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Das Schwarze Korps 170, 188, 202
D-Day landings (1944) 260, 261
Delibab 158
Deputation 162, 163
Deyl, Rudolf 123
Dobeš, Lieutenant Josef 198, 204, 215
Dobrzenský, František (‘Toši’) 256–7, 277
Dobrzenský, Count Jenda 176
Doležal, Jan 130
Dorian 147, 167
Dostál, Captain Oldřich 282–3
Dostihy 107
Down, Alastair 323
Drahoš, Jiří 122, 123, 228
Drobný, Jaroslav 285
Dubček, Alexandr 305
Dunka 121, 123
Dunwoody, Richard 321
Durand, Lieutenant François 143
Earhart, Amelia 148
Earl, Walter 29, 38
East Prussia 169, 170, 171, 180, 183–5, 201, 204, 215, 232, 253, 270
Eba 121
Eckmühl 161, 162, 163
Edenhall 214–15, 226, 227, 228, 229
Ederle, Gertrude 104
Editore 119, 121
Egon 178, 238
Eisner, Captain Antonín 110, 123
Elfe 172, 173, 175, 204, 214, 227, 228, 229
Ella 149
English Jockey Club 113, 326
Equestrian SS 170, 202–3, 253–4
Esáž 121, 122, 123
Esch, Jiří 141
Explosia Semtín 93, 189, 213
Fantome 39
Fédération sportive féminine international (FSFI) 105
Fegelein, SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann 202–3, 248–9, 253, 254, 256, 262
Ferber 161, 162
Festetics, Prince 29
Fikotová-Connolly, Olga 3
Final Solution 249
First World War (1914–18) 56–7, 58–66, 67, 69, 85, 86, 87, 93, 95, 100, 101, 111, 129, 154, 171, 184–5, 195–6, 213, 241, 252, 299
Fletcher, Richard 29
Forest, Count Alexander de la 109–10, 121
Formánková, Irma 110
Forum 119, 121, 123
fox hunting 28, 29–30, 32, 34, 44, 87, 307, 314–15
Franco, General 189
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 53, 54, 56
Franz Joseph, Emperor 47, 54, 61, 63
Fries, Hansi 38
Front of the Sudeten German Homeland 160
Frost, Bryony 330
Fugger, Leopold von (Poldi) 153–6, 173–4, 175, 188–90, 191, 197, 212, 213, 239, 252, 254, 256, 263
Fugger, Princess Nora von 154, 197
Fugger, Věra 153, 154
Fürstenberg, Prince Emil 35
Fürstenberg, Count Max Egon 244
Gabarit 134–5, 136–8, 143, 144
Gajda, General Radola 153, 218
Garbo, Greta 103
Garrigue, Charlotte 68
German Olympic Committee 182
Germany 133–5, 151–3, 160, 168–9, 181, 183–4
Austria, annexation of (1938) 237–8
Czechoslovakia, invades (1939) 243–4
Czechoslovakia, pre-war threat to (1930s) 133–4, 152, 160, 168, 180–2, 194–7, 204, 212, 213–14, 225, 237–44, 266–7
Nazi Party rise in (1930s) 133–5, 151–6, 160–1, 168–74, 180–90, 194–5, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 212
Olympics (1936) and 182, 198–9, 201, 202, 205
Operation Barbarossa (1941) and 248–9
Poland, invades (1939) 245
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia/occupation of Czechoslovakia (1939–45) 244–65
Rhineland, reoccupation of (1936) 194
Second World War, loss of (1945) 262–4, 265
sport and nationalism in 168–74
Sudetenland and 133–4, 152, 160, 168, 180–2, 194–5, 204, 225, 238, 239–42, 244–5, 266–7
Velká Pardubická (Grand Pardubice) and 95, 96, 134–5, 146, 161, 168–76, 180–8, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 214–34, 236, 298, 299
Gestapo 151, 251, 255, 257, 258, 263
Gestor 138, 139
Gibraltar II 143, 144
Gimpl, František 119, 120
Glückauf 205
Gočář, Josef 95
Goering, Hermann 169, 182
Golubčík 108, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 147
Goring, George 321
Grand Hotel, Pardubice 142
Grand National 321, 338
(1865) 35
(1883) 32, 98
(1885) 32
(1899) 95
(1931) 140, 307
(1977) 310–13
(1990) 323
(2012) 330
(2018) 330
Velká Pardubická and 37, 144
women and 113, 310–13, 330
