| ARKLE | Horse that Pat Taaffe rode to victory in three successive Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960s |
| BESTMATE | Racehorse which won three successive Cheltenham Gold Cups, 2002-04 (4,4) |
| STPADDY | Horse Lester Piggott rode to victory in the 1960 Derby (2,5) |
| ALDANITI | Horse that Bob Champion rode to victory in the 1981 Grand National |
| SALEM | City with famous 17th century witch trials (and that sometimes gets cool goth Dunkin cups in the 21st century) |
| PYRAH | Malcolm ___, showjumper who won the King George V Gold Cup in 1985 and 1987 (5) |
| LENEY | 1968 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden byPat Taaffe (5) |
| LARGO | Broadly similar, gold cups (5) |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| ORCHID | Desert -; horse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989 and the King George VI Chase four times (6) |
| DAWNFRASER | Setter of 27 individual world records, which Australian swimmer won gold medals in three successive Olympic Games and represented Balmain in the NSW parliament from 1988 to 1991? (4,6) |
| DESERTORCHID | Horse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989 |
| DESERT | Horse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989, _ Orchid (6) |
| JONJOONEILL | Irish jockey who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1979 and 1986 (5,6) |
| NICHOLLS | Paul, National Hunt horse racing trainer who has won four Cheltenham Gold Cups (8) |
| CHARISMA | Horse which Mark Todd rode to win the three-day event at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics (8) |
| GAYTRIP | Racehorse that won the 1970 Grand National, ridden by Pat Taaffe (3,4) |
| WILSON | The men's 800m gold medallist in three successive IAAF World Championships. 1995-99 (6,8) |
| KIPKETER | The men's 800m gold medallist in three successive IAAF World Championships. 1995-99 (6,8) |
| NIAGARA | ___ Falls won two Memorial Cups in the 1960s |