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The Velka Pardbicka is run at level weights. All horses will carry 70 kg, with the exception of the one mare in the field, Delight My Fire, which will carry 68 kg. For your interest only, the official handicap ratings for the 21 runners in the Velka Pardubicka are as follows:
The lengthy works on the bridge over the railway lines near Pardubice main station have finally been completed, but have done nothing to improve access by road to Pardubice racecourse, which has always been lamentable on VP day. It has also done nothing to improve access on foot, either.
Theophilos, one of the declared runners trained by Josef Váňa, is a non-runner in the Velka Pardubicka. It is a pity - the horse is owned by a large syndicate of racing fans, and was to have been ridden by young Patrick Boekhout, for whom this would have been agood opportunity.
https://www.freewebs.com/becher123/formguidefor2018velkapa.htmChris Simpson has been writing about steeplechasing in continental Europe for at least twenty years on the Becher123 website. Although it is a few years since he last came to Pardubice, he is still remarkably well informed. Where his opinions differ from mine, he is probably rigth. However, when the two of us agree, it is quite possible that we are both wrong.
The Pardubice weather forecast for the next week is dry and with clear skies. I understand that the course is being watered to prevent the race being run on firm or hard ground. However, the course for the VP is well over 4 miles long, and no part of it is repeated. Watering such a large area is no easy task, though at least it is no longer a task being taken on - metaphorically speaking - by two men fighting over a single watering can.
I try to remember to report on good news about Czech and central European horseracing, as this website mainly aims to present our sport positively and to leave the reader feeling slightly less desperate.
The weather forecast for Pardubice is for clear skies, no rain and 20°C daily maximum temperatures for the next week. However, do not rely too much on this. The weather normally changes rather abruptly from autumnal to wintry some time in mid to late October, and we very often seem to get an inaccurate weather forecast for the Velka Pardubicka weekend. Please chech again later in the week. Remember that the evenings will be cool or chilly, and the grandstands at the racecourse face north.
Sunday, October 14th 2018
128th running of the Velka Pardubicka with Česka pojišťovna
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
11:00 Opening Ceremony
:40 – 8th race (040801)
128. Velká pardubická with Česká pojišťovna
Crosscountry steeplechase - stakes Listed – 6-y-o+ - 6900 metres – CZK 5 000 000 Kč
Veteran Czech jockey Jan Rája reached a total of 500 career wins at Karlovy Vary last Friday, and went on to 501 at Prague Velká Chuchle on September 30th.
