Want to test your horse racing knowledge? From New Zealand racing history to New Zealand jumps racing, take this quiz to find out if you’re the horse racing expert you think you are.

 

 

 

1. Which of the following jockeys did NOT ride Sunline? 

 

a) Larry Cassidy

b) Darren Beadman 

c) Greg Childs

d) Peter Johnson 

 

2. Who was the first horse to win three Wellington Cups?

 

a) Kingdom Bay

b) Cynisca

c) Senator 

d) Ed 

 

3. What is the oldest racing club in New Zealand that is still functioning today? 

 

a) Hastings Racecourse

b) Matamata Racecourse

c) Wanganui Racecourse

d) Te Aroha Racecourse 

 

4. Who was the first New Zealand horse to win a Melbourne Cup? 

 

a) Kiwi

b) Carbine 

c) Phar Lap

d) Martini Henry 

 

5. Who was the first female jockey to win a race in New Zealand? 

 

a) Joan Phipps 

b) Linda Jones

c) Cherie Saxton 

d) Lisa Cropp 

 

 

 

 

1. Which horse won the first Group One of the 2019/20 season? 

 

a) Danzdanzdance   

b) Melody Belle

c) Endless Drama  

d) Wyndspelle 

 

2. How many wins did Catalyst record between April 1 2019 and April 1 2020? 

 

a) 4

b) 5

c) 6

d) 7

 

3. Which horse won the 2020 2YO Karaka Million?

 

a) Cool Aza Beel 

b) Play That Song

c) Taroni 

d) Probabeel 

 

4. Who ran second to Roger That in the 2020 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup? 

 

a) Platinum Invader 

b) Gorbachev 

c) Sound 

d) Azuro 

 

5. Which horse won the 2020 Vodafone New Zealand Derby? 

 

a) Sherwood Forest

b) Two Illicit 

c) Dragon Leap

d) Scorpz 

 

 

 

1. Who holds the record for most New Zealand jockeys premierships won? 

 

a) David Walsh 

b) Sam Spratt 

c) Chris Johnson 

d) Lance O’Sullivan 

 

2. Which jockey has won the past two Auckland Cups (in 2019 and 2020)? 

 

a) Sam Collett 

b) James McDonald 

c) Jason Waddell  

d) Michael McNab  

 

3. Which of the following jockeys have NOT ridden more than 2000 winners? 

 

a) Chris Johnson 

b) Lance O’Sullivan  

c) Opie Bosson 

d) Noel Harris 

 

4. Which jockey won the 2018/19 jockey’s premiership? 

 

a) Lisa Allpress

b) Johnathan Parkes

c) Sam Collett 

d) Matt Cameron 

 

5. Which jockey won the first race of the 2020 decade? 

 

a) Johnathan Riddell 

b) Jason Waddell 

c) Shaun McKay 

d) Trudy Thornton 

 

 

 

1. What is the richest jumps race in New Zealand? 

 

a) Great Northern Steeplechase

b) New Zealand Grand National 

c) Great Northern Steeplechase and the New Zealand Grand National 

d) Great Northern Steeplechase and Great Northern Hurdle

 

2. Who are the only 2 horses to have won the Great Northern Steeplechase three times? 

 

a) Royal Ways and Hypnotize

b) Hypnotize and Hunterville

c) Golden Flare and Hunterville

d) Wise Men Say and Hypnotize

 

3. Which jumps race is famously run over a figure-8 racetrack? 

 

a) Wellington Steeplechase 

b) Great Northern Steeplechase

c) New Zealand Grand National 

d) Wellington Hurdles 

 

4. In 2001, which two horses dead-heated in the Great Northern Steeplechase? 

 

a) Our Jonty & Royal Ways 

b) Golden Flare & Wanderlust 

c) Sir Avion & Smart Hunter

d) Wanderlust & Golden Flare 

 

5. Who won the 2016/17 jumps jockey premiership? 

 

a) Shaun Fannin 

b) Shaun Phelan 

c) Isaac Lupton 

d) Aaron Kuru 

 

How did you do? 

 

New Zealand Horse Racing History Answers: 1: b, 2: b, 3: c, 4: d, 5: a. 

 

Modern day New Zealand Racing Answers: 1: b, 2: c, 3: a, 4: c, 5: a. 

 

New Zealand Jockey Answers: 1: d, 2: a, 3: c, 4: a, 5: b. 

 

New Zealand Jumps Racing Answers: 1: d, 2: b, 3:a, 4:c, 5: d.