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The eleventh chapter of this year's metropolitan season in Chuchle Arena Prague offered three top-races in its program, and horses whose jockeys wore pink colours won in all of them. Five-time Czech and eight-time Spanish champion Václav Janáček won twice for the Lokotrans stable, Tomáš Lukášek reached one win for the Statek Blata Český ráj stable before leaving for a winter engagement in Qatar.

The highlight of the third September Sunday in Chuchle Arena Prague was the 20th Harry Petrlík Memorial Stakes (Class A, 1m, 3yo+ f+m, 135 ths. CZK), in which the 5yo mare, this year unbeaten, Classa was the hot favorite. She won all three races in this season by close margins, and the fourth win was the same: Classa won only by a head in front of another 5yo mare, Rabbit Coulsty (champion of this race a year ago).

The second Sunday in September is traditionally the only date of the year when, in addition to flat races, fences races are held in Chuchle Arena Prague. The highlight of the program, the EŽ Praha Gold Cup, as the longest fences race in the Czech Republic, has already written its own this year the seventeenth chapter and for the first time in its history the same horse achieved a third triumph. Favorite Sternkranz showed rocket acceleration in the end and achieved a clean hat trick.

On Sunday, September 3, the second half of this year's metropolitan racing season started in Chuchle Arena Prague. The highlights of the program were the last classic test of the year 78th PP Asset Management St Leger and the most important comparative test of three-year-old and older milers 45th CK Martin Tour Prague Stakes.

The second year of the Jana Holá Memorial show jumping competition (last August weekend) attracted a star-studded line-up of riders to the Chuchle Arena in Prague. In the end, Miloslav Příhoda took the first place, and Vladimír Tretera, Mariana Michlíčková and Anna Kellnerová also figured in the front ranks.

In the final competition of the CSIO4* CET Prague Cup four-day show jumping events, Grand Prix Air Bank, Matt Garrigan from Ireland won with the gelding Quantum Robin V. Only one jump away from the triumph was the Czech rider Sára Vingrálková, who ended up with the gelding Kas-Sini DC on second place. Israel won Friday's Olympic show jumping team qualification and Poland finished second – the two teams qualified for the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris. The Czech team placed fifth.

Although in tropical weather, still in front of a solid visit, the Summer raceday took place in Chuchle Arena Prague on Sunday, July 9. The 44th Latina Stakes (Class A, 11f, 3yo f, 135 ths CZK), the main trial race for the Czech Oaks (it will be run in Carlsbad on August, 6), was the highlight of the schedule. In the fast-paced race, the favorites did not succeed in the end, and Riwetta with jockey Adam Florian won this race.

Traditionally, on the last Sunday of June, the most prestigious race of the season, the Czech Derby took place in the Chuchle Arena Prague. In front of a full grandstand, in a great atmosphere, the winner of its 103rd edition was dark brown filly Abha, trained by Ingrid Janáčková-Koplíková and excellently ridden by the Portuguese jockey Ricardo Sousa for the Statek Blata Český raj stable of the Dufek family.

On the first Saturday of June, this year's fifth raceday took place in Chuchle Arena Prague with a rich children's accompanying program and two Class A races. The 71st June Stakes, which is traditionally the most important preparatory test for the Czech Derby, was a closely watched test, and three-year-old and older fillies and mares presented themselves in the 19th Nora Jeane Stakes.

Three Gran Prix finals for children, juniors and young riders concluded the four-day international show jumping event at the CSI Prague Arena in Velká Chuchle, Václav Humplík, Kristina Vitek and Adam Písařík won these competitions, every one after jumping out.