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Velká pardubická is a famous cross-country steeplechase run in Pardubice, Czech Republic since 1874. It takes place every year on the second Sunday in October.
The length of the steeplechase is 6.9 km (4 miles 506 yards), with 31 obstacles. It usually takes 9–10 minutes to finish the course; the record is 8:56.01 set by Ribelino in 2015.
Horses starting in the race must be at least six years old (prior to 2009, the minimum age was seven years); Czech horses must qualify by finishing at least one of four qualifying races during the season.
History
The race was first run in 1874 in Pardubice, a town long known in the horse racing world, as some trainers and jockeys from England came there to work. The current steeplechase course was established in 1856, however the course first took its present-day form in the years just after the Second World War.[1]
The course of the race has been changed several times, most recently in 1998 when the direction of the final phase of the race was changed to accommodate the new grandstand. The surface of the racecourse is mainly grass, but one-quarter of the race is run through ploughed fields, which used to take almost half of the race in the past. Some obstacles have also been changed, mostly to improve safety, although the difficulty of the race is said to have suffered as a result.[1]
Obstacles
Horses must negotiate a total of 31 obstacles.[2] These are:
- 1 - Hedge (1.2m)
- 2 - Hedge with ditch (1.3m, with a 60 cm ditch on the other side)
- 3 - Small water jump (3m long)
- 4 - Taxis ditch. This is the most famous obstacle in the race, and it is jumped just once. 28 horses have died at this obstacle. In the past it consisted of a 2 m deep and 5 m long ditch hidden behind a 1.5 m high hedge. Nowadays, it is a 1 m deep and 4 m long ditch with a 1.5 m high hedge. This obstacle is used only for the Velká pardubická, and horses are not permitted to use it for training.
- 5 - Irish bank. This unusual obstacle requires the horses to shimmy up and down a steep artificial bank.
- 6 - Popkovic ditch. (1.3m hedge with a 2m long ditch on the other side)
- 7 - French jump. A pair of closely spaced hedges, 1.2m and 1.3m in height, which must be jumped as one.
- 8 & 9 - Small gardens. A pair of hedges, 1.25m and 1.3m in height, which are jumped in quick succession.
- 10 - English jump. (1.2m hedge with a ditch on the takeoff side)
- 10a - Extended taxis ditch. (Small hedge, about 1.1m tall, which joins with the main taxis ditch)
- 11 - Hedge with ditch. (1.3m, with a ditch on the landing side)
Curiosities
Historically, the most successful horse in the race was Železník. The horse won the race four times (from 1987 to 1989 and again in 1991).
Josef Váňa Sr. is the most successful jockey, having achieved eight victories, and he is also a very well known celebrity in the Czech Republic. There is a 2012 movie about him (Váňa, directed by Jakub Wagner). He has also trained 10 winners of the Velká Pardubická and six horses which have finished in second place.
The first (and only woman) to have won the race as of 2019 is Lata Brandis (czech Brandisová (1896-1981)), who won in 1937 with her mare, Norma - seven lengths ahead of the professional jockey Willibald Schlagbaum in second place. Only 10 of the 15 runners finished. She was the first woman to enter the race in 1927 (falling five times and remounting to finish fifth). In later years she came in fourth, third and second on Norma.[3]
The 1937 Grand Pardubice was the last race held for nearly a decade. The 1938 race was called off following the Munich agreement and not run during World War II.
