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 17^th. Winning a race at this leading French steeplechase course is a considerable triumph for Czech racing, and our top trainer and our top jockey were both very pleased. There is no longer any alternative – we will all have to learn to say Fafintadenient without stuttering or hesitating.  

After winning impressively on Velka Pardubicka day 2014, Fafintadenient won well at Strasbourg in November. The 8-y-o was trained in Italy until 2014, and has now returned to his excellent form as a novice at Merano.

Horses trained by Josef Váňa snr and ridden by Josef Váňa jnr have already won a number of races abroad before the beginning of our chasing season (which will start in earnest at Lysa nad Labem on May 1st). Taquari won a nice hurdles race in Milano on April 11th. Cornet Obolensky won promisingly at Milano on April 1st, and Big Mago – which won the 3-y-o hurdles race on Velka Pardubicka day in 2013, has won a couple of hurdles races, at Milano on April 1st and at Pisa on February 5th.