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Quiz

Test your Triple Crown knowledge

1. At the Kentucky Derby, horses run for:
the roses
the tulips
the sunflowers
the carnations

2. The last horse to win the Triple Crown was:
Assault
Affirmed
Secretariat
Citation

3. Chalk in horseracing is:
the finish line
the starting line
the favorite to win
the name of a horse who won the Triple Crown

4. Which trainer started a horse in the Kentucky Derby for a record 20 straight years?
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Billy Turner
Bob Baffert
D. Wayne Lucas

5. How many horses have won the Triple Crown?
5
9
11
17

6. A furlong is:
one-fifth of a mile
one-eighth of a mile
half a mile
a mile

7. Which flower is the traditional flower of the Belmont Stakes?
white carnation
white rose
white orchid
white lily

8. The Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown races. This year will mark which running of the race?
125th
133rd
147th
150th

9. The name Preakness is dervied from:
an Indian phrase meaning quail woods
a Spanish phrase meaning grazing land
a Greek phrase meaning one who runs
a Swahili phrase meaning young and agile

10. Belmont Park opened in:
1902
1903
1904
1905

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