Vana wins Velka Pardubicka again

The large field of  runners led to no special problems, with only one going down at the Taxis and eighteen of the twenty five runners getting to the finish. Red Dancer and Numero Due ran prominently for most of the race, and Sixteen was always well placed. Towards the end of the race, Tiumen, trained and ridden by living legend fifty seven year old Josef Vana came to the front. Sixteen, also trained by Josef Vana, was unable to make up the deficit, and finished second, with Numero Due in third place. None of the six foreign-trained horses was involved in the last part of the race. Super Lord, in seventh place, was the best of the foreign-trained runners.