For the first time in Czech racing history, we have three horses rated at more than 100 kg.

Dux Scholar, by Oasis Dream (GB) out of Alumni (GB) (Selkirk (USA)) was rated at 101,5 after his impressive win last Sunday in the Martin Tour Prague Grand Prix. Dux Scholar is owned by Ramzan Kadirov, and is trained by Arslangirej Savujev.

Irish-bred Donn Halling, 5-y-o, by Halling (USA) out of Papering (IRE) (Shaadi(USA), won last year’s Italian St Leger, Graded 3, and his best result this year was 5th place in the Grosser Preis von Berlin at Berlin Hoppegarten. He is owned by DS Maentiva and is trained by Vaclav Luka jnr. He has a rating of 100,5.

French-bred Trip to Rhodos, 4-y-o, by Rail Link (GB) out of Tropical Mark (GB) (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) has a rating of 100,0, and his best result was his second place behind Donn Halling in the Slovak Grand Prix at Bratislava on June 2nd.  

On the basis of his performance in the Group 1 Preis von Europa at Cologne last Sunday, in which he beat Donn Halling by a considerable margin, a fourth horse, Meandre, 5-y-o, with the same connections as Dux Scholar, would also be rated over 100 if he qualified a Czech handicap.

None of our other horses has a rating of more than 95,0. Ratings are always controversial, of course, but it is probably true that we have never before had so many flat horses in training in the Czech Republic that can compete in group races. Dux Scholar is a miler, Meandre and Donn Halling run over a mile and a half, and Trip to Rhodos is a stayer.     

 
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