PRAGUE (AP) The winning horse of last year's 125th edition of the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase has been stripped of the victory after testing positive for PRAGUE (AP) The winning horse of last year's ...

PRAGUE (AP) The winning horse of last year's 125th edition of the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase has tested positive for caffeine and theobromine and will be PRAGUE (AP) The winning horse of last ...

ANIMAL rights activists look away now as we lift the lid on the Czech Republic’s Velka Pardubicka, a steeplechase so dangerous it is known as The Devil’s Race. The Velka Pardubicka is a 6.9 kilometre ...

Patrick Mullins will be bidding to make it third time lucky in the Velka Pardubicka when he gets the leg up aboard defending champion Mr Spex at Pardubice on Sunday. The decorated amateur rider is yet ...

Record-breaking Irish jockey Patrick Mullins "can't wait" for his third crack at the daunting Velka Pardubicka in the Czech Republic on Sunday. The 15-time champion amateur has won eight races at the ...

Won in modern times by English jockeys Chris Collins, aboard Stephen's Society (1973), and Charlie Mann, who partnered It's A Snip (1995), the Velka Pardubicka is not only one of the most ...

Stumptown will be aimed at a repeat win in Cheltenham’s Cross Country Chase rather than the Grand National following his historic success in the Velka Pardubicka on Sunday. Gavin Cromwell’s eight-year ...

Patrick Mullins will tick another item off his riding bucket list with his first start in the unique 4m2½f Velka Pardubicka (2.45) on Sunday. The leading amateur partners Kaiserwalzer for trainer ...

It’s not only the world’s oldest cross-country horse race but it’s also arguably the most difficult. Since 1874, the Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase (otherwise known as the Grand Pardubice Steeplechase) ...

Orphee Des Blins, the emphatic winner of this year's Velka Pardubicka, features among 21 entries for the Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeplechase at Cheltenham on Friday. The 10-year-old mare gave ...

Sixteen (far left) is led over the Taxis in 2008 by Amant Gris (second left) and Ivoire De Beaulieu (right) Won in modern times by English jockeys Chris Collins, aboard Stephen's Society (1973), and ...