Masini (POL), also known to us as "Macek", has shown that he is not up for retirement and took the third place in the “LXIX Gran Premio Merano Forest”. He got in the start of the horse race after a rather unsuccessful season. On Sunday, Masini (POL), had, after an active progress in the horse race and with the hearty support of his jockey, Paddy Aspell, as well as no mistakes in his jumps, managed to finish in a great third place and has shown that he can, in his 9th year, still run a big horse race. The great result of Masini (POL) was accompanied by Ronino (POL) with a second place in the "Premio Wegleiter", a hurdle race for three-year-olds, when he was defeated by a head after fighting lower-weight competitors.
Last week in Merano, Ronino (POL) gained a very nice third place in the hurdle race for three-year-old horses and has shown very big future potential. Unfortunately, Masini (POL) did not do well and has shown a very dull performance, ending-up 7th. On Sunday we managed to continue this year’s success on the racetrack at Karlovy Vary. Arcibaldo (GER*) won persuasively "The prize of Masis" and Diamond King (GER), after a long health break, won in an endurance race with very high quality competitors of the 2000 m event - "The prize of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s."
During his second performance of the year on the racetrack in Pardubice, Moning Let (SLO), together with his partner, Jan Faltejsek, did not leave it to fortune and gradually took over the initiative in the horse race. At the finish he easily left his competitors and won with a distance of ten lengths. Fantastyka (POL), daughter of Polish stallion Jape, gave us joy when she won at her first ever start at a hurdle race for three- year-olds, and has shown an amazing speedup in the finishing part of the horse race. On the other hand, this time our horses were not so successful in Merano. Ronino (POL) finished sixth in the hurdle race for three-year-old horses and Masini (POL), after abortive progress, took the seventh place.
Despite the bookmakers’ odds, Diktys (CZE), the descendant of the great stallion, Magnus (POL), won the Sunday’s culmination of a steeplechase season in Milan, the "Grand Steeple di Milano". This confirmed that his last victory in Bratislava was not an accident. In a very fast race he pushed though to an amazing finish and, together with his jockey, Josef Váňa juior, achieved his first GR 1 victory. Masini (POL) has gained fourth position in the same race and, thanks to his previous winnings from horse races; his earnings have now topped 13 Million CZK. On Saturday in Merano, De Dur (POL), was to beat the competing Sun Court, in a tight finish fight for victory, after a health-related break.
After three year Masini (POL) repeated victory in the Grande steeple chase di Milano, a Grade 1 race over 5 000 m. With Paddy Aspell aboard, Masini (POL) rode to a four and a half length victory over another Czech horse, Iraklion. The excellent form of our horses was confirmed by the second place finish by Diktys (CZE) in the Premio Staffe d'Oro, a Grade 3 steeplechase over 3 600 m. Pate (GER) came into the Grand Spring Trophy in Prague as one of the favourites but after a poor start finished fifth. Shaman (CZE), an offspring of our studhorse Magnus (POL), finished third.
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The number of two-year-old horses was replenished ... more
Four-years-old white mare Jam Bella (POL) for hurdle races and two yearlings from Napajedla ... more