First Pardubice qualification to be run on Saturday
Submitted by pguth on 21. May 2021 - 14:33The first of the four Velka Pardubicka qualification races will be run at Pardubice racecourse on Saturday, May 22nd, behind closed doors. Fourteen runners have been declared for the qualification race, which will be run at 2.45 p.m.
Velka Pardubicka qualification race on Saturday
Submitted by Robin on 21. May 2021 - 9:03The first of the four Velka Pardubicka qualification races will be run at Pardubice racecourse on Saturday, May 22nd, behind closed doors. Fourteen runners have been declared for the qualification race, which will be run at 2.45 p.m.
Chris Richner died of Covid-19 yesterday(April 13th) in France.
Submitted by pguth on 13. April 2021 - 20:50Chris was a Swiss citizen who appeared in the Czech Republic in about 1999, and set about becoming a major racehorse owner here. Initially, his great ambition was to win the Velka Pardubicka. At first he owned a number of racehorses, trained at Lysa and at Mimon. After some years commuting between Switzerland and the Czech Republic, he decided to live mainly in the Czech Republic and he set up with his own trainer, Pavel Kinsky.
November 2020 newsletter
Submitted by Robin on 31. October 2020 - 22:57In October 2020, all the COVID-19 indicators for the Czech Republic went up and up, until we were informed that our figures were the worst for any country in Europe, perhaps with the exception of Andorra, and then the indicators just kept on going up. Finally, in the last couple of days of the month, the figures went down a little. The way back down will take longer than the way up.
Faltejsek: the Italian title is no great motivation
Submitted by Robin on 25. October 2020 - 20:34The Taxis Ditch is in the spotlight again
Submitted by Robin on 25. October 2020 - 16:07Dostihový
Dostihový spolek is to set up an expert commission to deal with issues around the Taxis Ditch
Submitted by Robin on 25. October 2020 - 15:44Dostihov
Some comments about VP 2020
Submitted by Robin on 16. October 2020 - 23:01Before the race
No more racing until November
Submitted by Robin on 16. October 2020 - 13:18The current situation is that the race meetings scheduled for Oct. 17th at Most, on Oct. 25th at Prague Velká Chuchle, and on Oct. 28th at Slušovice have all been postponed.