Železník (29 April 1978 – 22 December 2004) was a Czechoslovak racehorse, the four-time winner of the Velká pardubická steeplechase.
[2] In October 1979, Železník was sold as a yearling for 120,000 CZK to the stables of the Agrochemical Company in Slavkov u Brna.
His career started out on the flat but almost ended before it took off – during his first racing season, Železník was injured in the paddock, resulting in a damaged rear knee.
[1] In 1982 he was turned over to a young rider named Josef Váňa, and in 1983 Železník started his jumping career, winning some races that very same year.
[3] Both horses arrived in Britain two months before the race and were to be trained in the South of England by Ben Wise at his Jevington stables near Polegate.