Abernant Stakes - Group 3 sprint named after Timeform 142 rated Abernant who raced in the late 1940s.

Won last week by Henry Cecil's 4-y-o Tickled Pink. It's difficult to recall when Sir Henry last had a good sprinter (or any sprinter at all for that matter). Possibly Gayane who finished 2nd to Ajdal in the 1986 July Cup answers the question but perhaps my memory isn't what it was.

Back, belly and breast....three parts of a horse

Cwrw. The winner of the 1812 2,000 guineas, I think in Welsh it refers to beer.

Daily treble

I'm going to go for a double D, Doping which rules Certify out of the 1,000 Guineas.

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...by-revelations

Eleven horses involved, there were

Fastest recorded time for the 2,000 guineas was clocked by Tudor Minstrel when winning by 8 lengths and stood for 47 years until Mr Baileys bettered it in 1994.

Geldings were allowed to run in the colts' Classics until 1904.

Curzon was the last such horse to be placed in the Derby finishing a close 2nd to Sir Visto in 1895. This near miss convinced many that a horse winning the premier classic without the ability to pass on his or her genes wasn't a good idea. Hence from 1905 onwards the colts' classics were restricted to entires and fillies.

Horse box

Inbred, the mating of closely related horses. A horse described as inbred 2x3 to say Sadlers Wells means he appears in their sire's line 2 generations back and in their dam's line 3 generations back. Sadlers Wells however would not be described as inbred.

Jockeys Directory

King George IV - instigated the pre-race Royal Procession up the straight mile at Royal Ascot in 1825.

Lingfield Park

Mayonaise who has the distinction of winning the 1,000 Guinea by the widest margin, 20 lengths in 1859.

Newton Abbot - when the last hurdle at Newton Abbot is positioned at its closest to the winning post the run-in is about 70 yards making it probably the shortest in the country.

Otto Madden, a four times flat Champion Jockey of the late 19th / early 20th century

Prizes - riders finishing in the first 3 in the Newmarket Town Plate receive a clothing voucher and a box of sausages.

Question Of Sport.....Willie and Frankie were captains

Rous, Henry John (1795-1877) - one time Admiral in the Royal Navy who became a member of the Jockey Club in 1838.

Appointed public handicapper in 1855 & subsequently introduced the weight-for-age scale still in use today (with a few tweaks).

Scottish Derby, last run in 2005

Tirol who in 1990 became the third colt to win both the English and Irish 2,000 guines.

Until 1964 Fairyhouse racecourse was known as the Ward Union Hunt .

Velásquez, Cornelio

Windsor - probably the only racecourse in the country with a private jetty at which racegoers can arrive by boat.

X-Box horse racing game