A Heavy Dose of Emotions is the title of a downloadable booklet that has been published on the Wroclaw Partynice racecourse website, aimed at attracting visitors and business partners to the racecourse.

The midsummer part of the Czech racing season has offered limited opportunities for horses to run recently. Trainers and owners have had to look outside the country, or to wait until our main courses begin their autumn season.

Nowadays, three central European countries put on their most prestigious steeplechase in the period between the beginning of September and the middle of October. All three races are well worth seeing. British racing fans should take the opportunity to experience these races before we need a visa to get to them.

Twelve runners went to the start for the Rabbit CZ Holding 71^st running of the Czech Oaks, run this year at Karlovy Vary racecourse. The official going was 4,1 (good), but it seemed to be quite soft in places. Petr Foret took Sedmikraska straight into the lead, and set a sensible pace.

Click on to http://www.dostihy.cz/res/archive/011/004597.pdf?seek=1467444120 for the race conditions for the five main races on European Jockeys Cup day (Saturday September 24