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The horse racing season in Chuchle Arena Prague continued on Sunday, April 23. It offered nine races, two of which belonged to the highest class and in both of which the favorites won.

On Good Friday, April 7, the 2023 racing season began in Chuchle Arena Prague. Despite the cold weather, a large number of spectators arrived and the program of the first eight races took place in a great atmosphere. The traditional opening test, the 96th Tipsport Gomba Handicap was won by the ten-year-old gelding Mormill, the 65th April Stakes was easily won by the six-year-old mare Zariyannka.

On Saturday, November 5, this year's metropolitan horse racing season in Chuchle Arena Prague ended. The final, fourteenth, raceday culminated in the 6th year of the PP Asset Management Prague Winter Favorite Stakes for juvenille horses, in which a Czech bred filly Lowe Wole made a relatively unexpected win.

On Sunday, October 23, the penultimate raceday of this metropolitan season took place in front of a completely filled grandstand in Chuchle Arena Prague. The main race of the day, held under the auspices of the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, was turned into a sovereign triumph by the favored Vert Liberte with jockey Petr Foret. The representative of DS Pegas stable won by six lenghts in the 101st President Stakes and stayed unbeaten in this season in the Czech Republic.

The 19th Harry Petrlík Memorial Stakes, Class A mile race for three-year-old and older fillies and mares, was the highlight of the twelfth part of this year's horse racing season in Chuchle Arena Prague. On the soft ground it was won by four-year-old grey filly Rabbit Coulsty with jockey Jiří Chaloupka and for her trainer Allan Petrlík it was an emotional moment, because he received his first win in the race named after his father.

On Saturday, September 24, the eleventh raceday of this season took place in Chuchle Arena Prague. Its highlight was the most important comparative test for three-year-olds and older horses at the "derby-distance" (1,5 mile), the 44th CPI HOTELS Czech Turf Stakes (Class A, 600 ths. CZK). In the end, the four-year-old gelding VERT LIBERTE with jockey Petr Foret won by almost three lengths.

The tenth chapter of this year's metropolitan season was the only raceday in Chuchle Arena Prague, whose program is a combination of flat and obstacle races. The highlight was the longest and the richest Czech fences race, the 16th EŽ Praha Gold Cup. The last year's win was defended by the 8yo gelding Sternkranz, whose top-star jockey Josef Bartoš returned to the saddle after a three-month medical break.

On the first Sunday of September, the gates of Chuchle Arena Prague opened for the first time after the summer break to welcome a large number of visitors to the ninth part of this year's metropolitan season. In the sports offer, which was complemented by a rich accompanying program for children, two great Class A races were watched with great interest and both lived up to, perhaps exceeded, considerable expectations.

On Saturday, July 16, the season continued in Chuchle Arena Prague with the only one holiday raceday. The highlight of the program of nine races was the 43rd Latina Stakes, sponsored by PP asset management (Class A, 11f, 150 ths. CZK), the preparatory test before the classic Oaks for three years old fillies. The first two places were taken by Luboš Urbanek's pair, but the grey Jacinthe, who made only her second career start, won half a length ahead of the favorite Korvette.

In hot weather, the top-raceday took place on Sunday, June 26, at the Chuchle Arena Prague, culminating in the 102nd CPIPG Czech Derby, the most prestigious classic test for three-year-old colts and fillies. The event took place under the auspices of the Minister of Defense Jana Černochová and the original accompanying program, prepared by the Czech Army, was well received by the audience.