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On the Geelong Cup:
1) Which two horses quinellaed the 2001 Geelong Cup?
Karasi and Scrumptious
Mr. Prudent and
Karasi
Maythehorsebewithu
and Altiero
Karasi and Maythehorsebewithu
2) Where did they then finish in the Melbourne Cup?
1st and 2nd
5th and last
4th and 5th
3rd and did not
run
3) Which horse threw away victory in the 2000 Geelong Cup by missing the start by 6 lengths?
Bohemiath
Karasi
Mayshiel
Savrocca
4) Which horse claimed the 2000 Geelong Cup, and what odds did he start at?
Savrocca, 20-1
Bulkhead, 7-2
Bohemiath, 20-1
Savrocca, 10-1
5) What Spring feature did he win at his next start at Flemington?
Melbourne Cup
Queen Elizabeth
Sandown Classic
2400 handicap
6) Runner-up in that year's Cup was a Russell Cameron-trained horse. What was his name, and which major race did he win the next year?
Bulkhead, Sandown
Classic
Apache King, Adelaide
Cup
Apache King, Easter
Cup
Savrocca, Adelaide
Cup
On the Oaks Trial:
7) After the Geelong Carnival was washed out in 2000, the Oaks Trial program was switched to which major provincial track?
Werribee
Ballarat
Bendigo
Mornington
8) Which filly took the prize in the above-mentioned Oaks Trial?
Deianira
Speciality
Chickie
Casual Remark
9) Which high-profile Sydney jockey rode her?
Corey Brown
Darren Beadman
Larry Cassidy
Jim Cassidy
10) Warm Smytzer won the 2001 Oaks Trial, trained by Flemington trainer David Hall. Which other major race did he train the winner of at the Geelong Carnival?
Derby Trial
Dual Choice Plate
Geelong Cup
Hurdle
11) How many fillies from the 2001 Oaks Trial were maidens at the time they contested the race?
none
one
three
four
12) Of the fillies who competed, how many went on to run in the Victorian Oaks?
none
one
three
four
On the Derby Trial:
13) Which two (then) relatively unknown youngsters quinellaed the 2000 Derby Trial?
Bush Padre and Rain
Gauge
Bush Padre and Skalato
Rain Gauge and Hit
The Roof
Hit The Roof and
Danamania
14) What are their claims to fame these days?
Victoria Derby and
Ballarat Cup
Cranbourne Cup and
Moonee Valley Cup
Canterbury Guineas
and Ballarat Cup
Moonee Valley Vase
and Cranbourne Cup
15) Two interstate trainers quinellaed the 2001 Derby Trial. Who were they, and where are their training bases?
John Hawkes (Warwick
Farm) and Gary Portelli (Warwick Farm)
Gai Waterhouse (Randwick)
and John Hawkes (Warwick Farm)
Gai Waterhouse (Randwick)
and Tony McEvoy (Angaston)
Gai Waterhouse (Randwick)
and Rob Heathcote (Eagle Farm)
16) Carnegie was the sire of the 2001 winner, Sircarn Damon. Which sire fathered both the 2nd and 3rd-placed horses, Thunder Hawk and The Bax Factor?
Thunder Gulch
Carnegie
Zabeel
Hurricane Sky
On the Year 2001:
17) Which one of these high-profile horses did not win their
maiden race at Geelong before rising to stardom during the 2001
Spring -
Manang (Victoria
Oaks runner-up to Magical Miss)
Pernod (winner of
several city races, including the Group 3 Tristarc Stakes)
The Secondmortgage
(2nd in the Winning Edge, and a one-time leading Cups hope) or
Pentastic (3rd in
the Victoria Derby behind Amalfi and Zarek)
18) Who was the last Geelong-trained horse to win a Group 1 race, and
who was his trainer?
Go Flash Go, John
Blakey
Diatribe, George
Hanlon
Mr. Prudent, George
Hanlon
Rain Gauge, George
Hanlon
19) Which horse scored at the biggest odds in Geelong in 2001?
I'll Get By
Jack's Reward
Embraceable You
Korma
20) After which famous horse did the Geelong Racing Club name their new grandstand?
Rimfire
Briseis
Diatribe
Dual Choice
