WS Trivia – can you beat the quiz master?

Saturday at Flemington, Derby Day kicks off a week of Group racing. Grab a pen or open the notes section on your phone, and let the trivia begin!
Question 1: At Flemington, there is a statue of a famous NZ-bred horse – who is it?
Hint: the wonder horse known as the “The Red Terror” won 37 races including the 1930 Melbourne Cup.
A) Brew
B) Think Big
C) Phar Lap
D) Might And Power
Question 2: I was bred and sold by Waikato Stud, my dam is Posy and won I the Gr.1 Champions Stakes (Mackinnon Stakes) last year – who am I?
A) Icebath
B) Daffodil
C) Atishu
D) Hurry Curry
Question 3: This year is the 164th running of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup and the NZ suffix has been carried to victory on how many occasions?
Other suffixes: (AUS) 96, (GB) seven, (IRE) six, (USA) five, (FR) & (GER) two each, (JPN) one.
A) 44
B) 28
C) 54
D) 12
Question 4: Which horse is the only one to have won the Melbourne Cup three times?
A) Think Big
B) Red Cadeaux
C) Phar Lap
D) Makybe Diva
Question 5: Which race is older, the VRC Derby or the Melbourne Cup?
Hint: the first was established in 1855, the other in 1861.
ANSWERS
Q1: C) Phar Lap (source: VRC website); Q2: C) Atishu; Q3: A) 44 (source: Racing Australia); Q4: D) Makybe Diva (2003, 2004 and 2005); Q5: VRC Derby (source: VRC Group 1 honour roll).

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