1000 & 2000 GUINEAS QUIZ ANSWERS Question 1 Who am I? Answer: Sir Henry Cecil, trainer of a combined nine 1000 & 2000 Guineas winners, including the unbeaten Frankel Question 2 Name the horse Answer: Brigadier Gerard, who won seventeen of his eighteen races including the 1971 2000 Guineas under Joe Mercer Question 3 Which letter marks the start of both the 1000 and 2000 Guineas? Answer: B - which is the 1 mile start on the Rowley Mile Course. (A is the 6f start / C is the 1m2f start / D is the 7f start on the July Course) Question 4 Name the two trainers Answer: Sir Michael Stoute (top) multiple winner of both Guineas and Peter Chapple-Hyam (bottom) who won the 2000 Guineas with Rodrigo de Triano in 1992 Question 5 What connected this filly's win at Doncaster in Autumn with the 1000 Guineas in spring that same year? Answer: In 1985, Oh So Sharp completed the fillies’ ‘Triple Crown’ of 1000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger 1000 & 2000 GUINEAS QUIZ ANSWERS Question 6 Name the stable jockey Answer: Kieren Fallon, who had spells with all three top trainers, winning the 1000 & 2000 Guineas a combined nine times (athough one of those was for Richard Hannon Jr.) Question 7 Why did this 1000 Guineas winner make the record books? Answer: In 2018, Billesdon Brook, trained by Richard Hannon Jr. became the longest-priced winner of the race, returning at 66/1 Question 8 In terms of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas, which of these three jockeys is the odd one out and why? Answer: Jimmy Lindley (right) is the odd one out - he won the 2000 Guineas but never the 1000. Lester Piggot (le) and Willie Carson (centre) won both Question 9 Which one is the Rowley Mile? Answer: B - Rowley Mile, Newmarket. (A is Epsom / C is York / D is Ascot) Question 10 Which horse is about to stride clear in this renewal of the 1000 Guineas? Answer: A - Hermosa in 2019, ridden by Wayne Lordan & trained by Aidan O'Brien 1000 & 2000 GUINEAS QUIZ ANSWERS Question 11 Name the horse Answer: Rock of Gibraltar. Part owned by Sir Alex Ferguson and Sue Magnier, wife of Coolmore owner John Magnier, the horse won the 2000 Guineas in 2002 but Ferguson & Magnier became embroiled in a bitter legal despute over stud rights Question 12 Name the two jockeys Answer: Pat Eddery (top) who won the 1000 Guineas once / 2000 Guineas three times & Walter Swinburn (bottom) who won the 1000 Guineas three times / 2000 Guineas once Question 13 Always respected. Qui suis je? Answer: Andre Fabre, top French trainer and winner of both the 1000 & 2000 Guineas Question 14 Name the year of this 2000 Guineas result Answer: 2017 - Churchill, Barney Roy, Al Wukair Question 15 Name the missing horse Answer: The imperious Frankel, who had a lead of around 15 lengths by half way in the 2011 2000 Guineas and won by six lengths - the biggest winning margin since Tudor Minstrel in 1947 1000 & 2000 GUINEAS QUIZ ANSWERS Question 16 Which legendary horse is he best associated with? Answer: Nijinsky - trained by Vincent O'Brien (pictured) - and the most recent winner of the English Triple Crown Question 17 What happened next (and also in the French 1000 Guineas 2 weeks later) Answer: Special Duty finished second by a nose to Jacqueline Quest in 2010 but was awarded the race in the stewards' room. In France, Special Duty again finished second but promoted to first by the stewards Question 18 Who am I? Answer: Cape Verdi - winner of the 1000 Guineas in 1998 under Frankie Dettori Question 19 What links these two winners of the 2000 Guineas? Answer: King of Kings (le) was Aidan O'Brien's first success in 1998 and Magna Grecia (right) was Aidan O'Brien's landmark tenth win in the race in 2019 Question 20 Which trainer, who loved to land a touch, offers these punting pearls? Answer: Barry Hills, shrewd punter and two-time winning trainer of both Guineas.