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Cesare Meli, Presidente FEDERNAT Italia
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THE GENTLEMEN DRIVER
The horse has always been a good friend of the
humans and also in modern times his
contribution remains of great utility and
importance. He is no more a working instrument
or a mean of transport, but a privileged
companion with whom one can get in touch with
nature, which is a strong need in the present
times. The horse now means ecology, but is
also a friend for life and a clever activity
for the leisure time.
And, last but not least, a wonderful companion
of a real sport activity.
These are the needs horseracing responds to
with the category of the Gentlemen Drivers
(the amateur drivers who practise agonistic
harness). The amateurs have the task to
colligatehorseracing with the rest of the
society, where each one of them operates in
his own profession, having therefore the
possibility of spread his passion for the
horse and for the trot races.
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Within this activity every year the Gentlemen
Drivers World Championship takes place, this
year it will be held in Italy.
The 2006 edition of the Series is organised by
Federnat (the association of the Italian
gentlemen, who also performs every year and
important cultural venture in occasion of its
annual meeting) and by Ippodromi & Città (the
racing society who manages the Italian tracks
of Rome, Naples, Florence and Sienna) with the
co-operation of UNIRE (the Italian public
board in charge of horseracing government).
The best Gentlemen Drivers in the world will
be in Italy to compete in the Championship.
The races will be the most exciting part of an
event that will also be a social and cultural
occasion, with the purpose of promoting
horseracing towards always new people, in
order to encourage them to discover the
significant aspects of this sport that joins,
how the slogan of the first national Federnat
meeting 25 years ago said, "ecology, leisure
time and sport".
The Gentlemen Drivers World Championship 2006
will take place in Rome and Naples from July
19th until July 22nd 2006 with the
participation of the 13 qualified Gentlemen,
who will represent Usa, Canada, Australia,
Holland, New Zealand, France, Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden,
Italy plus the outstanding world champion, the
Italian Biasuzzi.
The program will start Tuesday July
19th with the arrival of the foreign
delegations in Rome. On Wednesday in Naples
the first 3 races of the Championship will
take place at Agnano Racetrack; on Thursday
and Saturday in Rome at Tor di Valle racetrack
the other 9 races of the competition will be
run. The 2006 world champion will then be
appointed in Rome in the evening of July 22nd.
THE 25TH MEETING WITH THE ITALIAN GENTLEMEN
Friday July 21st at the prestigious location
of the Etruscan Museum of Valle Giulia (where
also the charity cultural venture will be
performed) there will be the gala dinner in
honour of the 25th Meeting with the Italian
Gentlemen. 250 guests representing the
Amateurs Clubs of all over Italy, the
international delegations, public authorities
and the Italian horseracing
establishment will take part to this
exceptional event.
During the evening there will be the
traditional awards ceremony with the
nomination of the new "Honour Members" and
"Horseracing Friends". Among others, these
yearn rewards have been given in the past
years to Carla Fracci, Zubin Mehta, Severino
Gazzelloni, Peter Ustinov, Indro Montanelli,
Giorgio Strehler, Umberto Veronesi, Giorgio
Albertazzi, Gloria Gaynor, Nanni Loy, Monica
Vitti, Enzo Biagi, Alberto Sordi, Andrea
Bocelli, Giò Pomodoro, Primo Nebiolo and Mario
Monicelli. Eminent personalities of the show
business, artistic, culture and political
world that have distinguished themselves in
their own activity for having the typical
values of a horse friend: style, common sense,
culture and love for nature.
THE CHARITY CULTURAL VENTURE
This year the social and economical commitment
of the annual Italian Gentlemen "cultural
venture" will be dedicated to the
well-deserving activity of the Archaeological
Etruscan Museum of Valle Giulia in Rome. The
Museum will receive a contribution for the
restoration of the precious work known as the
"married couple sarcophagus", masterpiece of
the Etruscan funerary art dating back to the
end of VI sec. a.C., found in Cerveteri and
currently part of the Museum collection.
Federnat will perform the contribution with an
own donation, along with a percentage of the
races prize money, freely donated by the
Gentlemen participating to Federnat Grand
Prix.
THE 25TH GRAN PREMIO FEDERNAT
Saturday July 22nd, always at Tor di Valle
Racetrack in Rome, the XXV edition of Federnat
Grand Prix, reserved to the Gentlemen Drivers
who are also Federnat members, will take
place.
This spectacular Grand Prix will be run on 3
heats, consolation and final, the same
exciting formula of Gran Premio Lotteria di
Agnano.
The race is an handicap for Italian 5
year-olds and older and for imported 4
year-old and older fillies, belonging to
Italian stables and having a record of 1.15.0
or less. The winner will be awarded with a
trophy offered by UNIRE as well as the
trainer, while the second, third and fourth in
the final will receive silver trophies offered
by Federnat.
For information:
Ippodromi & Città Press Office, Giovanna La
Vecchia - tel. +3906/52476238 - fax
+3906/52476263 -
+39334/6459738 - email
g.lavecchia@ippocity.com. Websites:
www.federnat.it -
www.ippocity.com
www.fegat.info
FÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE
DES GENTLEMEN ET CAVALIÈRES DU TROT - EUROPÄISCHER VERBAND DER
AMATEURFAHRER UND -FAHRERINNEN DES TRABERSPORTS - EUROPEAN
AMATEUR GENTLEMEN DRIVERS FEDERATION
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