Canadian Crossword

re: Canadian Crossword

Pedigree Shelly — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:34:37 GMT

Congrats to mz ! It's nice to know at least the ones I had were correct , but those two days I didn't know about the puzzle , killed my chances :(

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:02:59 GMT

Puzzle solution (correctly solved by mz):

Across

4 Nose

6 Becrux

8 Inish

9 Jono

12 Platts

14 Estala

16 Wonder

17 Strut

21 Damsire

22 Dansili

24 Tonic

26 Frostad

29 Niagara

30 Sri Pekan

32 Molson

35 Erie

36 Storm Cat

37 Line

Down

1 Fan

2 Luro

3 Twitter

5 Skippy

7 Crops

10 Good

11 J’ray

13 Turfah

15 As Well

18 Atto

19 Prussian

20 Nick

23 Animals

24 The Blues

25 Anguilla

27 Sydney

28 Dubleo

31 Anna

33 Lime

34 Pink

re: Canadian Crossword

Pedigree Shelly — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:15:49 GMT

Ian , I did my best but , I am six short of completing the assignment :( I feel like I left you down , because I kept asking when the next puzzle was . I had a late start because of being busy ! I didn't check the site ! Those two days would have made a world of difference ! By the way , Do you have a winner ?

re: Canadian Crossword

Pedigree Shelly — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:35:03 GMT

Ian , you're right ! Sorry about that! At least I'm learning alot about Canadian Racing !

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:36:37 GMT

Shelly,

37 across has to do with the notable type of breeding found in the pedigree of the 1997 Summer Stakes winner.

re: Canadian Crossword

Pedigree Shelly — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:25:56 GMT

Ian , I'm having trouble with 37 across! The only thing notable in Chief de Beers is inbreeding to Nasrullah, doesn't fit :(

re: Canadian Crossword

mz — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:42:30 GMT

Shows you how you have to check your print-outs from the 'net.

30 Across - Sri Pekan (Hoh Dear - 2ND DIV in 1999)

Yay!

Now I can sleep at nights, believing that I AM a good Canadian.

p.s. I love Crosswords. I love horse racing. Congrats to the puzzle maker too.

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:24:39 GMT

mz,

You're on the right track. Here's a big hint: keep in mind that the Natalma has been run in two divisions. And yes, you are looking for the sire's name.

Ian

re: Canadian Crossword

mz — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:18:39 GMT

finally got 3 Down : Twitter (dam of Be Merry, dam of Hilarious Spirit, dam of Myrthful Minx 1982)

however, even though I KNOW what the clue means for 30 Across, I haven't been able to get it. Pago Pago doesn't fit. Herat is a rug. Alydar was made up. Sligo Bay is in Ireland. ACK! And nothing ends in "AN" with an "I" as the third letter -- unless I have 25 down, 31 down and 19 down wrong -- and I don't think I do. I am looking for the sire's name, right?

re: Canadian Crossword

Pedigree Shelly — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:32:16 GMT

Ian , I love the crossword puzzle format ! I'll be getting a late start :( I've been very busy but , I will do my very best :)

re: Canadian Crossword

mz — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:31:43 GMT

Sorry: 9 Across was Jono (Jones)

Using your hints, I now have 16 Across: Wonder (Full of)

Gonna have to waste more of my time on the weekend trying for the other two -- BTW, I got the clues but I can't get the names! Ack!

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:58:59 GMT

mz,

...and regarding those two mares you mentioned:

Belle Geste, Canadian champion grass mare, died at age 10, producing two foals, one winner. The unraced filly by Droll Role produced a minor stakes winner in Venezuela, but that's the only black type.

Momigi, 3x Canadian champion, was sent to Japan at age 5. There she was dam of Japanese G3 winner Royal Silky, and second dam of Japanese champion older horse Marvelous Sunday (by Sunday Silence).

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:44:56 GMT

mz,

Very impressive! You've almost solved it. Here's some help for the ones your missing:

3 down - should be easy once you see it, it's the 3rd dam of a Canadian winner.

9 across - you didn't answer this one

16 across - part of the name of race winner who is a full brother to a leading sire

30 across - the sire's name means "Sacred Town" in Malay

re: Canadian Crossword

mz — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:46:47 GMT

OK, I've think I've got them all except 3 Down, 16 Across and 30 Across.

Otherwise:

ACROSS

4. Nose

6. Becrux

8. Inish

12. Platts

14. Estala

16. ???

17. Strut

21 Damsire

22 Dansili

24 Tonic

26 FRostad

29 Niagara

30 ??? - driving me nuts!!

32 Molson

35 Erie

36 Storm Cat

37 ??Line??

DOWN

1 ??Fan?? - I KNOW it's Fanfreluche and I believe when they found her they were using her (or trying to use her) as a riding horse and I think they were calling her Brandy or something like that. Does this give me any extra points?

2 Luro

3 ?? - again DRIVING ME NUTS!

5 Skippy (Mrs. Hines' name for him?)

7 crops

10 Good

11 J'Ray

13 Turfah

15 As Well

18 Atto (Mile)

19 Prussian

20 Nick (Mr.)

23 Animals

24 The Blues (Touch of)

25 Anguilla

27 Sydney (how easy was it for the Track Announcer to call her name?)

28 ??Dubleo??

31. Anna (Dreaming of)

33. Lime

34. Pink (Champagne)

And having looked up some of the past winners of some of these races, do you have any idea what happened to a couple of really good mares I remember: Belle Geste and Momigi?

Thx.

re: Canadian Crossword

Ian Tapp — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:26:56 GMT

Hi Anthony,

Ok, here's a hint: Check out the sire/broodmare sire cross of Hotstufanthensome and the other horses on the cross. An easy way would be to run a hypo TrueNicks rating and see the best horses bred on that cross. Best of luck!

Ian

re: Canadian Crossword

Anthony Say — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:11:11 GMT

Ian, thanks for the crossword! Im having trouble figuring out the last clue (34-down) can you help out with an explanation or hint? thanks, anthony