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How well do you remember the 2016 horse racing year?

Can you tell your Don Cossacks from your Don Polis?
9.30pm, 24 Dec 2016
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Ivanovich Gorbatov gave Joseph O'Brien his first "unofficial" Cheltenham winner as a trainer. What race did he win?
Supreme Novices Hurdle
Neptune Hurdle

Triumph Hurdle
Albert Bartlett Hurdle
Name this jockey, riding Awtaad to win the 2000 Guineas for Kevin Prendergast and Sheikh Hamdan.
Colm O'Donoghue
Seamie Heffernan

Kevin Manning
Chris Hayes
Ruby Walsh won the US Grand National on Rawnaq in October. In how many different countries has Walsh now won Grand Nationals?
5
7

9
10
Who trained the winner of the Irish Grand National?
Gavin Cromwell
Sandra Hughes

Mouse Morris
Jim Dreaper
How many of the five British Classics were won by Irish trainers in 2016?
1
2

3
4
Don Cossack won the Cheltenham Gold Cup - but who finished second?
Carlingford Lough
Djakadam

Cue Card
Don Poli
Victoria Pendleton finished fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. What was the name of her horse?
Pacha du Polder
Alskamatic

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Paint The Clouds
Who won the Breeders' Cup Classic in Santa Anita?
American Pharoah
Arrogate

Hoppertunity
California Chrome
Who rode Rule The World to win the Aintree Grand National?
David Mullins
Paul Moloney

Leighton Aspell
Aidan Coleman
Pat Smullen was Ireland's champion flat jockey again in 2015/2016. How many races did he win?
88
101

115
122
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