August 2017 newsletter

July 2017 has been a warm month, though there have only been a limited number of very hot days, and there has been some rain. In some places, though not in Prague 6, there have been heavy thunderstorms and hailstorms. There has not been enough rain to cause flooding in major rivers, although, as I have often pointed out, far too many places in the Czech Republic are only 48 hours of steady rain away from flooding.

Local Filly wins the Slovak Derby

Slovakia had to wait 25 years for the first filly to win the local Derby. This year’s popular winner, German-bred Zoriana, by Jukebox Jury (IRE), out of Zambuka (FR) (Zieten (USA)), is trained by Zuzana Kubovičová and owned PD Senica. The winning owner’s colours were carried to victory in the early 1990s by Quirinus, which then went on the run in the Aintree Grand National.

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