Free Quiz Questions all about horses. This is all filed under Human Behaviour because they belong to use. We are the rider, the horse is the ridden.
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In which month of the year does the Kentucky Derby take place?
May
The race is run on the first Saturday in May.
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During which month is the yearly racing event known as 'Royal Ascot' usually held?
June
More than 50,000 bottles of champagne are consumed during the festival.
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Horses called Ginger and Merrylegs appear in which classic novel, first published in 1877?
Black Beauty
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Which famous novel was written in 1877 by Anna Sewell as a protest against cruelty to horses?
Black Beauty
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What type of metal was also the name of the Lone Ranger`s horse?
Silver
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What European capital city was also the name of the Duke of Wellington's horse at the Battle of Waterloo?
Copenhagen
Copenhagen was of mixed Thoroughbred and Arabian.
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What has happened to a horse which is called a gelding?
It has been castrated
It makes the horse beter-behaved, calmer.
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What term is used in horseracing to describe an event for horses who have not yet won a race and also in cricket to describe an over in which no runs are scored?
Maiden
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Which British horse racing jockey went to jail in 1987 for tax evasion but also won more than 4000 races in a career that spanned five decades?
Lester Piggott
Piggot served a year and a day in jail before his release.
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Which Racecourse in Suffolk hosts both the 1000 guineas and the 2000 guineas?
Newmarket
Both races are over 1 mile.
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Which famous race takes place on the first Saturday in May in an American city called Louisville, with the winner receiving over a million dollars and a blanket of roses?
Kentucky Derby
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What are the periods of play in polo called?
Chukkas
6 x 7 minute chukkas. It can also be spelled 'chucker'.
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What word is given to the colourful uniforms of horse racing jockeys, named after the type of material used?
Silks
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What is the name of the riding school in Vienna, famous for its Lippizaner horses?
Spanish Riding School
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In the Lord of The Rings universe, what is the name of Gandalf's silver stallion?
Shadowfax
He was given to Gandalf by King Théoden
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Which TV masked-man rode a horse called Silver and had an Indian friend called Tonto?
The Lone Ranger
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Which city in Canada stages the Stampede every July which attracts a million visitors and is touted as the largest rodeo in the world?
Calgary
In Alberta Province
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What was the name of the suffragette who threw herself under the King`s horse in the 1913 Derby?
Emily Davison
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What is the term for a young female horse, less than four years old?
Filly
Under 5 years in the UK - under 4 in many other countries
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Which racecourse in Surrey hosts the King George VI Steeple Chase race every Boxing Day?
Kempton Park
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