The prize for this contest is the following yearling colt:
<a href='http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=33850' target='_blank'>http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php ... D=33850</a>
Pattern is by Standard, a multiple stakes winning dirt miler by Chesapeake Bay, one of the top stallions in the SIM today. Standard is a son of Broodmare of the Year Statgal and is thus a half brother to such horses as Star Player, Static, and Status.
Pattern is out of Whenyoulookatme, a daughter of Breeder's Cup Classic and Dubai World Cup winner Elusive Pegasus. She descends from a sister of Serena's Song.
There will be ten questions in the trivia contest. The player with the most correct answers will win the colt. If there is a tie, the winner will be selected randomly from those players with the greatest number of correct answers.
Please send answers to me either through a PM on the forum or on the SIM itself. Do not post answers below or the entire contest will be cancelled. Older players, please do not give answers out; I'm trying to educate newer players on the history of our great game!
All answers are due by 4pm eastern on Sunday, April 8. I will announce the winner during the results chat. Note that you do not have to be present at the chat to win.
The questions:
1. In which year was each continent/country added to the SIM? List each continent/country and the SIM year it was added. The continents/countries you should list are: North America, South America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Barbados, Puerto Rico. Don't worry about any other places.
2. Of all the players in the SIM with over $5 million in earnings, who has played the game for the least amount of time?
3. What stallion has sired the most Kentucky Derby winners? Name the horses.
4. Which player has been in the SIM the longest?
5. Of the three US Triple Crown winners, two were campaigned by players still in the game. Who are those two players, and who are their horses? (hint: both horses were campaigned by their breeders)
6. How many 3yo Triple Crown winners has the SIM had in total? (The Triple Crowns are: the US, the English, the Canadian, the South African, the Puerto Rican (there are two of those), and the Barbados Triple Crowns).
7. How many races on the official stakes schedule were named after SIM players? (hint: if you find a race that appears to be named after a person, try searching for it on Google. If you can't find any mentions of it, chances it's a SIM race named for a SIM player). What are those races?
8. Many of the top SIM horses represent a real life horse. Who were the SIM's Secretariat, Ruffian, and Man O'War?
9. How many individual Horses of the Year, from all continents and countries, have there been? (if a horse won more than one HOTY title, it only counts once)
10. What is the longest generational streak of Kentucky Derby winners? (that is, the father won, the son, the grandson, etc) How many generations did the streak last, and who were the horses involved?
If you are confused by any of these questions, please let me know and I will attempt to further explain. All answers can be found somewhere on one of the SIM pages, but some of them require more research than others!
All questions refer to SIM results only. Real life results and statistics do not apply. It is possible the answer to one or more of the questions may be a real life horse, however.
