An interesting rider’s name that appeared in one of the hurdles races at Prague Velka Chuchle last Sunday was Jan Verner.

On Saturday, September 9^th, Pardubice holds its last race day before the Velka Pardubicka meeting. The main event is the September qualification race for the Velka Pardubicka. This race has attracted a poor field, and none of the runners seems to be a serious contender for the Velka itself.

August 2017 has been mainly a month of looking forward and looking outward. As expected, the here and now inside the Czech Republic has been less interesting. Just six race meetings were held in the Czech Republic in August: two at Karlovy Vary, one at Most, one at Pardubice, one at Kolesa and one at Mimoň.

The appearance of Panagiotis Dimitsanis, Greek champion jockey in 18 of the last 20 years, at the European Jockeys Cup meeting at Prague Velká Chuchle

List of nominated jockeys for the European Jockeys Cup, Saturday, September 2nd.

Our owners and trainers have done their very best to support European Jockeys Cup day at Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse on Saturday, September 2nd. All four feature races and also all five minor races have attracted big fields.

August 19^th at Pardubice was a pleasantly warm summer day, the going was good, and the ploughed fields were neither dusty nor muddy. The two major races both had bearing on the Velka Pardubicka (October 8^th).

Peruán, triple winner of the Velka Pardubicka (1998 – 2000), has passed on at the age of 29.He was very near to being the only horse in the history of the VP to win the race four times in four successive years.

Greg Wroblewski is on the move again. He is currently packing up and taking his family and 21 horses to Mimoň.

July 2017 has been a warm month, though there have only been a limited number of very hot days, and there has been some rain. In some places, though not in Prague 6, there have been heavy thunderstorms and hailstorms. There has not been enough rain to cause flooding in major rivers, although, as I have often pointed out, far too many places in the Czech Republic are only 48 hours of steady rain away from flooding.