BREEDERS CUP QUESTIONS

[bigmack]

Found a pile of these. How many do you know out of these 10?

Breeders' Cup Trivia

1. What is the record for most wins by a jockey in the Breeders' Cup?
11
12
13
14

2. Which owner holds the record for most starters in a single Breeders' Cup day?

Eugene Klein
Allen Paulson
Godolphin
Thoroughbred Corp.

3. Which owner holds the record for most wins in the Breeders' Cup?

Godolphin
Overbrook Farm
Allen Paulson
Eugene Klein

4. Which running of the Breeders' Cup had the highest average mutuel win pay-off?

1984
1986
1991
1993

5. Of the 35 odds-on favorites, how many have won?

12
16
20
24

6. How many horses have won more than once in the Breeders' Cup?

3
4
5
6

7. Which 3-year-old Classic winner did not have any Triple Crown experience?

Proud Truth
A.P. Indy
Awesome Again
Tiznow

8. Which horse holds the record for largest winning margin in a Breeders' Cup race?

Countess Diana
Bayakoa
Arazi
Inside Information

9. What year was the Filly and Mare Turf added to the Breeder's Cup line-up?

1998
1999
2000
2001

10. Which jockey has won the most money in the Breeders' Cup with $22,730,600 in earnings?

Pat Day
Chris McCarron
Jerry Bailey
Gary Stevens

[toetoe]

2) Eugene Klein

3) Eugene Klein

6) Three --- Miesque, Da Hoss and Tiznow

7) Awesome Again

8) Inside Information

[bigmack]

Not bad Bigtoe


Which year/location has the highest Breeder' Cup attendance?
Correct answer: 1998 Churchill

Which running set the record for total handle?
Correct answer: 2002
What is the record for most wins by a jockey in the Breeders' Cup?
Correct answer: 13


What year was the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup?
Correct answer: 1984


Who has sired the most Breeders' Cup winners?
Correct answer: Danzig


What track is the official back-up location for the Breeders' Cup should it have to move at the last minute?
Correct answer: Churchill


How many foreign bred horses have won a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: 27


. Which horse has won the most money in Breeders' Cup races?
Correct answer: Tiznow


Which post position has won in more Breeders' Cup races?
Correct answer: 5


Which horse has the highest win pay-off in Breeders' Cup history?
Correct answer: Arcangues
. Which horse has the lowest win pay-off in Breeders' Cup history?
Correct answer: Meadow Star


. Which 3-year-old Classic winner did not have any Triple Crown experience?
Correct answer: Tiznow


Which owner holds the record for most starters in a single Breeders' Cup day?
Correct answer: Godolphin


What year was the concept for the Breeders' Cup announced?
Correct answer: 1982


How many female horses have won the Sprint?
Correct answer: 3
. What year was the Breeders' Cup Pick 7 introduced?
Correct answer: 1991
Which year/location has the lowest Breeders' Cup attendance?
Correct answer: 1995 Belmont
Which horse holds the record for largest winning margin in a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: Inside Information


. Are any Breeders' Cup winners from prior to 2002 still in training?
Correct answer: no
. Who is the oldest horse to run in a Breeders' Cup Race?
Correct answer: John's Call


. Which horse has the fastest winning time in the Sprint?
Correct answer: Kona Gold


Which horse has the most starts in the Breeders' Cup?
Correct answer: Kona Gold


Who was the first horse to win a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: Chief's Crown


. At what distance were Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies originally run?
Correct answer: 1 mile
Which running set the record for total handle?
Correct answer: 2002


Who is the only horse to win a Breeders' Cup race via a disqualification?
Correct answer: Outstandingly


How many Arc de Triomphe winners have also won a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: 0


Which race has had the most total starters?
Correct answer: Mile


Which running had the highest on track handle?
Correct answer: 1999


The 2002 running of the Breeders' Cup at ArlingtonPark did not allow general admission.
Correct answer: True


Which jockey has won the most money in the Breeders' Cup with $22,730,600 in earnings?
Correct answer: Pat Day


What year was the Breeders' Cup Pick 7 introduced?
Correct answer: 1991


How many female horses have won the Turf?
Correct answer: 2


Which post position has won in more Breeders' Cup races?
Correct answer: 5


The large Breeders' Cup trophy that is displayed at the host track each year was created in which Italian city?
Correct answer: Florence


. What is the record for most wins by a jockey in the Breeders' Cup?
Correct answer: 13


. Which trainer holds the record for most wins in the Breeders' Cup?
Correct answer: D. Wayne Lukas
Which horse has the lowest win pay-off in Breeders' Cup history?
Correct answer: Meadow Star $2.40
. Which horse lost by the largest amount in a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: Rick's Natural Star


Since the Filly & Mare Turf was added in 1999, which year has had the most horses pre-entered?
Correct answer: 2000


Of the 35 odds-on favorites, how many have won?
Correct answer: 16


What year had the highest purse for the Classic?
Correct answer: 1998


Which horse has the highest win pay-off in Breeders' Cup history?
Correct answer: Arcangues


. How many foreign bred horses have won a Breeders' Cup race?
Correct answer: 27


Which horse holds the record for largest winning margin in a Breeders' Cup race?

