Lucky Dan - horse on which Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) bets $500,000 in the climactic scenes of The Sting.

Melbourne Cup

Never Say Die, 1954 Derby and Leger winner owned by the heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune and the first of Lester's Derby wins at 18.

Owner and trainer

Prioress - won the 1857 Cesarewitch in a race-off after a triple dead heat.

Qipco sponsors of the British Champions Series and the lucky girl that wins the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes this month gets a free romantic liason with Makfi.

Ridden along

Sohraab - useful sprinter part owned by the Duchess of Cambridge's parents and David Cameron's mother.

They're all in this together.

Tailed off

Unfurnished two year old

Vital Match, winner of the Falmouth Stakes in 1969, Lester Piggott's fourth triumph in the race.

Witheld as in rule 4.

Xilerator

Yearling, if you fancy one the Tattersalls October sales are on.

Zacynthus

Abdullah, Khalid (again) - owner of 16 of the 17 Group 1 winners trained by Henry Cecil since 2006.

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I love the sport and the characters connected with it.

Cecil, Sir Henry - I was curious about The Great Man and knew that since his renaissance Prince Khalid was the benefactor for most of his success.

I had not realised that of the 35 Group winners Sir Henry has trained during the past five years, as many as 29 belong to the Prince. So despite his renewed elevation to the top table of trainers he doesn't seem to have attracted many good horses from other owners (the Niarchos family owned 3 of the other 6 Group winners but they have been with him for a while).

Any trainer so reliant on one owner is vulnerable, and if Prince Khalid loses his enthusiasm for racing (or dies - he's 74) then I think Sir Henry will retire.

I really enjoy reading all your curios and facts BD, really adds to the thread

Didn't get the trip

BD, Cecil said pretty much that in an interview this year. He will no doubt then concentrate on the other great love of his life, his roses.

Eighteen Sixty Eight when a horse called Cecil won the Cesarewitch.

I did not know that jm, but I do recall SHC telling an interviewer that he hated being an also-ran during the dark years, and I'm guessing he wouldn't want to do that again.

Figure-of-eight - this configuration describes just two tracks, Windsor and the chase course at Fontwell.

Gallops

Hurst Park - Surrey track closed down in 1962.

One of the grandstands was sold to Mansfield Town FC and was re-erected as the West Stand at Field Mill.

Immortal Verse, French challenger for Frankel in the QEII.

Jim Joel, the then 92 year old owner of 1987 National winner, Maori Venture.