Velká Pardubická
The Velká Pardubická or Steeplechase von Pardubice is a traditional horse race over 6,900 m that takes place on the racetrack in Pardubice in Eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic . The obstacle race is one of the toughest races in the world and has been held since 1874 , now on the 2nd Sunday in October. The course is notorious for the size of the obstacles, only a small number of the starting horses even reach the finish. In the 114 races up to 2005, over 50 horses died or had to be euthanized.
history
Inspired by the since 1836 discharged Grand National of Liverpool members decided the par force -Gesellschaft Pardubice to host a Steeplechase in Pardubice. The founders of the race were Max Graf Ugarte , Emil Prinz Fürstenberg and Oktavian Graf Kinsky .
On November 5, 1874 , the course was opened for the first race. 14 horses started, six of which reached the finish. The first champion was the Englishman Sayers on Phantom , he received 8,000 guilders for the victory. In 1937 Lata Countess von Brandis won the race on the Kinsky mare Norma as the first and so far only woman.
The taxis ditch , a water ditch originally 5.10 m wide, which was behind a hedge of 1.40 m high and wide, is considered murderous . When this obstacle was erected, various parties demanded that it be removed; one of its strongest supporters was the Prince of Thurn und Taxis , whose name the obstacle was given. Other more inglorious names for it are the blood bath , the horse slaughterhouse or the obstacle to death . In 1927 the first horse after a fall died of a broken neck at the Taxis ditch. In 1974, 1979 and 1989 there were further fatal falls.
Since 1990 the race has been massively criticized by animal rights activists because of its hardness. The protests, in which Brigitte Bardot was also involved, were particularly directed against the taxis ditch. In the period that followed, riots by militant animal rights activists increased during the race, and they are now denied access to the site.
In the meantime, the Taxis ditch has been partially filled.
The steeplechase from 1909, which had no winner, is a special curiosity. Of the only three horses that started, none made it to the finish.
For the 117th Steeplechase in autumn 2007 the total prize money was 4,450,000 Czech crowns (around 170,000 euros). The premium for the champion mare Sixteen , ridden by Dusan Andres, was 2,250,000 Czech crowns.
winner
year | horse | jockey |
---|---|---|
2016 | Charm look | Jan Faltejsek |
2015 | Ribelino | Pavel Kašný |
2014 | Orphee des Blins | Jan Faltejsek |
2013 | Orphee des Blins | Jan Faltejsek |
2012 | Orphee des Blins | Jan Faltejsek |
2011 | Tiumen | Josef Váňa |
2010 | Tiumen | Josef Váňa |
2009 | Tiumen | Josef Váňa |
2008 | Sixteen | Josef Bartoš |
2007 | Sixteen | Dušan Andrés |
2006 | Decent Fellow | Josef Bartoš |
2005 | Masculine | Dirk Fuhrmann |
2004 | Registana | Peter Gehm |
2003 | Registana | Peter Gehm |
2002 | Masculine | Peter Gehm |
2001 | Chalco | Peter Gehm |
2000 | Peruán | Zdeněk Matysík |
1999 | Peruán | Zdeněk Matysík |
1998 | Peruán | Zdeněk Matysík |
1997 | Vronsky | Josef Váňa |
1996 | Cipísek | Vladislav Snitkovsky |
1995 | It's a snip | Charles Mann |
1994 | Erudite | Vladislav Snitkovsky |
1993 | Rigoletto | Libor Štencl |
1992 | Quirinus | Jaroslav Brečka |
1991 | Železník | Josef Váňa |
1990 | Libentína | Karel Zajko |
1989 | Železník | Josef Váňa |
1988 | Železník | Josef Váňa |
1987 | Železník | Josef Váňa |
1986 | Valencio | Karel Zajko |
1985 | festival | P. Vozáb |
1984 | Erot | N. Chludějev |
1983 | Sagar | Pavel Liebich |
1982 | Sagar | Pavel Liebich |
1981 | Sagar | Pavel Liebich |
1980 | Simon | V. Knápek |
1979 | Legend | 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 | Václav Chaloupka |
1971 | Korok | Václav Chaloupka |
1970 | Vezna II | NG Milev |
1969 | Korok | Václav Chaloupka |
1968 | not carried out | |
1967 | Dresden | TO Sokolov |
1966 | Nestor | T. Kňazík |
1965 | Mocná | F. Vítek |
1964 | Priboj | VZ Gorelkin |
1963 | Koran | F. Vítek |
1962 | Gaboj | RP Makarov |
1961 | Handle | IL Avdějev |
1960 | Handle | IL Avdějev |
1959 | Epigraph | VP Prachov |
1958 | Epigraph | VP Prachov |
1957 | Epigraph | VN Fedin |
1956 | Letec | J. Vavroušek |
1955 | Furioso XIV | J. Čajda |
1954 | Unkas | L. Raimond |
1953 | Junák | Ferdinand Palyza |
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 | titanium | M. Svoboda |
1938-1945 | not carried out | |
1937 | Norma | Lata from Brandis |
1936 | Herald | O. Lengnik |
1935 | Herald | O. Lengnik |
1934 | Delusion | Heinrich 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 | Landgrave II | K. Holoubek |
1924 | Herero | E. Strength |
1923 | Landgrave II | J. Pinter |
1922 | Baldur | F. Bullfinch |
1921 | Periwig | J. Syrový |
1920 | Jonathan | K. Kozlík |
1913 | Hurain | W. Reimer |
1913 | Dick Turpin | F. Janek |
1912 | Hurain | W. Reimer |
1912 | Jamagata | F. Bartosch |
1911 | Glenmorgan | E. Warriors |
1910 | Paul Heston | M. Seiffert |
1909 | no starters | |
1908 | not carried out | |
1907 | Kourgan | J. Birghan |
1906 | Tigra | HH Huxtable |
1905 | Scotch Moor | M. Seiffert |
1904 | Dennis | TH Buckenham |
1903 | Jour Fix | U. Rosak |
1902 | Jour Fix | U. Rosak |
1901 | Chorazy | FE Slinn |
1900 | Magyarád | TH Buckenham |
1899 | Slava | TH 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 | Richard Harry Fletcher |
1890 | alphabet | G. Williamson |
1889 | Parisis | Richard Harry Fletcher |
1888 | Et Caetera | M. Phillips |
1887 | Woodman | H. Baltazzi |
1886 | Hanno | Richard Harry Fletcher |
1885 | Abracadabra | H. Fries |
1884 | Jessica | WH Moore |
1883 | Victoria | H. Baltazzi |
1882 | By steam | T. Harraway |
1881 | Victoria | H. Baltazzi |
1880 | good Morning | M. Phillips |
1879 | Rudi | I. Hanreich |
1878 | Brigand | F. Metternich |
1877 | Brigand | F. Metternich |
1876 | not carried out | |
1875 | Brigand | G. Herbert |
1874 | Fantome | G. Sayers |
Web links
- Racetrack website (Czech) , ( English)
- Racecourse page (in German) ( page no longer available )
- Former website of the railway (English, archive version)
- Contribution to Radio Prague (German, archive version)
- mdr ( Memento from February 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (D)
- Marc Bädorf: In the end. Report in: The magazine from February 2, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jak Junák zachránil sedláka Palyzu od vězení - sport.iDNES.cz, October 6, 2009
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 18.8 ″ N , 15 ° 44 ′ 45.4 ″ E