Forty-three horses have been entered for the 126th running of the Velka Pardubicka with Česká pojišťovna, which will be run at Pardubice on Sunday, October 9th. This is the smallest number of entries in recent years, but the quality appears to be good. Just five of the entries are trained outside the Czech Republic.
Not much more than a month ago it looked as if the stand-off between the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic (JCCR) and the racecourses could last for some time, and a lengthy delay to the beginning of our racing season was not impssible. However, the JCCR yielded in time for racing to begin in the middle of April, less than two weeks after the planned opening of the season.
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The Swedish Grand National at Strömsholm racecourse will be run on June 11th. There are three other races over jumps on the day, including the Swedish Champion Hurdle. It is clear from the racecourse website that foreign entries will be welcome and that owners and connections will be very well looked after.
A press conference was held by Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse at the Park Inn Hotel on April 14th to mark the beginning of the 2016 horseracing season. We were informed that in 2015, for the first time ever, the racecourse held races with total prize money of over twenty million crowns.
A press release from Agrofert Park Pardubice racecourse
V sobotu se koná na dráze Meydan letošní edice Dubai World Cupu, v jehož rámci se má představit v boji o nejvyšší dotaci dostihového světa současnosti tucet koní Čtyři zástupci byli do Dubaje pozváni z USA, přičemž nejvíce sledovaným mezi nimi je California Chrome, jenž v Dubaji loni skončil těsně za branami úspěchu.
According to an interview on the Fitmin Turf website, made by Michaela Zemanová, trainer Hana Kabelková says that Trezor is fit, full of energy and ready for the new racing season. Trezor, now 12 years old, has a remarkable record in Velka Pardubicka qualification races. He won all five QRs that he ran in in 2012 – 2014.
The entries for the five Czech classics are available on the Jockey Club website http://www.dostihyjc.cz/prihlasky.php.