Winners
Year | Winning Horse | Age | Handicap (kg) | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Winning Time |
2019 | Theophilos | 9 | 70 | Josef Bartoš | Josef Váňa sr. | Dostihový klub iSport-Váňa | m s |
2018 | Tzigane du Berlais | 7 | 70 | Jan Faltejsek | Pavel Tůma | Dr. Charvát | 9m 05.56s |
2017 | No Time To Lose | 8 | 70 | Jan Kratochvíl | Josef Váňa sr. | DS Paragan | 9m 39.98s |
2016 | Charme Look | 9 | 70 | Jan Faltejsek | Martina Růžičková | Orling | 9m 42.86s |
2015 | Ribelino | 7 | 68 | Pavel Kašný | Stanislav Kovář | Lokotrans | 8m 56.01s |
2014 | Orphee des Blins | 12 | 66 | Jan Faltejsek | Grzegorz Wroblewski | DS Pegas | 9m 08.25s |
2013 | Orphee des Blins | 11 | 66 | Jan Faltejsek | Grzegorz Wroblewski | DS Pegas | 9m 33.22s |
2012 | Orphee des Blins | 10 | 66 | Jan Faltejsek | Grzegorz Wroblewski | DS Pegas | 9m 13.39s |
2011 | Tiumen | 10 | 68.5 | Josef Váňa sr. | Josef Váňa sr. | Köi Dent | 9m 15.29s |
2010 | Tiumen | 9 | 68 | Josef Váňa sr. | Josef Váňa sr. | Köi Dent | 9m 03.73s |
2009 | Tiumen | 8 | 68 | Josef Váňa sr. | Josef Váňa sr. | Köi Dent | 9m 19.56s |
2008 | Sixteen[a] | 8 | 66 | Josef Bartoš | Josef Váňa sr. | Jaroslav Bouček Buc-Film | 8m 58.99s |
2007 | Sixteen | 7 | 66 | Dušan Andrés | Josef Váňa sr. | Jaroslav Bouček Buc-Film | 9m 18.66s |
2006 | Decent Fellow | 11 | 67 | Josef Bartoš | Josef Váňa sr. | Dr. Charvát | 9m 20.60s |
2005 | Maskul | 11 | 67 | Dirk Fuhrmann | František Holčák | Nýznerov | 9m 11.25s |
2004 | Registana | 8 | 65 | Peter Gehm | Čestmír Olehla | Wrbna Racing | 9m 15.48s |
2003 | Registana | 7 | 65 | Peter Gehm | Čestmír Olehla | Wrbna Racing | 9m 30.14s |
2002 | Maskul | 8 | 67 | Peter Gehm | Radek Holčák | Nýznerov | 10m 22.07s |
2001 | Chalco | 9 | 67 | Peter Gehm | Josef Váňa sr. | Viktor Komárek | 10m 04.52s |
2000 | Peruán | 12 | 67 | Zdeněk Matysík | Lenka Horáková | DC Zámrsk MUDr. Bruna | 9m 29.00s |
1999 | Peruán | 11 | 67 | Zdeněk Matysík | Lenka Horáková | DC Zámrsk MUDr. Bruna | 9m 16.00s |
1998 | Peruán | 10 | 67 | Zdeněk Matysík | Lenka Horáková | DC Zámrsk MUDr. Bruna | 10m 10.01s |
1997 | Vronsky | 9 | 67 | Josef Váňa sr. | Josef Váňa sr. | Viktor Komárek | 10m 33.30s |
1996 | Cipísek | 8 | 64.5 | Vladislav Snitkovskij | Josef Váňa sr. | Stáj Luka | 9m 35.10s |
1995 | It's a Snip | 10 | 67 | Charlie Mann | Charlie Mann | The Icy Fire Partnership | 10m 03.43s |
1994 | Erudit | 8 | 65.5 | Vladislav Snitkovskij | František Holčák | Pěník Vlachovice | 10m 06.07s |
1993 | Rigoletto | L. Štencl | František Holčák | ||||
1992 | Quirinus | J. Brečka | |||||
1991 | Železník | Josef Váňa sr. | Čestmír Olehla | ||||
1990 | Libentína | K. Zajko | František Holčák | ||||
1989 | Železník | Josef Váňa sr. | Čestmír Olehla | ||||
1988 | Železník | Josef Váňa sr. | Čestmír Olehla | ||||
1987 | Železník | Josef Váňa sr. | Čestmír Olehla | ||||
1986 | Valencio | K. Zajko | František Holčák | ||||
1985 | Festival | P. Vozáb | Václav Čermák | x | |||
1984 | Erot | N. Chludějev | |||||
1983 | Sagar | P. Liebich | Václav Čermák | ||||
1982 | Sagar | P. Liebich | Václav Čermák | ||||
1981 | Sagar | P. Liebich | Václav Čermák | ||||
1980 | Simon | V. Knápek | |||||
1979 | Legenda | J. Chaloupka | |||||
1978 | Lancaster | J. Kasal | |||||
1977 | Václav | Václav Chaloupka | |||||
1976 | Limit | F. Zobal | |||||
1975 | Mor | K. Benš | |||||
1974 | Mor | K. Benš | |||||
1973 | Stephen's Society | CH. Collins | |||||
1972 | Korok | V. Chaloupka | |||||
1971 | Korok | V. Chaloupka | |||||
1970 | Vezna II | N. G. Milev | |||||
1969 | Korok | V. Chaloupka | |||||
1968 | cancelled[b] |   | |||||
