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A dead heat in the 2024 Velka Pardubicka

Before Covid, I used to go to the course on Velka Pardubicka day, and then watch the six hours and more on Czech Television’s Sport channel, over and over again for several days, and then report on the race in detail here on the English-language pages of Dostihový svět. Since Covid, I have watched the raceday live on television, and have attempted to write up what happened for fans who do not understand the Czech-language coverage.

Martin Cáp: Human Memory has its limitations – Part 2

Exactly 568 pages, more than a hundred historic press cuttings and documentary photographs, bustling work over a period of 25 years, which has morphed into an exceptional book, not only in terms of its extent and range, but also with its bold graphic conception. What led to the publication of Dostihy o modrou stuhu (Races for the Blue Riband), which maps out the history of the most prestigious flat race that every Czech jockey, trainer and racehorse owner wants to win?

Sacamiro, the favourite, wins the 133rd running of the Velka Pardubicka

Dostihový spolek Pardubice press release

 

10-y-o bay gelding Sacamiro, owned by the Beňov Riding Section, justified his role as favourite and won the 133rd running of the Velka Pardubicka with Slavia Insurance. His jockey, Jan Faltejsek, raised his number of winning rides in the race to six.

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