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A good day’s racing at Prague Velká Chuchle on Sunday

After an excessively long 10-week summer break, racing returns to Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse on Sunday, September 2nd. There are two feature races, each with attractive prize money of CzK 550 000 (EUR 20 000). The Martin Tour Travel Agency Prague Grand Prix, 1 600 metres brings together a good field of milers, several of which will be fancied. In the Czech St Leger, Blessed Kiss will be a hot favourite after her winning run in the Czech Derby in June, followed by a close second place winner in the Slovak Derby at Bratislava in July.

No Time To Lose wins the August VP qualification race

The third of the four qualification races for the 2018 Velka Pardubicka was run at Pardubice last Saturday - like the previous two qualification races, in hot, dry conditions. The racecourse was a strange sight. The racing line of the parts of the crosscountry races that are run on grass had been watered enough to be green.

Pain-free steeplechasing trips to Central Europe in September and October

There are nowadays three particularly important steeplechase race meetings in Central Europe in September and October. Each of them is a remarkable event, the highlight of the steeplechasing season in Poland, Italy, and the Czech Republic. EU passport holders can travel very easily to enjoy central European steeplechasing, in which, by the way, Czech-trained horses and Czech jockeys will feature prominently. 

A conversation with Martin Pecka, manager of Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse

At the end of last year, the family of leading Czech developer and real estate magnate Radovan Vítek bought a majority holding in Turf Holding. Turf Holding is the majority shareholder of Turf Praha a.s., which owns the main part of Prague Velká Chuchle racecourse (the remaining part belongs to the Czech state).

July 2018 newsletter

As usual in Czech racing, the end of June marks the turning point between spring racing and summer racing. The second of the four qualification races for the 2018 Velka Pardubicka was run on June 23rd, and the following day was Czech Derby day.

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