Advance sale of tickets for the 24th Czech Horseracing Gala Evening

Advance sale of tickets for the 24th Czech Horseracing Gala Evening

Reservations have now BEGUN

 

On Friday, December 14th, 2018, at 12 o’clock, advance sales began for tickets for the 24th Czech Horseracing Gala Evening, in conjunction with the award ceremony for the most successful personalities and the best horses in the recently-completed horseracing season. The Gala Evening will be held on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019. After a break of one year, this event returns to Národní dům na Vinohradech (náměstí Míru 9, 120 53 Prague 2) [right above Náměstí Míru metro station in Prague].

The owners of the most successful horses, the top jockeys and the top trainers will be present for the award ceremony. At the end of a ceremony lasting about 90 minutes, president of the Jockey Club Jiří Charvát will announce the winner in the Horse of the Year category, and will present awards to distinguished horseracing personalities for their long-term contribution to the sport. 

On the basis of the results of the votes cast by horseracing experts (leading trainers, owners, journalists, etc.), a list of the top three nominated horses in each category will be published early in February 2019. However, the names of the winners, whose owners will go on to the stage to be congratulated, will only be revealed in the course of the gala evening. The owners of all winning horses and the top three in the jockey and trainer categories will automatically receive an invitation for two persons to take part in the gala evening.

The doors of Národní dům na Vinohradech will be opened for visitors at 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 23rd, and the awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. After the official ceremony, the programme will continue with the horseracing ball, and other social entertainments.

Tickets can be bought through the GoOut sales network, click on to http://www.dostihy.cz/xxiv-galavecer/. The ticket prices are from CZK 250.- (BASIC category) in the gallery of the Majakovský Hall). Places at the back of the Majakovský Hall  (STANDARD category) cost CZK 500,- and the most expensive tables, at the front of the Majakovský Hall are the PREMIUM category, for which the tickets cost CZK 750,-.

Full information about the 24th Czech Horseracing Gala Evening can be found, in Czech language, on http://www.dostihy.cz/xxiv-galavecer/.

 

Jockey Club of the Czech Republic
Contact person: Alena Dragounová

Radotínská 69, 159 00 Praha – Velká Chuchle

Telephone: +420 725 934 320

e-mail: dragounova@dostihy.cz

www.dostihy.cz

www.dostihyjc.cz

 

This is a press release from the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic.

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This event is being held in one of the finest ballrooms in Central Prague. There is a spacious ballroom with a bar or two off to the side and a gallery above. The award ceremony will be from 6 pm until 7.30 pm. This will be followed by some formal ballroom dancing – most Czechs know how to dance waltzes and polkas and the like. There will probably be some demonstation dances. Quite soon, the dancing part of the evening will become less formal, and the young people will take over. Formal dress, but definitely a relaxed evening. Recommended!