There are 30pts in total. It's easy this year, believe me.
1. A simple one to start. Danny Gilligan rode two winners at the 2025 Festival. They were? 2 pts.
2. Coneyburrow (1953), Solfen (1960), Grallagh Cnoc (1961), __________ (1963), Proud Tarquin (1970). What name is missing and what two facts connect all five of these? 2pts for each
3. 16 of the last 24 Festival runners trained by Willie Mullins and returned under 2/1 have won. But four didn't in 2025? They were? 1 pt for each.
4. When Simonsig skated home in the 2012 Neptune Hurdle, it was Nicky Henderson's 41st Festival. Apart from being another Grade 1 Festival winner, what was important about this?
5. Tim Molony, Ruby Walsh and Barry Geraghty have each ridden the winner of this Festival G1 on four occasions. It is? 2pts
6. Going back in time. These four horses finished 2nd in Gold Cups. I'll give you their SPs. But who won each of the four races? (a) Righthand Man at 15/2 (b) Cavvies Clown 8/1 (c) Royal Mail 7/1 (d) Bregawn 18/1. 1pt for each.
7. Which horse has these form figures in the last five Festivals? 25523. The second placing was in a Grade 1, the four more recent were handicaps. 2pts
8. Look at the picture at the top of the page. It's 2018. Name the finishing 1-2. 2pts for each.
9. Which recent Festival winning trainer has his stables near the village of Constable Burton? Postcode DL8. 2pts
10. Who owned Sea Pigeon? 2pts
11. Paul Townend has ridden the winner of the last three G1 Turners/Ballymore Hurdle. Who was the last jockey to ride three successive different winners of a G1 Festival Race? 2pts
12. Continuing on from the last question. In the 1990s which jockey rode the winner of the Arkle Chase in three successive Festivals? 2pts. To help, the final one of the three was Nakir. Who trained him? 2pts.
13. Crossword clue. It's a novice fancy, fixing dark portals (3), (4), (4).
14. Ridden by Jimmy Uttley and trained by Colin Davies, this horse won three Festival G1s between 1968 and 1970. He was? 2pts
15. Which 2024 Festival race had the most Irish trained runners? 14.