Horses from 6 countries entered for the Swedish Grand National
Submitted by Robin on 12. May 2016 - 18:33The organizers are pleased to have 21 entries for the
The organizers are pleased to have 21 entries for the
Forty-three horses have been entered for the 126th running of the Velka Pardubicka with Česká pojišťovna, which will be run at Pardubice on Sunday, October 9th. This is the smallest number of entries in recent years, but the quality appears to be good. Just five of the entries are trained outside the Czech Republic.
Not much more than a month ago it looked as if the stand-off between the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic (JCCR) and the racecourses could last for some time, and a lengthy delay to the beginning of our racing season was not impssible. However, the JCCR yielded in time for racing to begin in the middle of April, less than two weeks after the planned opening of the season.
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The Swedish Grand National at Strömsholm racecourse will be run on June 11th. There are three other races over jumps on the day, including the Swedish Champion Hurdle. It is clear from the racecourse website that foreign entries will be welcome and that owners and connections will be very well looked after.
A press conference was held by Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse at the Park Inn Hotel on April 14th to mark the beginning of the 2016 horseracing season. We were informed that in 2015, for the first time ever, the racecourse held races with total prize money of over twenty million crowns.
The first of two press conferences on horseracing in the week before the first race days of the season was held on April 12, at the stylish Paris Hotel.
The Czech horseracing season will begin this weekend, at Mimoň on Saturday and at Prague Velká Chuchle on Sunday. Agreements have now been signed between the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic and all the racecourses, and no further cancellations are expected.
Täby Galopp racecourse near Stockholm, the premier racecourse in Scandinavia, will hold its last raceday on May 18th. Then the developers will move in.