This year’s Veľká Pardubická was forever recorded in history. The 134th edition of the famous horse race was the first ever, which ended with the decoration of two winners.
Športweb 16.10.2024 20:24
Photo: ČTK / Vondrouš Roman
Josef Váňa in Tiumen at Veľká Pardubická 2014.
After an incredibly close finish, Ján Faltejsek on the horse Godfrey and Jaroslav Myška, who triumphed on the 22nd attempt with the horse Sexy Lord, took the triumph in the 134th edition.
At first it seemed that only Myška won, who led for a long time in the final straight.
But then came the official verdict that the 134th edition of the famous steeplechase cross country ended with a “dead run” of the eight-year-old horses Sexy Lord and Godfrey.
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The most successful Czech jockey of all time, Josef Váňa (71), thought that he had already experienced everything in horse racing, but he only saw with his own eyes several horses crossing the finish line at the same time (i.e. a dead run) at this year’s Great.
He admitted that he once tried to organize something similar himself. “I’ve never experienced it myself in the saddle, but once I wanted to realize it through my stupidity.
And it almost took revenge on me,” said the eight-time VP winner for Czech Blesk with humor.
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“A long time ago, I took part in the qualification, during which Pavle kašný and I had about a 300-meter lead over the others.
When we were in the arc, I say to him: Come on, we’ll do a dead run,” he described how he tempted his opponent in the duel of horses Vronsky and Vederemo.
Fortunately for him, thanks to the functional target camera, he crossed the finish line by the nose of the horse earlier. Fortunately, because otherwise he would have been threatened with disqualification and a longer distance for influencing the outcome of the race.
“Today, I’m glad that it turned out that way. Otherwise, I could have easily lost my license for a few years for tampering,” the racing legend assessed.
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