THE NEW LOOK TIMEFORM CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2005

Two competitions in one! – More chances to win!

Compiled by Brian Stone and Stewart Nash –Joint winners of the
Timeform Challenge 2004

No Christmas would be the same without the Timeform Christmas Quiz.
The Quiz has always provided a stern test but just lately the
challenges have become a bit too great so with the very generous
support of Geoff Greetham of Timeform we have restyled the quiz into
two parts, which we hope will encourage more of you to enter.

The RACEGOERS QUIZ is ten easy questions about racing between
November 2004 and October 2005. To enter all you have to do is
answer these ten questions. The winner will receive £20 of Timeform
Vouchers plus a copy of Timeform `Horses to Follow'. The runner up
will receive £15 of vouchers plus Horses to Follow and the third a
£10 voucher plus Horses to Follow.

The TIMEFORM CHALLENGE requires entrants to answer the ten Racegoers
questions plus the 20 `Sterner Test' questions. The rewards for
this are that the winner will receive £25 Timeform Vouchers plus
Timeform `Racehorses' value £70 annual. The runner up will receive
£15 of vouchers plus `Racehorses' and the third £10
plus `Racehorses'.

There are no trick questions and hopefully none are ambiguous but
don't be put off having a go as the sterner test may still be won
with less than a perfect score. If any clarification is needed
please contact Stewart Nash on 01932 880211. Please send your
answers together with your name and address to Stewart Nash 14
Elland Road, Walton on Thames Surrey KT12 3JT or by e-mail to
hilda.n@... to arrive by no later than 1 February 2006. –
Good luck!!

RACEGOERS QUIZ: (All questions relate to racing between 1 November
2004 and 31 October 2005)

1 Which jockey rode the winner of the Welsh, Aintree and Irish
Grand Nationals?
2 Which jockey prevented the answer to question one completing
a `National' four timer by winning the Scottish Grand National?
3 Which horse prevented Mubtaker from winning the Geoffrey
Freer Stakes for a fourth time?
4 Which jockey was leading rider at Royal Ascot at York?
5 Which jockey won the Derby at Epsom for the third time?
6 Which horse completed a trio of wins in the three cross-
country steeplechases at Cheltenham?
7 Which Irish trained horse won the King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Stakes at Newbury?
8 Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
9 Which horse completed a `stayers' handicap treble when
winning the Cesarewitch on 15 October?
10 Who was the only European trained horse to win a Breeders
Cup race in October 2005?

THE STERNER TEST (all questions relate to Great Britain unless
otherwise stated)

11 Which Champion National Hunt jockey twice rode the winner of
the French Derby?
12 Which two currently licensed UK trainers share the
forename `Leeper'?
13 Which Goodwood Cup winner's statue stands on the approach to
Maisons Laffitte racecourse?
14 Who completes this list of jockeys? - Mr James Nash, Richard
Dunwoody, Paul Carberry, Ruby Walsh, Adrian Maguire, Conor O'Dwyer
and Barry Geraghty?
15 Which Derby winning trainer has the forenames `Leopold
Wentworth'?
16 How did Myriad and Tinto make history?
17 Which horse has run the most times in the Queen Mother
(formerly the National Hunt Two Miles) Champion Chase?
18 Which Cheltenham Gold Cup winner made his racecourse debut
at Southwell?
19 At which racecourse was the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe run in
1943 and 1944?
20 Who was the last France based trainer to win the UK Flat
trainers championship?
21 Which former champion National Hunt jockey's autobiography
is titled `Winner's Disclosure'?
22 Which famous race was won by Domenicus in October 2005?
23 Which current Royal Ascot race, first run in 1840, was known
as The Trial Stakes up to 1929?
24 Which winner of a post-war Epsom Classic was beaten by 8
lengths on its debut as a two year-old?
25 Which horse comes next in the following sequence? – Ardan,
Chanteur II, Goyama, Beau Sabreur, Armour Drake, Tantieme.
26 Which Champion National Hunt jockey rode his first winner on
the flat at Birmingham in 1956?
27 "Standing up to Jimmy the Skunk" is the title of the first
chapter of whose biography?
28 As at 1 November 2005 what costs £34.50 (including VAT) each
year?
29 Which race, allegedly the oldest and still run, was founded
in 1519?
30 What `unique' fact links the following racecourses:
Newmarket, Thirsk, Manchester, York and Ayr?