1967 | Dresděn | A.N. Sokolov | |||||
1966 | Nestor | T. Kňazík | |||||
1965 | Mocná | F. Vítek | |||||
1964 | Priboj | V. Z. Gorelkin | Ivan Avdějev | ||||
1963 | Koran | F. Vítek | |||||
1962 | Gaboj | R. P. Makarov | Ivan Avdějev | ||||
1961 | Grifel | I. L. Avdějev | Ivan Avdějev | ||||
1960 | Grifel | I. L. Avdějev | Ivan Avdějev | ||||
1959 | Epigraf | V. P. Prachov | |||||
1958 | Epigraf | V. P. Prachov | |||||
1957 | Epigraf | V. N. Fedin | |||||
1956 | Letec | J. Vavroušek | |||||
1955 | Furioso XIV | J. Čajda | |||||
1954 | Unkas | L. Raimond | |||||
1953 | Junák | F. Palýza | |||||
1952 | Vítěz | M. Svoboda | |||||
1951 | Salvátor | V. Hejmovský | |||||
1950 | Var | J. Jungman | |||||
1949 | Učeň | O. Dostál | |||||
1948 | Var | M. Kotek | |||||
1947 | Rayon De | M. Buret | |||||
1946 | Titan | M. Svoboda | |||||
1938–1945 | cancelled[c] | ||||||
1937 | Norma | Lata von Brandis czech Brandisová[3] | |||||
1936 | Herold | O. Lengnik | |||||
1935 | Herold | O. Lengnik | |||||
1934 | Wahne | H. Wiese | |||||
1933 | Remus | R. Spano | |||||
1932 | Remus | R. Spano | |||||
1931 | Pohanka | F. Durand | |||||
1930 | Gyi Lovam! | R. Popler | |||||
1929 | Ben Hur | G. Schwandt | |||||
1928 | Vogler | H. Schmidt | |||||
1927 | Forum | J. Charous | |||||
1926 | All Right II | R. Popler | |||||
1925 | Landgraf II | K. Holoubek | |||||
1924 | Herero | E. Stärz | |||||
1923 | Landgraf II | J. Pinter | |||||
1922 | Baldur | F. Gimpel | |||||
1921 | Periwig | J. Syrový | |||||
1920 | Jonathan | K. Kozlík | |||||
1914–1919 | cancelled[d] | ||||||
1913[e] | Hurain | W. Reimer | |||||
Dick Turpin | F. Janek | ||||||
1912[e] | Hurain | W. Reimer | |||||
Jamagata | F. Bartosch | ||||||
1911 | Glenmorgan | E. Krieger | |||||
1910 | Paul Heston | M. Seiffert | |||||
1909 | race void[f] | ||||||
1908 | cancelled[g] | ||||||
1907 | Kourgan | J. Birghan | |||||
1906 | Tigra | H. H. Huxtable | |||||
1905 | Scotch Moor | M. Seiffert | |||||
1904 | Dennis | T. H. Buckenham | |||||
1903 | Jour Fix | U. Rosak | |||||
1902 | Jour Fix | U. Rosak | |||||
1901 | Chorazy | F. E. Slinn | |||||
1900 | Magyarád | T. H. Buckenham | |||||
1899 | Slava | T. H. Buckenham | |||||
1898 | Handy Andy | R. Jekyll | |||||
1897 | Magyarád | E. Geoghegan | |||||
1896 | Lady Anne | E. Geoghegan | |||||
1895 | Galamb II | A. Hall | |||||
1894 | Lady Anne | E. Geoghegan | |||||
1893 | Hadnagy | G. Williamson | |||||
1892 | Alphabet | J. Westlake | |||||
1891 | Lady Anne | R. Fletcher | |||||
1890 | Alphabet | G. Williamson | |||||
1889 | Parisis | R. Fletcher | |||||
1888 | Et Caetera | M. Phillips | |||||
1887 | Woodman | H. Baltazzi | |||||
1886 | Hanno | R. Fletcher | |||||
1885 | Abracadabra | H. Fries | |||||
1884 | Jessica | W. H. Moore | |||||
1883 | Victoria | H. Baltazzi | |||||
1882 | Per Dampf | T. Harraway | |||||
1881 | Victoria | H. Baltazzi | |||||
1880 | Good Morning | M. Phillips | |||||
1879 | Rudi | I. Hanreich | |||||
1878 | Brigand | F. Metternich | |||||
1877 | Brigand | F. Metternich | |||||
1876 | cancelled[h] | ||||||
1875 | Brigand | G. Herbert | |||||
1874 | Fantome | G. Sayers |
- ^ In 2008, Amant Gris finished first but was disqualified for taking the wrong course.
- ^ The 1968 race was cancelled due to the Prague Spring.
- ^ The race was not run in 1938–1945 due to Nazi occupation and the Second World War.
- ^ The race was not run in 1914–1919 due to the First World War.
- ^ a b The 1912 and 1913 race were dead heats.
- ^ The 1909 race was declared void as none of the three horses that ran finished.
- ^ The 1908 race was cancelled due to snow.
- ^ The 1876 race was cancelled due to frost.