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For the second month in succession, this newsletter is appearing very late. That will cause very little harm, of course, only a few will even have noticed. Those of you who have noticed, bless you!
The funeral took place in Pardubice on May 6th of Dr Vladimír Tlučhoř, who died on April 29th, at the age of 68. Vladimír Tlučhoř was a well-known veterinary doctor, who ran the veterinary clinic and refuge in Štrossova Street in Pardubice. He was for a short period president of the board of Dostihový Spolek, a.s., organisers of events at Pardubice racecourse, and a member of the Council of the Czech Jockey Club.
French-bred Dumnonia ran right away from the field in the Czech One Thousand Guineas (the 67th running of the ALAVIS Spring Prize for Fillies) at Prague Velka Chuchle on May 3rd, and won, easing up, by 5 lengths. This was an impressive performance, though it is yet to be seen how much she beat.
Fafintadenient, trained by Josef Váňa snr, ridden by Josef Váňa jnr, won the Prix Quo Vadis, total prizemoney EUR 55 000, over fences at Auteuil on April 17th.
PARDUBICE
Press Release of the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic
The best way to get to Prague Velka Chuchle racecourse is by rail. Trains leave Hlavni Nadrazi (Main Station) at 19 and 49 minutes past each hour, and stop at Smichovske Nadrazi (Smichov Station) at 27 and 57 minutes past each hour.
This newsletter normally appears a few days or hours before the beginning of the month whose name it carries, but this time I was far too ill to want to write it at the relevant time. By this morning, April 10th, I had decided that the April and May newsletters would be merged, and might appear at the end of April.
At a press conference held at Hotel Pariz on April 10th, Jiri Charvat, president of the Czech Jockey Club, announced a new general partner for Czech horseracing – Mercedes Benz!
Thirteen days before the beginning of the Czech horseracing season at Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse (Conseq Park), which will be on Sunday, April 6th, a press conference was held at the Park Inn Hotel by the organisers of racing at Velká Chuchle.
