Velka Pardubicka.

finbarrk

Anyone any info on this? Thinking of making the trip this year. I met one of our jockeys that has rode in it a good few times and he says there is great craic there.
It's on on the 10th Oct this year.

cson

Is that the Czech race with the insane fences?

finbarrk

Yeah, seemingly its a couple of hours from Prague. A recording of it a few years ago here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az81uQBbjyw&feature=related

bit of a bogey

I say that would be great craic to travel to!

Charle Mann is very fond of that race and tends to send one over for it occasionally. Won it a few years ago on a "Its a snip" which he rode himself!

Nulty

Wow, what a race!

It looks like "The Running Man" for horses. That ditch is a killer!

convert

That's a great race - would love to have a horse to ride in it.

Watching it really shows why the Irish jockeys and horses have the reputation they do - if the horses jumped the banks like that over here they'd be left for dead. And it also shows how good our amateur riders are, too.

Nulty

convert wrote: »

That's a great race - would love to have a horse to ride in it.

Watching it really shows why the Irish jockeys and horses have the reputation they do - if the horses jumped the banks like that over here they'd be left for dead. And it also shows how good our amateur riders are, too.

Those horses weren't very big. Put Joncol or Notre Pere next to them and they'd look a different species

convert

Nulty wrote: »

Those horses weren't very big. Put Joncol or Notre Pere next to them and they'd look a different species

Size hasn't really got much to do with ability to jump banks. My two point-to-pointers, one of which is 17hh and the other 15.2hh, would both outjump the horses in that race over banks, and the smaller horse would be much better than the bigger horse.

Johner

For anyone that's interested,

Velka Pardubicka LIVE and FREE to view on Sky 432

The 120th Velka Pardubicka Chase, run in the Czech Republic and one of the most spectacular races in the world, will be shown live and free to view on Racing UK on Sunday. The 4m2f race over 31 obstacles is due off at 2.25pm and features the big British hope, Mr Big.

UrbanSea

Just about to watch it. Last years winner is in it,his trainer rides it,and has trained 7 winners of the race and has ridden 6. He's 57.

UrbanSea

Just see Noel Fehily is riding in it for Charlie Mann on Mr Big

glanman

what an amazing sight!

UrbanSea

Ooooooh did he just throw it away :eek:

UrbanSea

Just won,did anybody see him pull up before the end? He nearly threw it away.

glanman

greetings wrote: »

Ooooooh did he just throw it away :eek:

Looks like he thought he had reached the line, then realised he got it wrong and just made it!