THE JOCKEY CLUB ACTIVITY PACK

MAY 2020

THIS BELONGS TO ______FACTS WORDSEARCH 1. The original 1924 weighs an impressive 644grams! Can you find some of our favourite words below? 2. Just eight horses have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup more than once, they are , , , , C L W E W N T E I U F B B R I D L E L’Escargot, , and O H Q P D Y M U P O A T F P V D C E 3. The only horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup & at I R E E N Q V B X S M T C A N Z H G Aintree in the same season is Golden Miller back in 1934 I H F L W A H T N W I N N E R C D O

Q H C Q T N Y B W Z L D V P A Q Q L 4. In the Grand National, horses have to complete two laps of the course, covering four-and-a-half miles and jumping 30 fences. There O E D N A E M U B K Y U F B C A G D are 16 different jumps, known as fences, on the National Course. X B K T K S N Y F M F R Y O E Y Z C 5. The father of ALL racehorses: Scientists discover majority of G X Y C F K O H E L U Y Z I H I O U modern are descended from the British stallion Eclipse. B A O A Z P D D A I N B L M O T N P Modern racehorses are virtually all descended from a legendary British J J E Z U C U R O M O G E J R G A Q stallion called Eclipse.

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R W I N C A N T O N S R R P E L C L H V E V S U R O A S A Y O Z E X I E IT’S QUIZ TIME... U M E O O X R H W I N I H G I E W Y 1. Can you name the most recent horse to win back-to-back T I G E R R O L L Y E U I S B D R F Cheltenham Gold Cups? A K Z Z J U A E V C N F W G U P A Q

E N I E X E T E R A X E H T M O W I 2. Can you name the most recent horse to win the Classic Chase at Warwick and the Randox Health Grand National in the same year?

Cheltenham Jockey 3.True or False – Warwick Racecourse used to host Flat racing? Exeter WeighIn Warwick Bridle 4. Who was the first female jockey to win a Grade 1 over fences at The Wincanton Winner ? Gold Cup Racehorse 5. In racing, what is the correct term for a jockey in Jump racing who Horse is a “claimer”? Family Fun Jump Racing DESIGN YOUR LET’S GET BAKING! OWN SILKS Have you ever wondered what your perfect racing silks would be? Then why not design them today!

Grab those colouring pencils, and get creative.

We think – the brighter the better! Any day is made better with some cake! Why not try our delicious lemon drizzle cake? An exclusive recipe from one of our Jockey Club Racecourse Chefs! Good luck, and enjoy! Don’t forget to ask a responsible adult to help. INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 170⁰C/150⁰C (Fan) /Gas 3 • 275g Self Raising Flour 2. Grease a baking tin and then line with grease proof paper • 225g Caster Sugar • 225g Butter Soft 3. Mix all the ingredients (except the granulated sugar and lemon juice) into a large bowl and • 4 Eggs beat well for about two minutes until well • 2 Lemons Zest blended • 4 tbsp Milk 4. Bake in the middle of a pre-heated oven for • 2 tbsp Baking about 35-40 minutes or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly Powder • 175g Granulated 5. Allow the cake to cool for a few minutes in the tin Sugar 6. Mix the lemon juice and granulated sugar in a small bowl to give a runny consistency

7. Spoon this mixture evenly over the cake whilst it is still warm

8. Cut into squares when cool MATCH UP THE THE CATEGORY HORSES NAMES CHALLENGE Below are 10 Fill in the blanks with words that begin with a letter of your choice. Enter your chosen letter in the box below

Al Boum Roll

Best Miller

Golden Star Racecourse......

Kauto Photo Racehorse......

Desert Rake Colour......

Lord Card Country......

Tiger Mate Fruit......

Cottage Buck’s Item of clothing......

Cue Windermere Animal......

Big Orchid Name ...... Something that makes...... you smile

WORD SCRAMBLE ANSWERS

Can you un-scramble the Jockey Club Racecourses? WORDSEARCH Fill in the blanks with the un-scrambled words C F B R I D L E

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E M G 1. TENRAIE ______L W I N N E R O T Y L A L

2. TELAMCHENH ______E Y C D 3. TEEREX ______K N F E C C H U H U

4. OTGIHNTAMN ______O A N O P 5. SEPMO _____ J M E R S S K

6. RALSEILC ______W I N C A N T O N R E C 7. YOKAHDC ______O I N I H G I E W 8. ICWARKW ______T I G E R R O L L R 9. WARMTENEK ______A E X E T E R W 10. MPTKEON ______QUIZ 11. OCANNIWTN ______1. Can you name the most recent horse to win back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups? It was Al Boum Photo! He won the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019 and 2020 12. KRSRAMEATEN ______/_____ under Paul Townend for trainer, . Can he make it three out of three in 2021? 2. Can you name the most recent horse to win the Classic Chase at Warwick and the 13. DINGHONTNU ______Randox Health Grand National in the same year? One For Arthur did the double back in 2017 for jockey Derek Fox and trainer Lucinda 14. NONADWS ______Russell 3. True or False – Warwick Racecourse used to host Flat racing. True! Until 2014, Warwick was a dual purpose racecourse, hosting Jump racing in the winter and Flat racing in the summer

4. Who was the first female jockey to win a Grade 1 over fences at The Cheltenham Festival? It was Bryony Frost, who won the Ryanair Chase on Frodon in 2019.

5. In racing, what is the correct term for a jockey in Jump racing who is a “claimer”? The term for this is a conditional. Once a jockey has had 75 wins as a conditional, they become a professional jockey and lose their claim. MATCH UP THE HORSES NAMES

Al Boum Photo Best Mate Golden Miller Kauto Star Tiger Roll Cottage Rake Cue Card Big Buck’s

WORD SCRAMBLE

1. AINTREE 2. CHELTENHAM 3. EXETER 4. NOTTINGHAM 5. EPSOM 6. CARLISLE 7. HAYDOCK 8. WARWICK 9. NEWMARKET 10. KEMPTON 11. WINCANTON 12. MARKET RASEN 13. HUNTINGDON 14. SANDOWN