Nikas' B sample is positive

It was announced at a press conference held in Prague by the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic that the B sample taken from Nikas, winner of the Velka Pardubicka, on October 11th, has been analyzed and is positive for caffeine and thiobromine.

Further details about the press conference are being prepared.  

Wroblewski: The only thing missing in Germany was a winner

 In the first outing of Czech-trained horses in 2016, Greg Wroblewski’s charges finished 2nd and 5th in Dortmund. The trainer can give a positive rating to his attack on the German all-weather track, even though he did not have a winner. And now he can hatch plans to take horses again to a racetrack that had been spurned by Czech horses for many years.

There will be an Austrian Derby in 2016

The death throes of Austrian horse racing are ongoing, but clinical death has been put back again. Indeed, it even seems that better times may be coming along. The AROC web pages state that the 148th running of the Austrian Derby will take place at Ebreichsdorf in 2016, and also seven other meetings there, in which flat races will supplement the trotting races. The dates and race conditions should be announced from Austria within the next few days. ***Translated from the Czech language pages of Dostihový svět.

Váňa jnr.: It was a good year. But painful in parts

Josef Váňa junior did not manage to defend his title as Czech champion jockey over fences, and was not able to repeat his win in the Gran Premio at Merano, but he gives a positive assessment of 2015. And why not, since he also played his part in the Váňa yard’s success with its three-year-olds on the flat, led by Derby wi

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