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WIN

  • Branded jacket from The Irish Field in your chosen size plus branded backpack. Total value €100.
  • One-year subscription to Irish Country Magazine (value €50)
  • Branded backpack from The Irish Field (value €35)

    • Irish Racing

    1. In modern times, what feat has only been achieved by Tom Dreaper, Paddy Mullins, Jim Dreaper and Dermot McLoughlin?

    2. Which racecourse was at the centre of a controversy over bottled water in July?

    3. Name all five of Aidan O’Brien’s two-year-olds who won at the top level this year.

    4. What big race winner of 2022 had one start in point-to-points for Donie Hassett?

    5. I’m only a 5lb claimer but I rode nine winners at the Curragh this year and I come from a long line of jockeys. Who am I?

    Cheltenham

    6. Which two races at this year’s Cheltenham Festival did Willie Mullins win for the first time?

    7. Which Cheltenham winner was reportedly bought for €5,000 after being advertised on the trainer’s Facebook page?

    8. Name the horse who went off joint favourite with Constitution Hill for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

    9. Which Festival winner was booed by a section of the crowd on returning to the winner’s enclosure?

    10. Allaho has won the Ryanair Chase twice in a row. Name the only other horse to have done that in the race’s 18-year history?

    International

    11. Which Irish-trained horse won all six starts in 2022, three at home and three abroad?

    12. “I’m not a champion jockey, I’m not Ryan Moore. I’ve had a good career but I’ve not had a starlit career. I think it takes a lot for them not to look elsewhere.” Who said that after a big win this year?

    13. What top class horse retired this year with a record of 20 wins from 35 starts?

    14. Which champion jockey of 2022 is the son of an eight-times champion jockey?

    15. Name the 76-year-old Irish trainer who had a runner at the Breeders’ Cup this year.

    Breeding & Sales

    16. What stud farm had a share in two winners on Champions Day at Ascot?

    17. What stallion will stand at a fee of £350,000 in 2023?

    18. Virtual is the sire of what prolific winner in 2022?

    19. I’m a Shadwell Group 1 winner, by Sea The Stars out of Aghareed. Jim Crowley was on my back for all my three starts this year and we only lost once. What’s my name?

    20. Complete this sequence: Alouette, Albanova, Alwilda, ______?

    Appointments

    21. Name the new chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board?

    22. Who was appointed Head of Bloodstock at Tattersalls Ireland this year?

    23. Which former Tattersalls Ireland employee is now a Grade 1 racecourse manager?

    24. Who is the new manager of Laytown Racecourse?

    25. Who is the new chairman of the Irish Racehorse Trainers’ Association?

    Questions 26-35 require you to name 10 Group 1 winning horses of 2022