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Pavel Fiala: A Roundabout Route to Victory

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: September 18, 2018, 20:00 – 21:00

The Communists locked my dad up when I was nine. Then the Communists locked my mother up. I was 10 and the Communists caused me to become the winner of the Czechoslovak derby, because I wanted to study and become a veterinarian and they banned me from doing it.”

Presentation of the authorised biography of the legendary jockey Miloslava Hermansdorferová Schulzová. It is a story filled with different levels, detours, obstacles, pure blooded stallions and good people. A phenomenal rider who like Věra Čáslavská won international acclaim for Czechoslovak sport, she always refused to kowtow to bigwigs. Whether winning the toughest races or being banned and forced to shovel manure, she never stopped associating with whomever she chose, including Charter signatories, and was always headstrong and plain spoken.

The author of Obloukem k vítězství (A Roundabout Route to Victory), Pavel Fiala will speak with Miloslava Hermansdorferová Schulzová. Ludmila Vlášková will read from the book and Jiří Kadlec will provide guitar accompaniment. 

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