30 entries for the 2020 Velka Pardubicka

Entries have closed for the 130th running of the Velka Pardubicka, which will be run at Pardubice racecourse on Sunday, October 11th. Late entries can be made until September 24th.

Thirty entries at this stage, in these strange times, is a good number, and the quality of the entries is high. Josef Váňa senior trains seven of the entries, each of which has a different owner. Theophilos won the VP in 2019, and No Time To Lose won in 2017. Mazhilis finished 4th in VP 2019, and he could become the first horse to win the VP and the Gran Premio di Merano. Ange Guardian has won a number of VP qualification races, but the extra distance of the big race seems not to favour him – and he is now 12 years old. Váňa’s three entries that have not been aimed at the VP before are also not to be ignored.

Horses that have done well in the Velka before often do well again. No Time To Lose won from Urgent de Gregaine in 2017; Tzigane de Berlais, Hegnus and Stretton finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in 2018; Theophilos,  Stretton and Chicname de Cotte finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd last year. They are all entered again for this year’s race.

Last but not least, French trainer Emmanuel Clayeux has entered two horses, including Urgent de Gregaine, and Irish trainer Gordon Elliot trains Out Sam, rated 140, which finished 3rd in the Glenfarclas Crosscountry Chase at Cheltenham in December 2019.

 

Entries for the 130th running of the Slavia Insurance Velka Pardubicka  

AENEAS(IRE), 6

Statek Blata Český ráj

Váňa st. Josef

ANGE GUARDIAN(GER), 12

Stáj Anděl strážný

Váňa st. Josef

BRIDGEUR(FR), 9

Jaroslav Zima

Myšková Štěpánka

BUGSIE MALONE(IRE), 10

AGA-Vlachovice

Holčák Radek

CASPER(FR), 8

DS Pegas

Olehla Čestmír, MVDr.

DECORUS, 11

Jezdecké potřeby Ostrava

Syslová Lenka

DIRECT LAGRANGE(FR), 7

DS RE&LA Frančák

Holčák Radek

DULCAR DE SIVOLA(FR), 7

DiJana Dobšice

Kovář Stanislav

DUSIGROSZ(FR), 7

Joly

Váňa st. Josef

HEGNUS, 12

Ševců

Holčák Radek

CHICNAME DE COTTE(FR), 8

Quartis-Zámecký Vrch

Vítek Pavel

IZYNKA, 9

Hudec - Olehla

Olehla Čestmír, MVDr.

LODGIAN WHISTLE, 7

Stáj Jeso

Myšková Štěpánka

MAHONY, 8

Quartis-Zámecký Vrch

Popelka Stanislav

MARCUS AURELIUS(FR), 10

Stajňa Corinne ČR

Popelka Stanislav

MAZHILIS(FR), 11

Köi Dent

Váňa st. Josef

MUSTAMIR(IRE), 9

Ray Racing

Holčák František

NO TIME TO LOSE(GB), 11

DS Paragan

Váňa st. Josef

OUT SAM(GB), 11

Danny Charlesworth(IRE)

Elliott Gordon

PLAYER, 8

Nýznerov

Kvapilová Lenka

SOTTOVENTO(GER), 8

Chládek&Tintěra-Váňa

Váňa st. Josef

STRETTON, 10

Nýznerov

Popelka Stanislav

TALENT, 9

DS Kabelkovi

Kabelková Hana

THEOPHILOS(FR), 10

Dostihový klub iSport-Váňa

Váňa st. Josef

TIEP DE L`EST(FR), 8

Lokotrans Slovakia

Cagáň Ján, Ing.

TZIGANE DU BERLAIS(FR), 9

Dr. Charvát

Tůma Pavel

UNBRIN DE L`ISLE(FR), 12

Emmanuel Clayeux(FR)

Clayeux Emmanuel

URGENT DE GREGAINE(FR), 12

Rasquier Arnaud(FR)

Clayeux Emmanuel

VANDUAL(SVK), 12

VADUAL (SVK)

Štangel Marián

VERNOIS(FR), 7

Quirinus Farm (SVK)

Brečka Jaroslav

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Photo of No Time To Lose, by Petr Guth.