Granel, Lieutenant J. de 173
Great Depression 133, 134, 146–7, 181, 184–5
Gretty 326, 329
Gröben, SA-Sturmführer Helmuth von der 172–3
Grosser Preis der Reichshauptstadt (the Grand Prix of the Reich Capital) 169
Guernica, bombing of (1937) 189, 212
Gyi Lovam! 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 146, 149, 161, 162, 215, 338
Haan, Dorothea (niece) 317–18, 319
Haan, Ernst (nephew) 316–17, 319
Haan, Leopold (brother-in-law) 77
Habsburg Empire 10, 39, 70, 76, 83, 86, 95, 99, 317
crumbling of 54–6, 60–6, 86, 93, 95, 99
English racing diaspora and 28
First World War and 54–6, 60–6, 93, 95, 99
melancholy of upper classes in 22
Napoleon and 26
sense of permanence and 54–6
Sokol and 71
throne of 12, 47, 53, 54, 61, 63
Hácha, Emil 242, 245
Hadnagy 95
Hagenbeck, Heinrich 133
Hagenbeck, Lorenzo 133
Hamilton, Lady 219
Hamr na Jezeře, Czechoslovakia 179
Hanousek, Ivan 320
Harlekýn 205
Harryk 296, 315
Harzburgerin 173, 175
Hazdra, Zdeněk 241–2
Hejmovský, Vladimír 290
Hektor 218
Henlein, Konrad 160, 168, 180, 181–2, 204, 225, 238, 240, 242
Hermansdorferová, Mila 315–16
Herold 185–6, 187–8, 203, 204, 205, 214–15, 222–3, 226–7, 228, 229, 232, 338
Hetre 204, 205
Heydrich, Reinhard 249, 250, 251, 252, 259
Himmler, Heinrich 170, 172, 202, 203, 249
Hitler, Adolf 182, 304, 30
Czech nobility and 195, 196, 197
Czechoslovakia invasion and 237, 238, 243, 244
Fegelein and 202, 262
Final Solution and 249
horsemanship and 169, 170, 171
Lebensraum and 185
Olympics (1936) 198
Operation Barbarossa (1941) and 248
Poland invasion and 245
preparations for war 181
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and 247, 248
Rhineland occupation and 194
rise of 133, 134, 151, 152, 160, 169, 170, 171, 172
Sudetenland and 133, 134, 152, 160, 239–41, 242, 243–4
‘supreme judge of the German people’, as 254–5
Velká Pardubická and 202, 203, 213, 214, 222, 237
weaponisation of sport and 168
Hobbs, Bruce 338
Hoffmann, F. 173
Hohberg und Buchwald, Anton von 171
Hollandweibchen 138, 145
Holomek 247, 259
Holoubek, Karel 121
Horáček, Michal 315
Horáková, Milada 104, 258, 272–3, 287, 288
Horneková, Božena 104
horsemanship:
Communist era and importance to Czech life of 280–2
gender and 333–7
Habsburg Empire attitudes towards 24–34
love and 338–40
horseracing:
gender prejudice and modern 329–31, 333
–7
origins of women’s participation in 106–8, 109–24
Horymír 108, 115
Hostivít 178, 238, 257
Hotel Střebský, Pardubice 95
Hotel Veselka, Pardubice 95, 118, 142, 218–19, 251, 270
Howard, Lady Rachel 219
Hubertus 166, 167, 176, 178, 179, 191, 217, 225, 238, 239, 243
Hungary 28, 29, 30, 32, 46, 56, 63, 70–1, 133, 136, 158, 218, 257, 300
Hunter Stakes 34
Hutsul 158
Huxtable, Henry 29
Iarbas 223, 225, 226, 227, 228
International Olympic Committee (IOC) 106, 114
Ippen, Otto 243
Irish Grand National 330
Iron Cross 171
It’s A Snip 322
Jabůrková, Jožka 104
Jáchymov uranium mines 291
Jan Nepomuk Widersperg, Baron 155
Jarocká, Alžběta (Gikina) (cousin) 128, 258, 266–7, 296, 302, 315, 316
Jaroševský, Petr (nephew) 59, 217, 236, 259, 260, 269, 280, 285, 288, 294, 302, 314
Jaroševský, Saša 316
Jaroševský, Sergej (brother-in-law) 129, 193, 258, 259
Javůrek, Father Josef 297, 304, 316
Jesenská, Milena 104
Jeune Chef 161, 162, 163
Jockey Club of Bohemia and Moravia 248, 261, 263, 265
Jour Fix 99
Junková, Eliška 104–5
Karlova Koruna castle 31, 34, 43, 85, 86, 191–4, 197, 219, 235, 257, 272
Kasalický, Hanuš 242
