I wrote a few days ago that I would write a detailed report on the Czech Television coverag

Martin Liška, trainer and planned jockey of Argano in the Velka Pardubicka, was injured in an unfortunate accident on Thursday. A deer ran across in front of Serena Chope, one of his other horses, which he was preparing to run in the Gold Brooch Stakes for 3-y-o hurdlers at Pardubice this Saturday. Martin ended up underneath the spooked horse, and was taken to hospital with a bruised kidney. The filly also had to be withdrawn from her race.

A prize is being offered on Sunday for the groom of the best-groomed horse in the Velka Pardubicka. The prize is being offered by Diane Hill and James Fry, two long-term British friends of the Velka Pardubicka.

This interview with No 1 Czech jumps jockey Josef Bartoš, taken by Dostihový svět editor Petr Guth, first appeared on our Czech language pages.

Three foreign horses that are unknown to us will run in the Velka Pardubicka. This information will be a breath of fresh air for some, but for others it will raise misgivings. Not just because there might be a winner from abroad, after a period of many years. Even Josef Bartoš, the jockey in the race with the most experience of riding abroad, is not thrilled by the foreign competition.

When at the end of May all 15 runners in the first of the four qualification races at Pardubice completed the course and met the qualification requirements for the 134^th running of the Velka Pardubicka, most of  them very competently, it seemed there might be a vast number of entries at the end of September and probably a particularly large and high-quality field.

An Irish-trained three times runner in the Aintree Grand National is entered for the Velka Pardubicka

(This article, written by our Dostihový svět editor-in-chief Petr Guth, first appeared in Czech language on September 24th, 2024)

DS Pardubice press release: Aeneas wins  the last Qualification Race

4th qualification race provides the last opportunity for Czech-trained horses to qualify for the  Velka Pardubicka

Star will not twinkle in the qualification race next Sunday

Dostihový Spolek Pardubice: Race days planned for Saturday 14 September 2024 and Sunday 15 September 2024 are rescheduled

These race days have been rescheduled to new days. Tickets remain valid.

There were 9 races on the card for the June meeting at Pardubice, and five of them were won by jockey Jan Faltejsek, on Roscoff, on Sardinie, on unbeaten New Friend, and then in the qualification race on Korfu, trained by his wife, Alžběta. He rounded off his five-timer on George of Beaumont, which was never headed in his race.