The Heroine of the Week Is Lata Brandis

Noblewoman and horse rider, she was the first woman to participate in the famed Great Pardubice Steeplechase in 1927, one of the most difficult horse races in Europe. Ten years later she won the race on the mare Norma. Thus far she is the only woman in history to win this race. As a competitor, she was supported by the aristocratic Kinský family to whom she was related.  

Lata Brandisová/Brandis © Veronika Bílková

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