Saturday flat race meeting, first race at 12 midday

When a British princess came to the Velka Pardubicka not many years ago, those wives and mistresses of the Czech elite who were invited to the Town Stand spent a fortune (or what we little people think of as a fortune) on millinery and on high-heeled shoes. The princess, being a horsewoman, dressed warmly, wore no hat and had sensible shoes on.

This interview conducted by Petr Guth first appeared in the Czech language pages of the Dostihovy Svet webpages

Two-day Velka Pardubicka meeting, Pardubice Racecourse, October 12^th/13th

16:30 - 8th race
123. Velká pardubická with Česká pojišťovna
Stcc - Listed - 6+ - 6900 m - 5 000 000 Kč

As expected, Meandre's disqualification from first place in the Preis von Europa has been overruled. The horse, owned by Ramzan Kadyrov and trained by Arslangirej Savujev at Krabcice, is now to be supplemented for next Sunday's Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, in which he will be among the outsiders.  

Eleven were declared to run this morning, in the Big Race on Sunday September 29th

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.