ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS

Question 1 How many Royal Ascot winners has Sporting Index Brand Ambassador ridden ahead of the 2020 festival? Answer: Frankie had 67 Royal Ascot winners ahead of 2020, including his first in 1990 on (make that 73 aer this year’s haul)

Question 2 How many Royal winners has Queen Elizabeth II owned? Answer: Her Majesty has owned 23 Royal Ascot winners ahead of 2020 (Tactical, in this year’s Windsor Castle, took her tally to 24)

Question 3 What’s the significance of this year? Answer: 1953 was the year of Queen Elizabeth’s first Royal Ascot winner, Choir Boy, in the

Question 4 Which Royal-owned mare won the 2013 Gold Cup? Answer: , owned by Her Majesty, won the 2013 edition of the Gold Cup

Question 5 Name the horse? Answer: , as described by commentator Richard Hoiles, following his fourth victory ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS

Question 6 When did officially open? Answer: 1711 (11th August to be exact) aer Queen Anne declared it the ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch”

Question 7 How many Royal Ascot races did win? Answer: Two; the St James’ Palace Stakes 2011 and The in 2012

Question 8 Which horse finished second to Frankel in the 2011 St James’ Palace Stakes? Answer: Zoffany finished second to Frankel in the St James’ Palace Stakes, ridden by

Question 9 Which horse completed the sprint double in 2019? Answer: completed the sprint double in 2019 with victories in the Kings Stand Stakes and the

Question 10 Which horse won two races at the 2012 meeting? Answer: Simenon, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the and the ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS

Question 11 Where was Royal Ascot in 2005 held? Answer: The Royal Meeting was held at York whilst Ascot closed to undergo its £185m redevelopment

Question 12 Who holds the 7f track record at the Royal Meeting? Answer: , who smashed the 7f track record by 0.8 seconds when he won the 2019 in a time of 1:25:73

Question 13 Name the two trainers? Answer: Aidan O'Brien (top) and Sir (bottom)

Question 14 Name the Gold Cup winner? Answer: , who won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1942

Question 15 Gold Cup winner (Clue: 1 Hour 20 from Heathrow). Who Am I? Answer: , Ascot Gold Cup winner in 2015 ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS

Question 16 Name the two jockeys? Answer: (top) and Ryan Moore (bottom)

Question 17 What year did the Prince of Wales's Stakes end like this? Answer: 2015, when the race was won by Free Eagle, beating and Western Hymn

Question 18 What was the highest SP winner in 2019? Answer: 33/1 - the price of Thanks Be, ridden by Hayley Turner, in the Sandringham (dwarfed by the 150/1 SP of Nando Parrado this year)

Question 19 What price was Frankel in the 2012 Queen Anne Stakes? Answer: Frankel was returned at 1/10 in the 2012 Queen Anne Stakes. The rest is history

Question 20 By how many lengths did Dubai Millennium win the Prince of Wales's Stakes in 2000? Answer: The winning margin was 8 lengths when Jerry Bailey did the steering job