Plaisanterie - French filly with a record of 16 wins from 18 starts. The third and last horse to complete the Cesarewitch & Cambridgeshire double (at 3 in 1885).

In the Cambridgeshire she carried a 14lb penalty and beat a Derby winner and a subsequent Eclipse winner by 2l in a canter.

Quelle Chance....was trained by J Howard Johnson...until.

Robinson, Peter - father of the recently retired Philip, trained Prince De Galles to win back to back Cambridgeshires in 1969 & 1970.

Won the second of these races under a then record weight of 9st 7lb.

(The colt must have been a really good thing in 1969 with 7st 12lb when he duly landed a monster gamble from all rates into 5/2 in a 26-runner field.)

Stand side

Peter was also a good jockey who sadly died not long after becoming a trainer, I think he was in his early forties. As a jockey he rod for Teddy Lambton and Jack Jarvis, in fact I think he may have served his apprenticeship with Lambton.

T for T.M. (Tim) Jones, one time good jumps jockey who spent some years attached to Ryan Price's stable and then became a trainer.

^ I'm pretty sure Peter took over from Lambton when the latter suddenly retired in 1969.

Upset - the only horse to lower the colours of the legendary Man O' War (20 wins from 21 starts) in a 2-y-o race at Saratoga in 1919.

(Man O' War was facing the wrong way when the starter let them go but came through to be beaten only ½ length at the finish.)

Vatellor.

Winkfield, James - the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby (on His Eminence in 1901 & Alan-a-Dale in 1902).

The first Kentucky Derby of 1875 featured 13 black jockeys out of a total of 15. Of the first 28 winners up to and including Alan-a-Dale in 1902 15 were ridden by black jockeys.

After 1921 no black jockey even rode in the race until Marlon St. Julien weighed out to finish 7th on the Godolphin trained Curule in 2000.

Xenaphon....of little account American horse.

Yeats, WB - Irish poet & playwright who, in addition to having a 4 time Ascot Gold Cup winner named after him, was an inspiration to owners in at least one other instance.

Black Minnaloushe (2001 Irish 2,000 Guineas & St James's Palace Stakes winner) is the name of the cat in Yeats' poem The Cat And The Moon.

Kazzia, the last filly to win the 1,000 guineas and the Oaks in 2002 and the first German bred horse to win a British classic.

Amberleigh House

Banningham Blade....Ken Ivory trained a few years back. Prolific winner in its early 2yo career. Probably over-raced.

Cricket Ball....a non-descript horse but a 25/1 winner for me one day at Worcester races

Dillon, HL - first French correspondent for The Sporting Life from 1859 to 1862.

(The job might have lasted longer but Dillon was killed in a duel by a French aristocrat following a dispute over an article he wrote about amateur jockeys.)

Enillwyr Grand Slam Handicap Chase

Entire....one up on a rig

Florida Pearl - trained by Willie Mullins to win four Irish Hennessys, a Champion Bumper, an RSA Chase & a King George VI Chase.

Retired in 2004. Put down aged 20 last Saturday following the discovery of cancer in the abdomen.

Ghanaati who recorded the fastest time for a winner of the 1,000 Guineas which is also over a second quicker than the record time for the 2,000 Guineas.

Handicapper got it spot on

Ile De Re today's Chester Cup winner for Donald McCain.

Jellaby.

Kerton, Charlotte - jockey recently found guilty of stopping two horses (Timeteam & Trip Switch) at Lingfield in January 2010.

do you have a test tomorrow?

Long Walk Hurdle.