Pacha Du Polder wins under Bryony Frost
Pacha Du Polder wins under Bryony Frost

2018 Cheltenham Festival quiz: Brain teasers


Test your Cheltenham Festival knowledge with 20 brain-teasers ahead of the big meeting next week.

1) How many times has Ruby Walsh been crowned leading rider at the Festival?

2) Which horse gave Nico de Boinville his first Festival winner in 2014?

3) Which trainer and jockey have teamed up to win the last two renewals of the Pertemps Final?

4) The OLBG Mares' Hurdle was introduced in 2008, name the first winner of the race.

5) Who rode the Willie Mullins-trainer Wither Or Which to win the Champion Bumper in 1996?

6) Which horse finished second to Douvan in the 2016 Arkle?

7) Buveur D'Air is bidding for back-to-back victories in the Unibet Champion Hurdle, name the last horse to complete the feat.

8) Which Grade One-winning rider claimed their first Cheltenham Festival success in last year's Foxhunter Chase?

9) Barry Geraghty shares the record with Pat Taaffe with five Champion Chase victories, can you name his winners?

10) What do Graham Lee, Paddy Brennan and Denis O'Regan all have in common at the Cheltenham Festival?

11) Which horse won the 2015 County Hurdle before going on to Classic success on the Flat the following year?

12) Which is the oldest race at the Festival?

13) Which subsequent Champion Chase winner landed the 1998 Grand Annual?

14) How many races did Gordon Elliott win on the opening day of last year's Festival?

15) Which multiple Classic-winning jockey rode the winner of the Champion Bumper in 2002 and name his horse?

16) How many Festival winners has Nicky Henderson trained so far?

17) Which horse holds the record for the most Cheltenham Festival victories?

18) In what year was the Festival expanded to its current four-day format?

19) Name the only British-trained winner of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase in its 13-year history.

20) Which future Ryanair Chase hero won the Champion Bumper in 2010?

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