Sixteen wins second straight Velka, Britons failed to impress

Foreign runners failed to complete the course of 118th running of Velka pardubicka steeplechase, the biggest race in the Czech calendar. Ferdy Murphy´s Ivoire de Beaulieu with Keith Mercer aboard set the pace in the first half but failed to follow the course then and had to be disqualified together with eventual winner Amant Gris. Charlie Man´s Nadover under Noel Fehily failed to complete the course as well as Italy´s Fatal Mac. 8yo mare Sixteen was awarded the race by stewards decision after finishing second under Josef Bartos. Sixteen won the same race in 2007 and gave her 56 yo trainer Josef Vana his third straght winner in the most prestigious race in the Czech Republic