Tzigane Du Berlais wins the 128th Velka Pardubicka


                   128th running of the Velká pardubická withs Česká pojišťovna
                      Steeplechase crosscountry, Listed, 6900 metres ,CZK 5 000 000

1.

9

TZIGANE DU BERLAIS(FR), 7

70,0

ž. Jan Faltejsek

comfortably

 

2.

4

HEGNUS, 10

70,0

ž. Marek Stromský

3

 

3.

11

STRETTON, 8

70,0

ž. Thomas Garner

head

 

4.

3

ZARIF(IRE), 11

70,0

ž. Raffaele Romano

2 1/2

 

5.

19

NO TIME TO LOSE(GB), 9

70,0

ž. Josef Váňa ml.

2 1/4

 

6.

17

ANGE GUARDIAN(GER), 10

70,0

ž. Jiří Kousek

4

 

7.

6

BRIDGEUR(FR), 7

70,0

ž. Jaroslav Myška

13

 

8.

14

VANDUAL(SVK), 10

70,0

ž. Lukáš Matuský

15

 

9.

2

NIKAS, 13

70,0

ž. Andrew Glassonbury

17

 

10.

21

PARETO, 11

70,0

Sertash Ferhanov

18

 

11.

15

RIBELINO(FR), 10

70,0

ž. James Best

distance

 

PU

1

MILERYT(POL), 11

70,0

Michal Kubík

 

 

F

7

VAJGAROS, 7

70,0

ž. Leighton Aspell

 

 

F

8

TER MILL, 12

70,0

Jan Odložil

 

 

F

10

TEMPLÁŘ, 11

70,0

ž. Felix de Giles

 

 

F

12

VICODY(FR), 9

70,0

ž. Josef Bartoš

 

 

UR

13

KASIM, 13

70,0

ž. Martin Liška

 

 

BD

18

DELIGHT MY FIRE(FR), 8

68,0

ž. Niklas Lovén

 

 

PU

20

ARTISTMONTOT(FR), 8

70,0

Ondřej Velek

 

 

F

22

UNIVERSE OF GRACIE(GER), 13

70,0

Lukáš Sloup

 

 

Non-runners SZTORM(POL), THEOPHILOS(FR)
Time: 09 min 05.56 sec.  
Owner: Dr. Charvát, Trainer: Pavel Tůma

 

Jockey Jan Faltejsek became only the second jockey in the history of the race to win the Velka Pardubicka five times, He patiently held Tzigane Du Berlais up for a late run. Tzigane Du Berlais is owned by Jiří Charvát, who had previously won the race with Decent Fellow, and is trained by Pavel Túma.

The race was run on a glorious sunny mid-October afternoon in front of the largest crowd in the last 25 years.