Champions, famous siblings and unusual prizes: take our quiz

Another week has come and gone with no shortage of drama and intrigue but how much attention have you been paying? Let's find out with our weekly quickfire quiz.

Questions

1. Minding's racing career was brought to a premature end this week due to a pastern injury. How many Group 1 races did the brilliant daughter of Galileo win?

A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

2. Permian came agonisingly close to winning a Group 1 in the Grand Prix de Paris at Saint-Cloud this week. How many times has the son of Teofilo raced this year?

A. Six
B. Seven
C. Eight
D. Nine

Frankie Dettori returned from injury to partner EnableCredit: Patrick McCann

3. Enable became the latest filly to complete the Epsom and Curragh Oaks double but who had been the most recent to win both races prior to her?

A. Sariska
B. Ouija Board
C. Snow Fairy
D. Taghrooda

4. The great dual-purpose jockey Martin Molony passed awaythis week at the age of 91. Following his riding career, which subsequent Champion Hurdle winner did Molony buy as an unbroken three-year-old for 1,380gns?

A. Bula
B. Persian War
C. Night Nurse
D. Monksfield

5. We also lost another former giant of the Irish weighing room this week in Tommy Carberry. In what year did he train Bobbyjo to win the Grand National with his son Paul in the saddle?

A. 1997
B. 1998
C. 1999
D. 2000

Rivet: winner of the 2016 Racing Post TrophyCredit: Edward Whitaker

6. The sale of last year's Racing Post Trophy winner Rivet to Hong Kong was confirmed this week. Which trainer's stable will the colt be joining in the far east?

A. John Size
B. Caspar Fownes
C. John Moore
D. Tony Cruz

7. A horse cared for by Frankel's former groom Sandeep Gauvaram, Beat The Bank, won the Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday. What prize was handed out to winning connections by the late trainer's widow Lady Cecil?

A. A selection of Newmarket sausages
B. Buttonholes made of roses
C. Colourful shirts
D. Signed paintings of Frankel and Sir Henry

8. Poetic Charm won the opening maiden at Newmarket on Saturday. The daughter of Dubawi is a half-sister to which Darley stallion?

A. Golden Horn
B. Iffraaj
C. Teofilo
D. Exceed And Excel

9. How many winners did trainer Charlie Appleby have at Newmarket this week?

A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six

10. The great US mare Songbird won her ninth Grade 1 at Delaware Park on Saturday but was given a scare when it looked momentarily like Martini Glass might go past her. What price was Songbird sent off at?

A. 1-20
B. 1-25
C. 1-33
D. 1-40

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Answers

1. D (Seven)
2. B (Seven)
3. C (Snow Fairy)
4. A (Bula)
5. C (1999)
6. C (John Moore)
7. B (Buttonholes made of roses)
8. C (Teofilo)
9. B (Four)
10. A (1-20)