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The first of the nine race days announced for Pardubice in the 2017 season was held on the Monday, May 8th Liberation Day public holiday. The course appeared to be in good order, though the desertification of the ploughed fields seems - visually, from a distance - to be progressing quite rapidly.
After a break of eight years, a horse trained in Germany has won one of the Czech classic races. German-bred Fashion Queen, by Santiago (GER) out of Fashion Tycoon (IRE) (Chineur (FR)) won by half a length from Polyanta, bred and owned here by Jiří Travníček. Polyanta is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Peinture Naïve (FR), which raced in the Czech Republic. As she had when winning the main trial race for the 1 000 Guineas, Polyanta set a good pace and ran on well.
At the opening meeting of the 2017 season at Pardubice on Monday, May 8th, Charles Sheehan, ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the Czech Republic will accept the position of Patron of the 5th obstacle in the Velka Pardubicka crosscountry steeplechase, the Irish Bank.
Jan Kratochvíl is probably still only number two jockey for the Josef Váňa stable. However, he has been our champion jumps jockey for the last two seasons. He rode Mazhilis to victory in the Gran Premio at Merano last September. And on Monday at Lysá nad Labem he became the first jockey in the 55 years of the race to win the Category I First of May Steeplechase at four years in succession.
The closing date for the two main races is May 8th.
Exchange rate: SED 9.63 = EUR 1.00.
April 2017 provided some fine, sunny Sunday afternoons at Prague Velká Chuchle early in the month, but turned mainly wet and chilly later on. In last month’s April newsletter, I called an end to the Czech skiing season prematurely.
Four race days have been held so far this season in the Czech Republic, and on each occasion flat races have been won by jockeys who have set up camp for this year outside the Czech Republic.
Nikas, disqualified for failing a drugs test after being first past the post in the 2015 Velka Pardubicka, has moved to a new trainer.
Two goals had been set for a short business trip to Ireland.
