The second qualifying race - June 13th 2009-06-10
The main race at Pardubice on Saturday is the Paramo Grand Prix, 5800 m., crosscountry, the 2nd qualifying race for the 119th Ceska Pojistovna Velka Pardubicka. It has attracted a field of 18, including Sixteen, Juventus (who failed to qualify in the first QR), and a couple of very interesting Van'a trained younger horses, Del Sole and Welldancer. Add in last year's VP runner up Hirsch, last year's 4th finisher Numero Due (who also failed in the first QR), German Malt, and last year's VP runners Mr Land, Marath, Profil and Jung. And a name from the past, Red Dancer.Josef Van'a has offered two good rides to Raffaelle Romano, top Italian jumps jockey, who is first rider for Paolo Favero. He will ride Welldancer in the Qualifying Race, and also Magic Blade in the 2nd of the nine races in the afternoon. Clearly Raffaelle is in serious training for the Velka Pardubicka.
Other interesting runners in the afternoon are Novolari and Playleta, who will be cheered on as "our horses". I hope to see owners Marco and Julie, and Giancarlo, at Pardubice on Saturday. The first race is a 1 pm, and there will be nice races. This will be the first ever Polish Day at Pardubice.
