 Qns, H0lyAerith, Oct 31 05
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  Daily Racing Form    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on how to read the "Daily Racing Form". PP's indicate past performances.
Average, 10 Qns, gui22, May 14 10
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  Personal Ensign: Racings Greatest Filly    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Have you ever heard of of Personal Ensign? Test you knowledge here!
Tough, 10 Qns, Barbaro123, May 14 10
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Barbaro123
288 plays
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  Horse Racing In The 1990s [1]   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you followed racing in the 1990s, this might be of interest to you.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, richieaprile, May 15 10
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richieaprile
635 plays
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  Stars of the Sport    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
A quiz about the jockeys, the trainers, and of course, the horses.
Average, 5 Qns, smellthecolor9, May 14 10
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  Horse Racing In the 1990s [2]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
More trivia about the great decade of the 1990s.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, richieaprile, May 15 10
Very Difficult
richieaprile
838 plays
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  What do you know about Horse Racing?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Random hodgepodge of horse racing information. Questions about tracks, races, horses, and even announcers!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, bsd987, May 15 10
Very Difficult
bsd987
544 plays
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  Horse of the Year    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This should be fairly difficult unless you know your horse racing stats inside and out. Have fun horse lovers!
Tough, 10 Qns, ddandelion70, Jul 30 03
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651 plays
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  Three Day Eventing and Racing    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will be pretty hard unless you are up to date about racing and three day eventing! Have fun!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Stuckupmare, May 15 10
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USA Horse Racing Trivia Questions

1. The three main types of horse racing in the U.S. are flat track, harness and what other?

From Quiz
Around the Track

Answer: Steeplechase

Handicap and turf are terms used in the sport of horse racing, but there are basically three types of races. In the flat track, the jockey sits on the horse and the race can either be run on dirt or on turf (grass). The steeplechase is similar to the flat track, but the horses have to periodically jump over obstacles. In harness, the driver sits in a sulky pulled like a carriage behind the horse.

2. In 1950, which horse became the first North American thoroughbred to win 16 races in a row when he won his 5-year-old debut?

From Quiz Sixteen Wins in a Row

Answer: Citation

Citation, who two years earlier became the U.S.'s eighth Triple Crown winner, did not race as a four-year old in 1949 due to injury, but came back strong in 1950 to establish his record that would not be touched for 40 years.

3. In 1913, this horse pulled the biggest Kentucky Derby upset of the century. Going off at 91-1 odds, what horse not just won the race, but set a track record in completing the 1-1/4 mile race in 2:04 4/5?

From Quiz Horse Racing Upsets

Answer: Donerail

His record time wouldn't last all that long. The following year, Old Rosebud won the Kentucky Derby in 2:03 2/5.

4. American thoroughbreds contest their triple crown at age three, but this isn't true for American quarter horses. The triple crown is a string of futurities that are contested when the horse is how old?

From Quiz American Quarter Horse Racing

Answer: 2

As quarter horses run shorter distances, usually between 1/8 and 1/2 of a mile, they can mature into top-level racers much quicker. The highest purses are for the two-year olds, many of whom are entered into trials for the first triple crown race having never raced before.

5. What former Duke Blue Devil owned 2001 Fountain of Youth winner, Songandaprayer?

From Quiz Horse Racing

Answer: Bobby Hurley

Hurley and his wife purchased the colt as a two-year-old.

6. Which filly was the first filly to run in all the Triple Crown races?

From Quiz Famous and Not So Famous

Answer: Genuine Risk

She won the Kentucky Derby, and placed in both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1980. Ruffian won the fillies Triple Crown. Go For Wand never raced in any of the classics. Regret only ran in and won the Kentucky Derby.

7. Who was Citation's sire?

From Quiz Citation: Racing's Greatest Thoroughbred

Answer: Bull Lea

Bull Lea was picked up at the Saratoga Sales cheap, and was one of the top sires of his era.

8. Which fillies won the Kentucky Derby?

From Quiz Racing Fillies

Answer: Regret, Genuine Risk, and Winning Colors

Regret won in 1915, Genuine Risk won in 1980, and Winning Colors won in 1988.

9. When was Sunday Silence foaled?

From Quiz Sunday Silence

Answer: March 25, 1986

Sunday Silence was born seven weeks after his breeder's son was born.

10. Who are Personal Ensign's Dam and Sire?

From Quiz Personal Ensign: Racings Greatest Filly

Answer: Private Account - Grecian Banner

Personal Ensign's Sire was Private Account her Dam was Grecian Banner. Personal Ensign also had a full brother , Personal Flag, who won the Suburban and Widner Handicaps.

11. What horse won the Donn Handicap in 1993 and 1994?

From Quiz Horse Racing In the 1990s [2]

Answer: Pistols And Roses

The gray son of Darn That Alarm raced for the Will's Family stable.

12. During his 16-race win streak, Cigar defeated two females. Who were they?

From Quiz Horse Racing In The 1990s [1]

Answer: Heavenly Prize and Larrocha

Cigar defeated Larrocha in the 1996 Dubai World Cup, and Heavenly Prize in the 1996 Don Handicap.

13. A foal, who later was named Bold Ruler, was born at Claiborne Farms on April 6th, 1954. Another horse, who later became a champion, was born a half hour earlier at the same farm. Which horse was it?

From Quiz The Greatest U.S. Thoroughbreds

Answer: Round Table

Round Table was later named Horse of the Year in 1958. Ironically, in the 1957 Kentucky Derby, Round Table finished 3rd while Bold Ruler finished right behind him in fourth.

14. Which jockey rode Affirmed in all three 1978 Triple Crown races?

From Quiz Horse Racing

Answer: Steve Cauthen

Cauthen rode Affirmed on all three Triple Crown races. Towards the end of his career, Laffit Pincay took the mount on Affirmed.

