Trivia

We had some really good and challenging trivia going on the easy Goer thread.
Lets get another thread started.

What horse ran the day after Holy Bull won the Woodward, at Belmont Park, and was a so so 2nd in a two year old stakes race?
He went on to be a true great.

[blackthroatedwind]

How great could he have been.....Thunder Gulch was the 3YO star of the following season and probably still a maiden at this time.

I will have to wrack my brain for this one.

[blackthroatedwind]

I assume you aren't confused and thinking of Skip Away's incredibly hard luck second to Gator Dancer the day after Cigar's BC Classic win?

[dr. fager]

I'm thinking someone on this board is named after him, I could be wrong....



horse has ties to the finger dipper?

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I assume you aren't confused and thinking of Skip Away's incredibly hard luck second to Gator Dancer the day after Cigar's BC Classic win?

Yep that was it
I blew it
I was even gonna say to Gator Dancer

What a storm of profanity that trip evoked from me.

[dr. fager]

well obviously I was wrong, I was thinking Da Hoss, who I just checked and was unbeaten at 2. Oh well...lol

[Downthestretch55]

I love trivia, but I'm not too good at it.
Do you know the winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) when Treasure Island, Lemon Drop Kid, and David were behind him?
Clue: He was 2nd behind Adonis in the Wood Memorial.

Before this Nobiz Like Showbiz, there was another one with the same exacvt name, owned by the same folks.
He was a grass horse in the early to mid 90's and he had a bit of notoriety himself due to a race at Saratoga. What did he do?

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

I love trivia, but I'm not too good at it.
Do you know the winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) when Treasure Island, Lemon Drop Kid, and David were behind him?
Clue: He was 2nd behind Adonis in the Wood Memorial.

I went to that Wood, but I do not recall who Adonis beat. WHo the heck was it?

[Getaway]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Before this Nobiz Like Showbiz, there was another one with the same exacvt name, owned by the same folks.
He was a grass horse in the early to mid 90's and he had a bit of notoriety himself due to a race at Saratoga. What did he do?

Was that the horse that won the same race twice in one year?

Originally Posted by Getaway

Was that the horse that won the same race twice in one year?

Nope. That wasn't his two minutes of fame.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

I love trivia, but I'm not too good at it.
Do you know the winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) when Treasure Island, Lemon Drop Kid, and David were behind him?
Clue: He was 2nd behind Adonis in the Wood Memorial.

Best of Luck.

I don't know much trivia from this long ago (I was 16), but I loved Lemon Drop Kid at the time, so there is very little about most of his races that I don't remember.

[CapperZeke]

Menifee was the horse.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Best of Luck.

I don't know much trivia from this long ago (I was 16), but I loved Lemon Drop Kid at the time, so there is very little about most of his races that I don't remember.

Correct Brian!
Mike, you know me...I had to get a plug in for the baby that I'm waiting for.

[Buffymommy]

How do you all keep this stuff memorized? It is a fun thread to read so thanks.

[CapperZeke]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Before this Nobiz Like Showbiz, there was another one with the same exacvt name, owned by the same folks.
He was a grass horse in the early to mid 90's and he had a bit of notoriety himself due to a race at Saratoga. What did he do?

Was that the horse that went through the hedge and jumped in the pond?

Originally Posted by CapperZeke

Was that the horse that went through the hedge and jumped in the pond?

No it was not.
On closing day of 1993 at Saratoga, a huge carryover had accumulated.
The pik-6 ran on races 3-8 back then.
Nobiz like Showbiz crossed the line first in the 7th race, a grass allowance at 8-5 odds.
Shortly after he crossed the line an inquiry sign lit up the tote board, and he was disqualified. Pat Day and Pete Vestal's horse was placed first at 20-1, and in the next race Strategic Maneuver won the Spinaway, and some very happy pick-6 players got back 115 grand rather than the small amount they would have gotten had Nobiz Like Showbiz not been disqualified.

Name Groovy's first trainer.

Trainer Shug McGaughey hit the board in 5 consecutive Travers Stakes, the last two being wins with Easy Goer and Rhythm. Who were the three horses who hit the board before those wins?