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The highlight of the four-day Czech Children and Junior Show Jumping Championships in the Chuchle Arena Prague was the Sunday final of the older junior competition. Rider Anna Marie Vítek is experiencing a sensational season and after an excellent bronze medal from the European Championship in the children's category, she won gold among older juniors at the national championship in Chuchle Arena Prague. She achieved both successes with Chacco´s Amke.

From Thursday to Sunday, the Chuchle Arena Prague hosts the Czech Republic Show Championships for Children and Juniors. On her home arena will present the recent European Championship medalist Anna Marie Vitek. There will also be other young riding stars.

Just like less than a year ago, this year's Chuchle Arena Prague Summer Cup was won by German rider Manuel Prause. In the saddle of Cascada he rode the basic and final course without penalty and in combination with the time of 42,12 he became the winner. In second place, Václav Horký was the best of the Czech participants.

The Czech Jumping Cup continued in the Chuchle Arena Prague on Sunday, June 13, in the third round. Petr Dohnal and Tashita won the Prague Grand Prix after a thrilling final, when he was the only one to complete both parts of the competition without penalty. Aleš Opatrný finished second and Tereza Svobodová placed third.

Czech fans could not have asked for a better ending of the CSI2*-W Prague Arena international jumping competitions. Aleš Opatrný on Gentlemen vh Veldhof secured a thrilling victory in the Grand Prix after winning the jump-off.

Between 29th April and 9th May, the Chuchle Arena Prague is hosting two international show-jumping events – CSI Prague Arena and CSIO CET. Spectators will not be allowed in the arena, due to epidemic measures, so they can watch live stream on internet or live coverage of CT Sport channel.

Due to the currently valid restrictive measures and uncertain assumptions for next weeks, the beginning of this year's horse racing and show jumping season in the Chuchle Arena Prague will be postponed. The originally planned racedays the 5th and 18th April and the show jumping event 8th-11th April will not take place. April. If it will be possible, the first raceday will take place on Sunday 25 April and the first show jumping races at the next weekend.

The second complete show jumping season in Chuchle Arena Prague ended on the second weekend of October with the second running of the Eliot Cup. Competition is named by (Eliot) only one Czech horse that won the Olympic Games in jumping in the saddle with František Ventura (1928). Perhaps a little symbolically, less than a year before the Tokyo Olympics, Aleš Opatrný, who is qualified for a sports holiday in Japan, won this year's Eliot Cup.

For the first time in its history, Chuchle Arena Prague hosted the show jumping national championship for children and juniors. During the three days of the extended second weekend in August, they competed in three individual and two team categories.

During the last weekend of July, Chuchle Arena Prague hosted the first meeting of the Czech Jumping Cup in its history. The program of individual competitions has been running since Thursday and a total of more than 900 pairs presented themselves.