Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:50 pm

Frost was right on with Quick as Lightning as the answer to last week's question. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:23 pm

Once again, Frost was spot on, pegging Primal Force (Awesome Again and Macho Uno), Hasili (Banks Hill and Intercontinental), Sweet Life (Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet) and Win Approval (Miesque's Approval and World Approval) as the four mares to have produced two Breeders' Cup winners. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:19 pm

PJ Pluth galloped in with War Plumage as the two-time American champion who won just three races (all major stakes) in a 16-race career. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:50 pm

Barbara correctly identified Criminal Type, the 1990 American Horse of the Year, as the last champion to be campaigned by Calumet Farm prior to the legendary farm's going into bankruptcy in 1991. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:19 am

PJ Pluth did a great job of tracking down 20th-century Kentucky Derby winners who won the race in their first outing at 3, but it was Frost who was definitive in naming Morvich, the 1922 winner, as the last horse to accomplish the feat. (No 21st-century runner has done it, and under the current points system, it seems highly unlikely that any horse will in the foreseeable future.) A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:01 pm

Frost struck again with last week's trivia question, identifying 1991 Spinster Stakes (USA-G1) winner Wilderness Song as the first U.S. Grade 1 winner for legendary Canadian racing/breeding operation Sam-Son Farm. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:51 pm

Barbara cracked last week's toughie, coming up with Vienna (then owned by Sir Winston Churchill), who sired champion Vaguely Noble before winding up in Japan. A new trivia challenge now awaits! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:01 pm

No one got the answer to last week's question; it was Danehill, who was buried standing up. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:56 am

Frost nailed last week's trivia question, identifying Glenelg as the American champion racer and sire sired by a horse best known for his prowess in the show ring (Citadel). A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:16 pm

Krista successfully named Earl Macke as the first US-based owner to win Canada's Queen's Plate, this with Peteski in 1993. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:35 pm

Cheri got there first last week by identifying Spokane as the Kentucky Derby winner who was foaled in a barn that's now an event center and wedding venue. (It's also on the National Register of Historic Places.) A new trivia question is now ready and waiting. http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 08, 2021 8:28 am

Frost was spot on in pegging Invasor as the champion who bore the title, "The Horse of the Rio Plata." A new trivia question is now ready and waiting. http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:13 pm

Joanna McManus was first up with Prized as the first horse to win the Breeders' Cup Turf without making a previous start on grass. A new trivia question now awaits! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:12 pm

Joanna McManus and Frost both tagged Silverbulletday as the champion named for her owner's favorite beer (Coors, the "Silver Bullet"). A new trivia question now awaits! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:37 am

Krista identified Balanchine, who won the 1994 Energizer Oaks Stakes (ENG-G1) and Budweiser Irish Derby (IRE-G1) as Frankie Dettori's first Classic-winning mount. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis