98 Horse Racing Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who holds the record for most wins by a jockey in North American horse racing?
Answer
Russell Baze
Which American Triple Crown race is run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore?
Answer
Preakness Stakes
Which horse won the 2000 Kentucky Derby despite starting from post position 15?
Answer
Fusaichi Pegasus
Which horse became the first winner of the English Triple Crown, completing it in 1853?
Answer
West Australian
What is a horse race called when two horses finish exactly level?
Answer
Dead heat
Which Australian racehorse retired unbeaten after winning all 25 of her races?
Answer
Black Caviar
What is the name of the horse-racing course in Paris that hosts the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe?
Answer
Longchamp Racecourse
What is the official distance of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree?
Answer
About 4 miles 2½ furlongs
Which racehorse won 20 of 21 starts and lost only to Upset?
Answer
Man o’ War
Which jockey rode Lester Piggott’s record nine Epsom Derby winners?
Answer
Lester Piggott
Which horse won the first Melbourne Cup, held in 1861?
Answer
Archer
Which horse won the 1978 Triple Crown in the United States?
Answer
Affirmed
Which horse won the 1989 Japan Cup in a world-record time?
Answer
Horlicks
Which jockey rode Secretariat to his 1973 Triple Crown victories?
Answer
Ron Turcotte
Which race is the classic English contest for three-year-old fillies at Epsom Downs?
Answer
The Oaks Stakes
Which race is traditionally called the “Run for the Roses”?
Answer
Kentucky Derby
Who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup?
Answer
Michelle Payne
Which horse won the 1986 Kentucky Derby?
Answer
Ferdinand
Which horse won the 2023 Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs?
Answer
Auguste Rodin
Which horse won the 2012 Dubai World Cup on Meydan’s all-weather track?
Answer
Monterosso