The European Jockeys’ Cup meeting will be held at Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse (Chuchle Arena Prague) on Saturday, September 25th. The first race is at 2 p.m.

This will be the 7th annual EJC meeting, and the organisers have earned a reputation for dealing with all the problems connected with getting top jockeys to enjoy a  visit to Prague. Several really good jockeys are making a big effort to be available for EJC day in Prague, because they have enjoyed visits to this meeting in the past.

The runners and riders for this outstanding raceday will be declared and announced in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 21st. The entries for the races can  be found on the Jockey Club website (dostihyjc.cz).

After the declared runners are finalized on Tuesday, September 21st, the procedure for selecting/assigning jockeys will be applied. Ten international jockeys have been nominated, plus four Czech/Slovak wild cards.

Nominated jockeys:

Panagiotis Dimitsanis, Greece
Antonio Fresu, Italy
Per-Anders Graberg, Sweden
Eddy Hardouin, France
Václav Janáček, Czech Republic
Gérald Mossé, France
Martin Seidl, Germany
Ricardo Sousa Ferreira, Portugal
Sibylle Vogt, Switzerland
Adrie de Vries, Netherlands


Wild cards:

Jan Verner, Czech Republic
Jaroslav Línek, Slovakia
Petr Foret, Czech Republic
Jiří Chaloupka, Czech Republic