The European Jockeys’ Cup has been held each year since 2015 at Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse.

The Czech Oaks, run at Karlovy Vary on Sunday, August 9^th, was won by Irish-bred Zariyannka, in a well fought with German-trained Vivienne Wells.

The weather the Czech Republic was mainly not too hot and not too dry in July 2020, until the second half of the month. Then there was a dry spell, which got quite hot as the end of the month approached. The number of local fires on farmland and on forest land, and also the number of thunderstorms leading to local floods up in the hills, began to increase, as is usual when there is a hot spell here, accompanied by thunderstorms, in the later part of the summer.