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Rising Fast Trivia Quiz

One more in the series of New Zealand and Australian champion race horses.

A multiple-choice quiz by veandercross. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
veandercross

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
173,195

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
388

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who was the sire of Rising Fast? Hint

Star Kingdom

Alonzo

Mid-day Sun

Carbine

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was the dam of Rising Fast? Hint

Slower

Cutie

Rising Higher

Faster

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Question 3 of 15

3. Where was he bred? Hint

New Zealand

Ireland

Australia

USA

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who was his owner? Hint

Alan Winter

Walter Nash

Bart Cummings

Leicester Spring

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who was Rising Fasts first trainer, controversially suspended? Hint

Dave O'Sullivan

Jack Winder

Bart Cummings

Gai Waterhouse

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where was Rising Fast's final start and win in New Zealand? Hint

Paeroa

Wellington

Ellerslie

Riccarton

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Question 7 of 15

7. In 1954, Rising Fast won the Turnball Stks, Caulfield Stks, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stks, Melbourne Cup.

True

False

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Question 8 of 15

8. Ivan Tucker, a New Zealander, who took over the training after the Winder suspension, was himself suspended, and the horse went to which Australian trainer? Hint

Tommy Smith

Fred Hoysted

Gai Waterhouse

Maurice McCarten

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Question 9 of 15

9. Why didn't Bill Williamson, his regular jockey, ride him in the 1954 Caulfield Cup? Hint

He was suspended.

He rode another horse.

He got lost on his way to the course.

He was badly injured in the race before the Cup.

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who was the jockey who rode Rising Fast in the 1954 Melbourne Cup, while Bill Williamson was still in hospital? Hint

Jim Cassidy

Jack Purtell

Neville Sellwood

Tommy Smith

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Question 11 of 15

11. Rising Fast won the 1955 Caulfield Cup?

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Rising Fast won the MacKinnon Stakes for a second time, and was narrowly defeated in the 1955 Melbourne Cup, by which horse? Hint

Redcraze

Straight Draw

Bonecrusher

Toparoa

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was Rising Fast's nickname? Hint

Fred

Joe

Speedy

Old Jack

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who was the other horse to win two Caulfield Cups and one Melbourne Cup in 1906 and 1907? Hint

Nightmarch

Neptune

Poseidon

Archer

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Question 15 of 15

15. Rising Fast's last win was in Melbourne, in which race? Hint

Auckland Cup

Wellington Stakes

Brisbane Cup

Memsie Stakes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the sire of Rising Fast?

Answer: Alonzo

Both sire and dam were below average performers, but as usual in horses and humans, genetics always throw up a freak.

2. Who was the dam of Rising Fast?

Answer: Faster

Cutie was his granddam.

3. Where was he bred?

Answer: New Zealand

At Greytown in the Wairarapa, Lower North Island.

4. Who was his owner?

Answer: Leicester Spring

Leicester Spring was an accountant from Whakatane.

5. Who was Rising Fasts first trainer, controversially suspended?

Answer: Jack Winder

Rising Fast was the early favourite for the 1953 Auckland Cup, but ran a shocker in a leadup race, the Te Awamutu Cup. Jacks suspension was finally increased to 5 years, amazing considering how many trainers let their horses have soft runs, and how many times the trainers non favoured runner, beats his preferred horse.

6. Where was Rising Fast's final start and win in New Zealand?

Answer: Paeroa

In the 1953 Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes, he came back to a hostile reception from the crowd, after the last start problems and the Waikato Racing Stewarts appealed the previous decision, and increased Jack Winders suspension to 12 months, the jockeys to 3 months, and banned the horse for 12 months.

The horses ban was lifted but only after the Auckland and Wellington Cups had been run. His owner had enough by now and took the horse to Australia, never to race in New Zealand again.

7. In 1954, Rising Fast won the Turnball Stks, Caulfield Stks, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stks, Melbourne Cup.

Answer: True

Amazing but true. He was the first to win the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup treble in the same year, let alone all the lead-up races as well. And only one other horse at the time had won that treble in different years.

8. Ivan Tucker, a New Zealander, who took over the training after the Winder suspension, was himself suspended, and the horse went to which Australian trainer?

Answer: Fred Hoysted

A well known Melbourne trainer. Known as Father.

9. Why didn't Bill Williamson, his regular jockey, ride him in the 1954 Caulfield Cup?

Answer: He was badly injured in the race before the Cup.

He was hospitalized and the ride went to Arthur Ward, a very experienced jockey whose horse in the Cup had been scratched.

10. Who was the jockey who rode Rising Fast in the 1954 Melbourne Cup, while Bill Williamson was still in hospital?

Answer: Jack Purtell

Jack Purtell, a Melbourne jockey who won 3 Melbourne Cups, 4 Cox plates, an English Oaks, and a Irish Oaks, in his long and distingushed career.

11. Rising Fast won the 1955 Caulfield Cup?

Answer: True

Ridden by Bill Williamson, he won by 3 lengths carrying a record 9 stone 10 lbs.

12. Rising Fast won the MacKinnon Stakes for a second time, and was narrowly defeated in the 1955 Melbourne Cup, by which horse?

Answer: Toparoa

Battered and bashed by 3-4 other jockeys and horses, and finally interfered with by the winner all the way up the straight, Rising Fast went down by only a neck. Toparoa's jockey was suspended for two months, but kept the race. Rising Fast was also conceding 34 lb (15.5 k)to Toparoa.

13. What was Rising Fast's nickname?

Answer: Joe

Joe, in his New Zealand racing had 23 starts and 10 different riders.
Old Jack, was of course Carbine's nickname.

14. Who was the other horse to win two Caulfield Cups and one Melbourne Cup in 1906 and 1907?

Answer: Poseidon

His trainer actually did the double-double, when Poseidon's stablemate won the 1907 Melbourne Cup. Poseidon was unplaced under a very heavy weight, 10 stone 3lb.

15. Rising Fast's last win was in Melbourne, in which race?

Answer: Memsie Stakes

He retired with 24 wins, 17 seconds, and 2 thirds out of 64 starts.
Before going home to New Zealand, he appeared at the Moonee Valley racetrack, where he received a tremendous ovation and a magnificent farewell.In the end, he was only a neck away from being the greatest horse of the century.

Source: Author veandercross

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