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The calendar of Chuchle Arena Prague events for this year is already in real form and contains a total of twenty-one terms. The 14-racedays season will start on Sunday, April 5th and will run until the first weekend in November.

The horse racing season 2019 in the Czech Republic ended on Saturday, November 9th at Chuchle Arena Prague, the fourth running of Prague's Winter Favorite Stakes (9f, 100 ths CZK) with ten promising 2yo horses was the highlight of the schedule.

In beautiful weather and with the biggest crowd of the season, the penultimate this years raceday took place at the racecourse Chuchle Arena Prague on Sunday, October 27. The highlight of the program was the 99th President Stakes (Class A, 2m, 200 ths CZK), a traditional two-mile ultra-long-distance race, which was founded in 1920 by the first President of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

The 17th Harry Petrlík Memorial Stakes, sponsored by Metrostav (Class A, 1m, 3yo+ fillies and mares), was the highlight of the twelfth raceday at Chuchle Arena Prague. The winner was 4yo filly Rabbit Havana with last year's jockey-champion David Liška, who ended his two-month wait for victory.

On Saturday, September 28, the fifth year of the spectacular raceday, with twelve jockeys from ten countries, the Leram European Jockey Cup, took place at the Chuchle Arena Prague. His biggest star was one of the world's best jockeys, Belgian native Christophe Soumillon, who also won the final ranking and the Cup for the winner. Dutch Adrie de Vries placed second and Eduardo Pedroza from Panama was the third.

One of the iconic places of horse racing in the Czech Republic, whose history dates back to 1906, has undergone major changes in recent years. The new official name and logo reflect its meaning and tradition, with the aim of strengthening the racecourse brand abroad. Leram European Jockeys' Cup 2019 will be held as the first event in Chuchle Arena Prague this Saturday.

Leram European Jockey Cup (EJC), the richest raceday in Central Europe, is coming, it takes place at Prague-Velká Chuchle racecourse on Saturday, September 28. The final nominations of jockeys and horses will be announced in the coming days, but there is already the name of the biggest superstar of the program: one of the world's best jockeys Christophe Soumillon!

The 13th EŽ Praha Gold Cup, the longest and the richest fences race in the Czech Republic was the highlight of the tenth metropolitan raceday. Five-year-old mare Famous Valley attacked the eleventh triumph in a row, against five quality rivals.

The second half of the metropolitan racing season started on Sunday, September 8th. There were nine races ran, with the two most prestigious highlights, 41st CK Martin Tour Prague Stakes and 74th J&T Banka St Leger.

Simson Stakes (6f, 100 ths. CZK), the traditional first important race for 2yo horses, held since 1944, was the main race of summer raceday. Its start was attended by eight fillies and one colt, including the winners of all three June races for the youngest horses.