character and appearance 83, 129–30
death 302–3
Derby (1931) and 147
Hubertus and 166
LB and 82–4, 103, 106, 113, 121, 128, 129–30, 147, 148, 156, 166, 167, 177, 193, 207–8, 238, 239, 242, 255–6, 258, 266, 269, 280, 302–3
marriage 130, 208
Nazi Party and 208, 238, 255–6, 258, 266
Šmejda, horses in training with 129, 147, 167
Velká Pardubická (1927) and 113, 121
Velká Pardubická (1932) and 148
Kašpar, Jan 95
Kelleway, Gay 79
Khuen-Lützow, Karl 244
Kinský, Countess Eleonora (‘Lori’):
death 302
Italy, move to 277, 279, 280
LB friendship with 87, 88, 91, 118, 131, 132, 251, 257, 260, 269
marriage 86
Kinský, Countess Génilde 88
childhood 131, 133, 192–4, 218, 219, 221
escape from Czechoslovakia 277–9, 280, 282
Kunětická Hora steeplechase, competes in 272
marriage 256–7
Kinský horses 89–90, 156, 157, 166, 184, 238, 256, 282, 319, 331–2
Kinský, Count Karel 32, 44, 56, 86, 98
Kinský-Liechtenstein, Countess Kristina 89
Kinský Memorial Steeplechase:
(1932) 149–50
(1936) 205
(1949) 282–6
Kinský, Count Oktavian (greatuncle) 28, 29, 61, 85, 107, 192, 197
appearance 32–3
character 31–2, 33, 44, 191
death 98, 107
horses, love of 31–2, 33–4
Kinský horses and 89–90, 93
LB and 43–4
Mann and 321
Pardubice and 94, 95
Velká Pardubická and 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 93, 323–4
Kinský, Count Radslav 88, 192, 193–4, 221, 277, 281, 282, 284, 315
Kinský, Count Rudolf 32
Kinský, Countess Thamar 315
Kinský, Count Norbert (cousin) 61
Kinský, Count Norbert (son of ‘Ra’) 88, 192, 221, 257, 265, 277
Kinský, Prince Ulrich 197, 240
Kinský, Count Zdenko 32, 85, 86, 98–9, 113, 155
Kinský, Count Zdenko Radslav ‘Ra’ (cousin):
character and appearance 84–6
death 314
family and see individual family member name
First World War and 85
Fugger and 155–6, 188–90, 191, 213, 252
Italy, move to 277, 279, 280
Karlova Koruna and 85, 86, 191–4, 197, 219, 235, 257, 272
LB as friend of 87–9, 131, 132, 133, 176, 179, 193–4, 239, 302
LB first meets 87–9
LB’s horse racing career, influence upon origins of 87–9, 91–2, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120–1 see also Velká Pardubická
loyalty to democratic Czechoslovakia in face of rising Nazi Germany 194–7, 199, 200, 240, 241–2, 245–6
marriage see Kinský, Eleonora (‘Lori’)
Norma and 156, 157, 159–60, 165, 167, 193, 216, 247
Obora hunting lodge and 86, 87, 91, 107, 114, 131–2, 136, 155, 192, 256, 269, 272
Orlík castle and 86–9, 91, 102, 107, 132, 269
president of Prague Jockey Club 102
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, life under 245–6, 256–7, 272
racing colours 119, 186, 230, 283, 331
Velká Pardubická (1927) and 91–2, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120–1
Velká Pardubická (1928) and 126
Velká Pardubická (1930) and 136
Velká Pardubická (1931) and 143, 145
Velká Pardubická (1932) and 147
Velká Pardubická (1933) and 161
Velká Pardubická (1934) and 165, 167, 173
Velká Pardubická (1935) and 185, 188, 191
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 197, 199, 200, 201, 206
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 206, 216, 217, 218, 219, 232–3, 235, 236
Žďár nad Sázavou and 132–3, 165
Klínec 292–3, 303, 314–15
Klabíková, Vlasta 126
Kladruby stud 219, 333
Klement, Captain 215
Kněžičky stud 89
kočárek 17, 167
Kocman, Jiří 80, 300, 339, 342
Kocourek, Captain Oldřich 199, 204
Kohoutek, Josef 138, 215
Kolesa 107, 108, 114–15, 192, 218, 219
Konopiště 53
Košťál, Arnošt 251–2, 270
