December 2015 newsletter

The main incident in Czech racing in November 2015 was no doubt that the Velka Pardubicka winner, Nikas, and two other horses tested positive for banned substances (caffeine and thiobromine) at the Velka Pardubicka meeting. The situation is that the B samples are now being analysed.

November 2015 newsletter

The second Sunday in October is every year the culmination of the Czech steeplechasing season, and it was again this year. Nikas won the VP on merit, and 41-y-o Marek Stromský was a highly popular and deserving winning jockey. We are told that a fortune-teller informed him that he would have an unsuccessful beginning to the season, but that he would win the Velka. That prediction was totally correct.

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