Norfolk from where the nearby villages supplied the names of two Derby winners, Blakeney and his half brother Morston.

Oedipus.....top American steeplechaser back in the fifties.

Phillips, Richard - trains a stone's throw from where I live at Adlestrop in Gloucestershire.

Hasn't really fulfilled the promise he showed when he had horses like Cheltenham Festival winner La Landiere in his yard about 10 years back.

Zara Phillips (no relation, probably) rides out for him from time to time.

Also, Richard Phillips is apparently an excellent mimic and does a mean impression of Henry Cecil.

Yes I remember the promise of Richard Phillips as I can understand the connection with Zara Phillips. Richard was, along with Alan King, one of David Nicholson's assistants who became a fully fledged trainer when Nicholson's career ended; I think there was another but can't recall who. Interestingly, Richard Johnson, another of the Nicholson camp, sometimes rides for Phillips and it was Johnson who once courted Zara. No doubt the connection began as a result of the close friendship of Princess Anne and Nicholson, the latter having taught her to race-ride and for whom Anne rode out and competed a few times.

Quarter the odds 1-2-3

Richard Johnson

Salisbury where Lester Piggott rode for the first time in public and Steve Cauthen made his riding debut in Britain. Racing has been held there sine the mid-1600s and the likes of Gimcrack, Eclipse, Sun Chariot, Mill Reef and Brigadier Gerard have won there.

Two Thousand Guineas

Untried over the distance.

VI, King George on boxing day

Wise Owl - 1968 US colt by Hoot Owl out of Blue Whirl.

The name plays on the stereotypical wisdom of the bird but, while I've never seen a totally stupid owl, I have to say that not all of them are as smart as they are made out to be.

Xavier....Perez, jockey

You. Top class filly trained by Robert Frankel (who Frankel is named after) who in the early 2000s in 18 starts (16 of which were at G1 level) won over £1m in prize money in the US.

Zebrano....named after a decorative striped African wood. UNlike the wood, the horse has done little to be admired for.

All Along - 1983 Arc winner turned down by Lester Piggott.

Piggott's refusal to take the ride cost him not only a big race winner but resulted in the termination of his riding arrangement with Daniel Wildenstein.

This in turn caused a split between Lester and Henry Cecil for whom Steve Cauthen began to ride the following year.

Brought down

Coastal Bluff - dead-heated with Ya Malak for the 1997 Nunthorpe Stakes giving trainer David Barron his only Group 1 success to date.

Dahlia....who should have run in the Derby and show the colts how to do it.

Entire....horse with equipment intact.

Found the going too soft

Glorious Goodwood

Horseshoes

Ile de Chypre who caused a big upset when beating the 2/5 favourite Cacoethes in the Juddmonte International in 1989.

Juddmonte International

Kalanisi. Stoute trained top class 8-12 furlong colt unraced until a 3yo and never out of the first 3 in 11 starts. In 2000 he was twice beaten a head by Giants Causeway in the Eclipse and the Juddmonte International and then went on to beat Montjeu in the Champion Stakes and win the Breeders Cup Turf.