15. Genuine Risk was bumped in the stretch of the 1980 Preakness and lost her momentum. An inquiry was called, but the order of finish did not change. Who is the horse that bumped her and went on to victory?

From Quiz General Horse Racing

Answer: Codex

Codex is the horse who bumped Genuine Risk in the stretch and survived the inquiry. Angel Cordero Jr. was the jockey on Codex.

16. What is the bold number in a horse's past performances that has revolutionized horseplaying in the past decade?

From Quiz Daily Racing Form

Answer: Beyer speed figure

Andrew Beyer invented these in the 70s and have become extremely popular among handicappers.

17. What is the term used to describe the stable area on a race track?

From Quiz Horse Racing Terminology

Answer: Backside

The "Backside" is the term used as that is where the stable area is located at the track.

18. What Triple Crown winner was voted Horse of the Year in 1979?

From Quiz Horse of the Year

Answer: Affirmed

Affirmed raced twenty-nine times and won twenty-two, placed five and showed once. His rivalry with Alydar took them through the Triple Crown where Affirmed triumphed every time. He was also Horse of the Year in 1978, the year he won the Triple Crown.

19. War Emblem was owned by ____________ ?

From Quiz War Emblem: Almost Triple Crown

Answer: the Thoroughbred Corporation

War Emblem was owned by the Thoroughbred Corporation, the racing and breeding organization led by Ahmed bin Salman, a member of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia. The Thoroughbred Corp. had become one of the world's leading horse racing operations.

20. Seattle Slew was sired by what stallion?

From Quiz Seattle Slew

Answer: Bold Reasoning

Seattle Slew was a son of Bold Reasoning out of My Charmer, by Poker. Bold Ruler was Bold Reasoning's grandsire, and sire of Secretariat.

21. The three foundation sires of the modern thoroughbred line are the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian, and what horse?

From Quiz Famous Race Horses

Answer: The Byerly Turk

The Byerly Turk was captured from the Turks, at the siege of Buda in 1688, by Capt. Robert Byerley of the 6th Dragoon Guards. His name was entered incorrectly in the General Stud Book as "Byerly" instead of "Byerley." It is said that this horse saw service at the Battle of the Boyne in 1692. All modern thoroughbreds can be traced directly through the male line, to either the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian or the Byerly Turk (who was also probably an Arabian). These horses were brought in to England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and crossed with English broodmares to create the modern thoroughbred.

22. Who was the first horse to win the American triple crown?

From Quiz Stars of the Sport

Answer: Sir Barton

Sir Barton won the preakness just four days after his Derby victory, and squeezed in a win in the Withers Stakes between the Preakness and Belmont.

23. Which horse won the Rolex Kentucky three day Event in 2002?

From Quiz Three Day Eventing and Racing

Answer: Winsome Adante

Winsome Adante won with rider Kimberly Vinoski.

24. Who was War Admiral's famous sire?

From Quiz Triple Crown's Blueblood: War Admiral

Answer: Man O' War

By Man O' War out of Brush Up, War Admiral had one of the most preeminent pedigrees of any Thoroughbred. Not only was Man O War his sire, but he also had the blood of such great horses as Fair Play (the sire of Man O' War), and on the dam line he had: Ben Brush and Pink Domino.

25. Who was the first horse to win four Horse of the Year Awards in one year?

From Quiz Thoroughbred Racing

Answer: Dr. Fager

For 1968, Dr. Fager was named Horse of the Year, Champion Older Male, Champion Sprinter, and Co-champion Turf Horse. These awards are now known as the Eclipse Awards (beginning from 1971 onwards).

26. In a flat track race the horses start from a stationary gate. How are horses started in a harness race?

From Quiz Around the Track

Answer: A moving gate

The moving gate is an interesting device that looks like a limousine with collapsible gates on each side. It requires two drivers, one sits in a backward-facing seat watching the horses and controls the speed the vehicle moves, the other sits in the forward-facing seat and steers around the track. The horses and sulkies start slowly running behind the moving gate and are gradually brought up to speed. When they reach the starting point, the arms of the gate are retracted and the vehicle slowly moves to the outside edge of the track away from the running horses.

27. In harness racing the horse can't run all-out. The horse is hobbled to force him to either "pace" or "trot;" he also pulls a driver in a strange two-wheeled cart in back of him. What is the name of that cart?

From Quiz The Sport of Kings

Answer: sulky

According to Wikipedia, which cites "The Encyclopaedia of Driving" 1979, by Sallie Walrond, these one-person carts are called "sulkies" because "the driver must prefer to be alone." Go figure.

28. Serena asks what I think of the first race on the card, a maiden race. What is a maiden race?

From Quiz A Day at the Races

Answer: a race for horses who have never won before

Winners of maiden races are said to have "broken their maiden". The sex of the horse doesn't matter. If the horse hasn't won a race it's considered a maiden, even if it is a male horse.

29. The first horse to win 16 consecutive races wasn't retired until he was a 6-year old, because his connections wanted him to set a record for career earnings. Which race did he win in his final career race?

From Quiz Sixteen Wins in a Row

Answer: Hollywood Gold Cup

Citation won the Hollywood Gold Cup in 1951, the final race of his legendary career. He won the Pimlico Special in 1948 at the age of three.

30. Which track did not host a graded stakes during the 1990s?

From Quiz Horse Racing

Answer: Fairmount Park

Canterbury Downs, later Canterbury Park, hosted a slew of graded events before the track closed down for a year in the mid-90s. Both the Ohio Derby and the Thistledown Breeders' Cup were graded in the decade. Ak-Sar-Ben hosted a few graded stakes before the track closed in the mid-90s.

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