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Glue Factory Stakes Logic Puzzle

The 2000m annual "Glue Factory Stakes" has just been run with twelve starters, each wearing an appropriate number and a different color. By the 900m mark, seven were lagging behind leaving five - in order, #9 Seattle Slow wearing blue, #12 Infirm wearing white and ridden by Luke, #8 Secret Harriet, #3 Roughage ridden by Tim, and #6 Ghoulish Pleasure - to vie for the first three positions. By the 300m mark, it was down to the three that would take the honors. From the clues, for each horse, can you determine the color it wore, its jockey and in what position it finished?

  • 1. Secret Harriet finished ahead of the horse that wore blue, which finished ahead of the horse ridden by Tim.
  • 2. Neither Nathan nor Tim rode a horse wearing an even number.
  • 3. The single-named horse wore yellow.
  • 4. Of the two horses which wore primary colors, one was Roughage and the other was ridden by Nathan.
  • 1. Secret Harriet finished ahead of the horse that wore blue, which finished ahead of the horse ridden by Tim.
  • 2. Neither Nathan nor Tim rode a horse wearing an even number.
  • 3. The single-named horse wore yellow.
  • 4. Of the two horses which wore primary colors, one was Roughage and the other was ridden by Nathan.

Observation: This table is automatically filled accordingly to the grid.

How to play

  • The first step is to read the clues and find the most basic ones;
  • Those clues can be marked on the grid without using any other information;
  • After this, you will need to read the clues again and use logic deduction;
  • Click on a clue to mark it as used;
  • The answer table is filled automatically.

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