Koubková, Zdeňka 199–200
Kovář, Pavel 301
Král, Lieutenant 284, 286
Kratochvil, Jan 42
Křístková, Gabriela 6–7, 41, 333–4, 340
Kruliš, Antonín 226
Kummer, Udo von 184
Kunětická Hora steeplechase 272
Líšnice 20, 61–2, 102, 166, 207, 276, 297, 314, 316
Lacík 303
Lacina, Jiří 320
Land Control Act (1919) 69
Landgraf 183, 186, 187
Landgraf II 119, 120, 121, 122
Lemke, Heinz 183, 201, 204, 214, 225, 227, 253
Lengnik, SS-Scharführer Oskar 299, 338
‘captured by National Socialism’ 183
death 253
Velká Pardubická (1934) and 171
Velká Pardubická (1935) and 183, 185–6, 187–8
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 201, 203, 204, 205–6
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 214, 225, 226, 227, 232
Lessing, Theodor 160
Lethé 215, 228
Lidové Noviny 211
Liebich, Pavel 42, 230
Liechtenstein, Prince Franz 28, 29
Ligretta 326
Linhart, J. 145
Liška, Pavel 305
Luftwaffe 189, 254
Machník, František 222
Madeira 175
Magyarád 88, 158
Majerová, Marie 104
Mann, Charlie 36, 42, 321–2
Markomann 121
Masaryk, Jan 222, 235, 272, 275
Masaryk, Tomáš 244, 332
aristocracy and 69, 195, 245
birth of Czechoslovakia and 62–3, 64, 66, 67–8
Czechoslovak D
erby, watches 141, 142, 147
death 210–13, 218, 241, 242
gender politics and 71–2, 81, 112, 182
horses and 100, 141, 142, 147, 281
relinquishes presidency 194
Second World War 222, 244, 245, 248
Sudetenland//Third Reich and 151, 152, 180, 181, 195, 196
Mašková, Františka 259, 293
Mašková, Růžena 103, 107
Massiet, Lieutenant Henri 225
Mauve, Eberhard 82–3, 136, 147, 197, 207, 248
Mayer, Alfred Maria 70
Mejzliková, Marie 105
Mellenthin, Lieutenant 135
Metál 306
Mikeš, Second Lieutenant Ferdinand 110, 119, 121
Milansbar 330
Milliat, Alice 105, 106, 126, 199
Milonga 204, 215, 228
Minářová, Josefa 155
Misserl 129
Mníšek pod Brdy 11, 17, 250, 262
Mocná 300–1
Modráček, František 70
Monarch 187
Monka 326, 327
Moore, Willie 100
Mr Frisk 323
Mudr, Jiří 275–6
Munich conference (1938) 242
Münster-Fuggerová, Sylvie 239
Münzesheimer, Martin 185, 187
Mussolini, Benito 240, 242
Naďa 282, 283, 284, 286
Napoleon Society 85–6
Národní listy 107, 116, 119, 123, 236
National Land Committee 267
Navratilová, Martina 3
Nazi Party 111, 208, 273, 288
Nazi paramilitaries and Velká Pardubická 3, 7–8, 168–76, 180–90, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 214–34, 236
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and 244–65
rise in Germany 133–5, 151–6, 160–1, 168–74, 180–90, 194–5, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 212
sport and nationalism and 168–74
Sudetenland and 133–4, 152, 160, 168, 180–2, 194–5, 204, 225, 238, 239–42, 244–5, 266–7
Nedbal 88, 91, 108, 143, 159
Nedejse 107, 158, 159
Neklan 156, 159, 161, 166, 175, 199, 204
Nella 282, 283, 284
Nepal 159
Neurath, Konstantin von 237, 244, 247
Neva 166, 173, 175, 218, 219
Nevěsta 91–2, 98, 126
LB introduced to 107–8
Velká Pardubická (1927) and 109, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123
Nicholas II, Tsar 64, 93
Nicholson, David 311
Nevšímalová, Krista 74–5
‘Night of the Long Knives’ (1934) 170
No Time to Lose 42
Noiret, J. 147
Nolč, Jan 83
Nolč, Marie 83
Nora 272, 282
Norbert 126, 136, 137, 138–9, 143, 144, 145, 147
Norma 255, 281, 341–2
birthplace 192
death 269
good and faithful servant 342
kočárek and 167
LB gets to know 165, 179, 186
LB love for 341–2
LB no longer considered primary rider of 191, 193
offspring 270, 272, 282