While he was in Cheltenham in November, Greg Wroblewski was interviewed by Marcus Armytage for the Daily Telegraph. Marcus rode a horse trained by Greg 25 years ago!
Greg was also interviewed on TV by Alistair Down.
November 2012 has been a comparatively mild month in the Czech Republic. Here in Prague, we have scarcely had any frost, though the forecast predicts a cold spell with snow to begin in the first weekend in December. In fact, as I write to you on November 29th, there is snow in the mountains of west and north Bohemia.
Pardubice, November 16th, 2012
This afternoon Orphee des Blins, the supreme heroine of this year’s Velka Pardubicka, faces a baptism by fire at Cheltenham. Jan Faltejsek has travelled from France to ride the mare. Jan Faltejsek is one of few Czech jockeys to have already ridden at Cheltenham [for example, on Knockara Beau in this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup], so he will be on familiar territory. However, he has not ridden before on the crosscountry course, where the race will be today.
A renewed crisis has emerged at Merano racecourse in northern Italy. Merano Maia Spa, the association that has been organizing events at the racecourse, has been dissolved, and all members of the staff of the association have received formal letters terminating their employment.
According the the Dostihovy svet Czech-langague pages, Trezor, which finished 8th in the Velka Pardubicka after winning two of the VP qualification races, will run at Fontainebleu, France, either next Monday or later in November.
No Czech-trained horses are entered for the next race in the Crystal Cup crosscountry series, at Compiegne.
In response to the reports on Czech TV, in which the mayor of Pardubice declared that the Town of Pardubice will not go on indefinitely providing financial support for Dostihovy Spolek, organizers of events at Pardubice racecourse, Dostihovy Svet Czech language website invited Chairman of the Board Vladimír Tlučhoř to respond.
