Super Quiz: Horse sense

1. Provide the next line: “For want of a nail the shoe was lost.”

2. Name the riderless horse that took part in John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.

3. What was the name of the legendary winged horse?

4. Winning which three horse races constitutes the Triple Crown?

5. Name the two different gaits used in harness racing.

6. Which horses traversed between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif.?

7. Name the horse of (a) Napoleon and (b) Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo.

8. What is a walkover in horse racing?

9. Which horse did Upset upset at Saratoga in 1919?

Answers

1. “For want of a shoe the horse was lost.”

2. Black Jack

3. Pegasus

4. Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes

5. Trot and pace

6. Horses of the Pony Express

7. (a) Marengo, (b) Copenhagen

8. Only one horse is entered

9. Man o’ War