Test Your TDN IQ: June 16, 2017

1). Glorious Journey (Dubawi) made a winning debut at Newmarket on Saturday for Godolphin/Charlie Appleby. How much did he cost at Tattersalls October? 

2.6 million gns

2). Verbal Dexterity was named a TDN Rising Star after winning at The Curragh by 9 ½ lengths. Who sired the Jim Bolger-trained colt?

Vocalised

3). What Australian jockey was recently appointed as the retained rider for John Moore in Hong Kong?

Tommy Berry

4). Tepin (Bernstein) grabbed plenty of headlines by winning the 2016 G1 Queen Anne Stakes. What Frenchman was in the irons?

Julien Leparoux

5). Precieuse (Tamayuz), winner of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches last month for her owner-breeders Brendan and Anne Marie Hayes, was sold privately this week. Name her new owner.

Peter M. Brant of White Birch Farm

6). Kingman (Invincible Spirit) was an impressive winner of the 2014 G1 St James's Palace Stakes. But what horse finished second that day?

Night of Thunder

7). Here's an easy one. Yeats won the G1 Ascot Gold Cup four times (from 2006 to 2009). Name the three jockeys that tasted Ascot success with him.

Kieren Fallon (2006), Mick Kinane (2007), Johnny Murtagh (2008 & 2009)

8). UAE King (Frankel) broke his maiden for Roger Varian/Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum at Haydock on Thursday. Name his illustrious half-brother.

Dubawi

9). Who is the highest Timeform rated 2-year-old in Europe so far this year (with a rating of 106p)? 

Alpha Centauri

10). De Bruyne Horse also features prominently in the Timeform ratings. Who sired Richard Hannon's talented juvenile?

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