Hippodrome Most – Prize of the Czech First Lady

Hippodrome Most Racecourse invites all fans of racing on the first racing day of season 2010. The year 2010 will be the event’s fourth anniversary.

On 15th May 2010 from 1 pm you can see seven well-filled races. To multiply a tension of races you can book on your favorite horse. A playcenter and horse riding are ready for small visitors here.

Hippodrome Most is a part of the park Velebudice. In connection with consideration of use a dump of Velebudice there was finished a construction project of recultivation park in 1973 like an area for a recreation and health, whose dominating feature became the racecourse. As the only one racecourse in the Czech Republic the Hippodrome Most has a direct course for flat racing with a length of 1200 meters, a width of the outer curve of the course is 30 m and a length 1800 m, indoor courses have a width of 20 meters. Quite unique is a construction of extensive training course, which is located outside the racecourse and other Czech racecourses do not have it. Racers can train without problems on an area of 43 ha either on sand and grass course. Annually 8 racing days with six hundred horses at the starting-post take place here.

Would you like to try horse riding? Do you have a leisure time and are you looking for a sport that interest you? At Hippodrome Most you can enjoy recreational horse riding in the pleasant surroundings of the racecourse areal. Horse riding take place for both beginners and advanced riders under a supervision of an experienced coach.

Not only horse racers but in-line skaters you can meet here. To extend the range of sporting activities at the Hippodrome Most a new in-line skating track was built here. The track is 3370 m long and is covered with high quality fine-grained asphalt and runs along the racecourse.

In the town Most you can make sighteeing too. The decanal Church of the Assumption of Our Lady together with the Hněvín castle creates the dominant of the town Most. It is not far from the place where the original royal town Most was situated. In 1964 the town was decided for liquidation. Moving to another place saved only the Late Gothic church. Jacob Hillman of Schweinfurt was its author. The church was shifted in 1975 by the speed of 2,61 cm per minute. The distance was 841,1 m long. The church and the steel construction weighing 12 000 tons, was placed on 53 hydraulic wagons, which were automatically correcting the irregular terrain. Only after thirteen years the stabilizing, installing and restoring works were completed and the church was reopened as a cultural monument. After the year 1989 the church equipment was gradually returned – e.g. the Baroque altar, the organ, etc. In 1993 the decanal church was reopened and consecrated. One year later the State Gallery of Fine Art was situated here.