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Congratulations goes to Mrs Rea of Dorset who wins a pair of Badges for Wincanton Racecourse, lunch for two and a free £100 Tote bet.

South West Racing - Competition

Win a great day out at Ladies Day at Taunton Races on Monday 12th March 2012, the prize includes two Portman Grandstand Badges, a meal for two in the Racecourse Restaurant and a free £100 bet with the Tote. Good Luck.

Previous Competition Winner

Test your racing knowledge with our competition. Put the answers in the grid and when completed the yellow column will spell out the name of a famous West Country-trained horse and the surname of the man who trained him. You need the Christian name or name by which the person is popularly known as well as surnames.

1. What was the name of the last favourite to win the Champion Hurdle

at Cheltenham?

2. Barry Hills, who retired this year, won the World Hurdle at Cheltenham

with Nomadic Way in 1992. Which current trainer rode the winner that

day?

3. Which Alan King-trained horse won the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle

at Wincanton last season?

4. Who rode Balasani to win the World Hurdle for Martin Pipe in 1994?

5. Which horse won the 2011 John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree?

6. Which jockey rode the winners of the World Hurdle in 2007, the

Scottish National in 2009 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2010?

7. Which West Country trained horse won the Hennessy Gold Cup last

season?

8. Name the last horse to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase more

than once

9. Which then Hampshire-based trainer was responsible for the legendary

Desert Orchid?

10. Which was the first horse owned by Sheikh Mohammed to win the

Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham?

11. By what name was the last trainer to win the John Smith’s Grand

National four times known?

12. Which horse, trained by Jonjo O’Neill, broke AP McCoy’s duck in the

John Smith’s Grand National when winning in 2010?

13. Which jockey was on board when champion trainer Paul Nicholls won

the Queen Mother Champion Chase for the first time?

14. Which horse won the 2011 Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham for West

Country trainer Philip Hobbs?

15. Which West Country trainer won the first running of the valuable

Betfair Chase at Haydock Park in 2005 with a horse his wife had

trained to win the Cheltenham Foxhunters two years earlier?

When you have the names in the yellow column,enter this answer into the space provided on the form and submit this to us to be entered into the competition.If you wish to print out the grid, click it to obtain a printable PDF version.