Correct answer: Inside Information

[46zilzal]

how about the most boring? Lone Star wins hands down.

I just watched the tape again and it was no better the third time through.

[bigmack]

Other BC facts
http://www.ntra.com/images/2006_MEDIA_BCbythenumbers.pdf

http://www.ntra.com/images/2006_MEDIA_Historical_trainers.pdf

[46zilzal]

technically Chief's Crown was a COLT and was not a horse for three more years.

[bigmack]

how about the most boring? Lone Star wins hands down..
OK 46 - Name one BC winner who has produced a BC winner

& Chief's Crown came back and ran in the Classic - How did he fare?

[toetoe]

Which questions were asked multiple times? :D

[46zilzal]

Unbridled Elaine daughter of Unbridled Song

[bigmack]

Unbridled Elaine daughter of Unbridled Song
???
I've got 3:
Hollywood Wildcat - War Chant
My Flag - Storm Flag Flying
Personal Ensign - My Flag

(edited) You are correct 46 NTRA missed that one


Unbridled's Song
Unbridled – Trolley Song, by Caro (Ire)
Standing at: Taylor Made Farm
2006 fee: $150,000
First Year at Stud: 1997

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/isd/media/photos/unbridledssong.jpg

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/isd/images/stat_box_top_left.gifhttp://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/isd/images/stat_box_top_right.gifHighlights
• Sire of 5 Grade 1 Winners in his first 5 crops to race.

• Sire of 14 yearlings who have sold for $1 million or more.

• Sire of at least one $1 million yearling in each of his 7 crops.

• At the Keeneland September Sale, yearlings sold for: $1,700,000, $1,600,000, $1,500,000, $1,000,000, etc.

• Only STORM CAT and A.P. INDY sired more $1 million September yearlings in 2005.

• Sire of 13 Stakes Winners / 27 Stakes Performers in 2005 including: Multiple Grade 1 winner SPLENDID BLENDED, EUROSILVER (G2), FOREST MUSIC (G2), GREY SONG (G2), ROCKPORT HARBOR (G2), RARE GIFT (G3), UNBRIDLED ENERGY (G3), VALUE PLUS (G1pl), undefeated Stakes record-setting 2YO HALF OURS, UNBRIDLED SIDNEY (NCR SW, G3pl), PRESENTLY (G3pl), etc.

• Sire of Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) winner & $4.4 million broodmare UNBRIDLED ELAINE.

[bigmack]

Unbridled Elaine daughter of Unbridled Song
I was looking at the wrong data. As you probably know there's a pile of em

AP Indy, Awesome Again, Capote, Royal Academy....

[46zilzal]

& Chief's Crown came back and ran in the Classic - How did he fare?

got eaten up as I watched from the stands as the HOODED wonder and Proud Truth run away from him

[bigmack]

got eaten up as I watched from the stands as the HOODED wonder and Proud Truth run away from him
Mind like a steel trap - I forgot what socks I put on and I'm looking right at em. Just goes to show - People with good memorative skills end up as docs

[DrugSalvastore]

???
I've got 3:
Hollywood Wildcat - War Chant
My Flag - Storm Flag Flying
Personal Ensign - My Flag

(edited) You are correct 46 NTRA missed that one


Sire's don't "produce" horses---that's a term for the offspring of broodmares in horse racing.

The three above are the only three times in history that a filly or mare who won a Breeders Cup race herself, also "produced" an offspring who also won a Breeders Cup race.

[bigmack]

Sire's don't "produce" horses---that's a term for the offspring of broodmares in horse racing.

The three above are the only three times in history that a filly or mare who won a Breeders Cup race herself, also "produced" an offspring who also won a Breeders Cup race.
Roger that Octavian - Gracie

[DJofSD]

You guys should read "Brainiac" by Ken Jennings. Then start your own T'bred trivia contest. Link to "Brainiac" on B & N. (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781400064458&itm=1)