Racehorse TALK

Hate to be the first mug off the rank but here goes.....

1 The Professor, Handbrake Harry, John Marshall, Steven King, The Preacher, The Punting Jockey

2 Higgins, White, Beadman

3 Sheet Anchor 1885

4 Comic Court 1950

5 Knee

6 RAIN Lover, RAINbird, RimFIRE, Phar Lap (cryptic....lightning in another lingo ?)

7 Van Der Hum

8 Bit of a stab in the dark but maybe 1872 winner The Quack ?

9 Maybe 1864 Lantern ?  Though technically the first winner at night was Van Der Hum (well almost).

10 Nigel Smart !!!!   (AFL related joke)    1870 Nimblefoot ?

11 Delta BLUEs, BLACK Knight, GOLD and BLACK, SILVER Knight, WHITE Nose, BLUE Spec,

12 What ? Nerdiest ?  1863 Banker because it rhymes with......

13 1873 Don Juan (but im not that way inclined) and for any Tasmanians then 1921 winner Sister Olive or
     Saintly because i loved that horse, or 1911 winner The Parisian coz i like french chicks like Audrey Tatou

No cutting and pasting allowed 

A fairly good start   I'll just tally up your points & see if anyone can beat that.

116 pts for Tauto    but there is 150pts up for grabs so not over the line.

Is this Quiz too hard?   

1. Handbrake, the scum who loves a punt more than Richie Callander, Johnny Marshal, Bible basher, Kingy, Roy, Miller, J. Duggan (of all the ones I forget the one winner I backed)

2. Beadman, White, Higgins

3. Sheet Anchor

4. Comic Court

5. Knee, eyes

6. Windbag, Rain Lover, Rainbird, TarCOOLar ( RAY Hutchins, Frank 'sun' Reys the 1973 winning jockey H. McCLOUD (1942 winning jockey)

7. VAN DER HUM

8. The Barb's damsire was called Doctor

9. Night Watch

10. Winning jock in 1962 Les Coles of course.

11. RED handed, GOLD and BLACK, SILVER Knight, Sister OLIVE, Jack GREEN was the winning trainer in 1958, T. BROWN winning jockey 1878

12. Statesman - sounds quite astute

13. Rain Lover and Van Der Hum they'd have a bit to talk about.

There ya go EZ, on ya mate

 A few clever answers there Mark but also a few wrong ones.
Score 119 , new leader.

You can edit your posts to create a better score. Only 4 hours to go. Anyone else know anything about the CUP? 

Mark 119
Tauto 116

Q1. Bart has trained 12 winners in the CUP. How many jockeys have won a CUP with Bart?
8 Jockeys = Roy Higgins (The Professor), Darren Beadman (God in the saddle), Harry (Handbrake) White, John (Overweight) Marshall, Steven (I am ) King, Blake (On the Punt) Shinn, John (Johnny)  Duggan , John Miller

Q2. Which jockeys rode multiple winners for Bart?
Harry White & Roy Higgins & Darren Beadman -  I bought the tie after win 11 as a keepsake.  He went and won 12.  The tie aint worth jack.

Q3. What horse in what year, 1st cracked the magic 3min 30sec mark to win a CUP?
1885 Sheet Anchor

Q4. What horse in what year, 1st cracked 3min 20sec mark to win a CUP?
1950 Comic Court

Q5. Which of these body parts hve NOT been in a name of a CUP Winner?
Eyes,  Knee  (Maybe we can name a horse Dicky Knee or Snake Eyes so we get this covered)

Q6. Which elements of weather have been mentioned in CUP winners names?
Subzero , Rain Lover, Rain Bird , Phar Lap , Windbag , Shocking

Q7. Most CUP winners have 1 or 2 word names, which winner was the 1st to have a 3 word name?
Van der Hum  (certainly does 3 words regardless of whether or not they are in the Collins Dictionary they would be allowed at scrabble or any good trivia night.

Q8. Which CUP winner could have been a doctor?
The Quack  -  Definitely right.  Everyone goes to the Quack.

Q9. Which winner could have found his way to the finish line in the dark?
Lantern  -   Goes without saying, could not run out of sight on a dark night.  or  Looking for it with a lantern.  Correct?

Q10. Which winner would have been good at running across hot coals?
Rimfire  - has to be this bloke -  as close as i could come to runfire

Q11. How many colours have won the CUP?
5 Olive, Red, Gold, Black & Silver  (Is Corniche a colour?)

Q12. Which horse was the nerdiest winner?
Saintly -  Only horse that fits the definition of a person that is either a bore or a geek.  You cant be saintly and a nice bloke

Q13. Which 2 winners names could have been cosy bed companions?
Don Juan & Let’s Elope  -  Ones a great lover, one wants to run off and love great.

Can I just edit mine to include all the ones which Smartman produced? Only fair he took some of mine

You can edit your own. If you know what's wrong then change it. 

Funny enough, I started on this before we spoke last night champion.

Smartman scores 106

I am shattered.  They are all correct answers.  Well I think they are 

I made the one change re jockeys EZ, and changed my Doctor answer