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Two horses trained in Ireland by Peter Maher have been sent over to the Czech Republic to prepare for the Velka Pardubicka.

Two horses trained in Ireland by Peter Maher have been sent over to the Czech Republic to prepare for the Velka Pardubicka. They will both run in a Category II crosscountry steeplechase at Pardubice on Saturday, September 2nd, and the plan is that they will stay here until the Velka Pardubicka, which is on Sunday, October 8th. The two horses will spend the interim period in the care of Greg Wroblewski, whose many claims to fame include the fact that he was the trainer of triple Velka Pardubicka winner Orphée des Blins.

August Velka Pardubicka qualification race is on Saturday

The main route for the Czech-trained and Slovak-trained contenders to qualify and prepare for this year’s 133rd running of the Velka Pardubicka with Slavia Insurance takes in at least one of the four qualification races run at Pardubice racecourse. The third qualification race, the Chládek&Tintěra, Pardubice a.s. Stakes, will be run on Saturday, August 5th. The first race on Saturday will be at 1 p.m. The qualification race, the last of eight races on the card, is at 5.50 p.m.

Eva Petříková: What is the dark horse for the Velka? It’s our Sacamiro!

This interview with Eva Petříková, trainer of Sacamiro in the Velka Pardubicka and also Maková Panenka in the opening race on Velka Pardubicka day, appeared in Czech language in Dostihový svět on October 5th. The interview was made by Jana Šejnohová, whose interviews with Czech horseracing people often appear on our website. Sacamiro has clearly been prepared with great dedication in a small yard for the Velka, and he just might have a big day on Sunday.

15 declared runners and riders for the VP. Santa Klara and Young Dev not declared

Two of the entered horses have not been declared to run. Santa Klara ran recently in a race at Merano that was won by Brunch Royal, and finished lame. Young Dev will not come over from Ireland. 

The Czech jockeys on the best-backed horses are as expected.

Thomas Garner will be on Stretton, which he rode into 2nd place in VP 2018.

Patrick Mullins will ride Slovak-trained Kaiserwalzer - this pairing failed to get round in the September VP qualification race at Pardubice, through no fault of their own, and they were brought down at the Taxis in last year's VP.  

Seventeen entries for the Velka Pardubicka

Seventeen horses have been entered for the 132nd running of the Velka Pardubicka, to be run at Pardubice racecourse on Sunday, October 9th. They include all the horses that did well in this year’s four VP qualification races at Pardubice, with the exception of the first and second in the May qualification race (Del Rey and Theophilos). The three other qualification races were won by Talent, Player and Imphal (see reports on each of the qualification races below).

Project to build an ice-hockey stadium beside Pardubice racecourse put on hold

According to an article under the title Billionaire Dědek retreats from his plan to construct a grandiose arena in Pardubice Miliardář Dědek couvá od plánu na výstavbu megalomanské arény v Pardubicích | E15.cz, which appeared in E15.cz on August 3rd, 2022, developer Petr Dědek and his DD Group seem to be drawing back from their plan to build a vast multi-purpose ice-hockey stadium, a four-star hotel, a conference  centre, a restaurant and a multi-storey car park right alongside the finishing straight at Pardubice racecourse.

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