French compliments for ‘Il Cavallo, La Brughiera’

The French, regarded as the best in endurance riding, were highly appreciative of the 160km course at ‘Il Cavallo, la Brughiera’ at Parco del Ticino because of the speed and safety of the marathon event.
The president of the organising committe declared herself satisfied after receiving the compliments from the French riders after the first weekend’s action. Ilaria Dettoni said: “It is a great pleasure to be complimented on from those who lead the sport. It was a shame only for the rain, which stopped us from completing all the events we had scheduled, but when everything is organised outside, in the wide-open nature, the possibility that adverse conditions can negatively affect the outcome is an eventuality that must be considered.” Due to the bad weather the ‘Gran Premio delle Scuderie’ and the horse-cart show in conjunction with ‘Malpensa Classic Cars’, which was planned also for next weekend, and the hot-air ballon filght to ‘San Giorgio’ stables, hopefully to be re-organised for next weekend and the donkey derby were cancelled.
The rest of the schedule was fulfilled starting with the fox hunt, when Paolo Reinach was awarded a prize for his thousandth hunt from Casorate Sempione mayor, Giuseppina Quadrio.
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