Royal Ascot Quiz Answers
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ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS Question 1 How many Royal Ascot winners has Sporting Index Brand Ambassador Frankie Dettori ridden ahead of the 2020 festival? Answer: Frankie had 67 Royal Ascot winners ahead of 2020, including his first in 1990 on Markofdistinction (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 Royal Hunt Cup Question 4 Which Royal-owned mare won the 2013 Gold Cup? Answer: Estimate, owned by Her Majesty, won the 2013 edition of the Gold Cup Question 5 Name the horse? Answer: Yeats, as described by commentator Richard Hoiles, following his fourth Ascot Gold Cup victory ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS Question 6 When did Ascot racecourse 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 Frankel win? Answer: Two; the St James’ Palace Stakes 2011 and The Queen Anne Stakes 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 Ryan Moore Question 9 Which horse completed the sprint double in 2019? Answer: Blue Point completed the sprint double in 2019 with victories in the Kings Stand Stakes and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes Question 10 Which horse won two races at the 2012 meeting? Answer: Simenon, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the Ascot Stakes and the Queen Alexandra Stakes 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: Pinatubo, who smashed the 7f track record by 0.8 seconds when he won the 2019 Chesham Stakes in a time of 1:25:73 Question 13 Name the two trainers? Answer: Aidan O'Brien (top) and Sir Michael Stoute (bottom) Question 14 Name the Gold Cup winner? Answer: Owen Tudor, who won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1942 Question 15 Gold Cup winner (Clue: 1 Hour 20 from Heathrow). Who Am I? Answer: Trip to Paris, Ascot Gold Cup winner in 2015 ROYAL ASCOT QUIZ ANSWERS Question 16 Name the two jockeys? Answer: William Buick (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 The Grey Gatsby 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.