CDI-W San Patrignano: Dressage World Cup Qualifier
First Time Ever in Italy
Seventeen
years after its birth, the FEI World Cup of dressage
arrives for the first time in our Country with the three
days of San Patrignano. From friday 25th to sunday 27th
the big indoor horse court of the Community will be
indeed the stage on which some of the most known combinations
of the dressage worldwide will perform, allowing to
equestrian's fans and sporting to meet, exhibited to
its highest levels, one of the most enchanting Olympic
specialties of the equestrians. A fact highlighted by
the President of the Italian Federation, Cesare Croce,
"I think that the San Patrignano's stage of the FEI
World Cup it is another signal of our commitment in
promoting the equestrian sports in Italy. Since the
roman Wegs up to now, thanks to the efforts of the many
organizing Committees, we are presenting a competitions'
calendar of absolute technical and spectacular level.
It must be noticed that, thanks to the commitment, the
enthusiasm and the professionality of the San Patrignano
Community's guests, how we have been able to organize
a such important event in a so short time. A concept
taken also by Giacomo Muccioli: "Our Community deeply
believes in the educational and vocational value of
the sport. For us the horses are, first of all, therapeutic
"tools" which are helping people to get rid of drugs
and, in the same time, to learn a profession which will
allow them to be fully reinserted into society. This
is the actual meaning of our presence in the world of
equestrians and the fact that FEI and FISE have considered
us to be able to realize in a such short time a so important
event it is a confirmation of the quality and of the
extraordinary skills of the San Patrignano's guests.
To the competition will participate 35 riders, with
50 horses, representing 13 countries (Austria, France,
Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands,
Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa,
Ukraine) and, among them, must be highlighted the presence
of some riders and amazons currently at the top of the
worldwide rankings such as: the Swiss Daniel Ramsaier
(n° 2 in the World Cup ranking), the Spanish Beatriz
Ferrer-Salat (n°4), the dutch Gonnelien Rothenberger-Gordijn
(n°5) and the Austrian Stefan Peter (n°7). Quite thick
also the Italian participation, headed by the two most
important riders of our dressage: Pia Laus and the Italian
champion Laura Conz.
The competitions programme will open on friday 25th
at 2pm, with the "Short Grand Prix", a trial valid to
qualify the best 12 riders who will take part to the
"G.P. Free Style" (Kur competition with music). On saturday
26th the competitions will start in the morning with
the "Prix St. George" (at 9am) and they'll close with
the "New Grand Prix 2002" (at 2pm). Closure of the event
on sunday 27th; after the first race, "Kur with Intermediate
Music 1" (at 9am), the San Patrignano's show will finissh
with the most awaited race, the "World Cup Grand Prix"
(at 2pm).
The sport branch of the Italian media Rai will follow
the show with a live TV broadcast on Raisat on sunday
from 2.30pm to 4pm. For the public the entrance at the
show it's free for the whole three days.
Seventeen
years after its birth, the FEI World Cup of dressage
arrives for the first time in our Country with the three
days of San Patrignano. From friday 25th to sunday 27th
the big indoor horse court of the Community will be
indeed the stage on which some of the most known combinations
of the dressage worldwide will perform, allowing to
equestrian's fans and sporting to meet, exhibited to
its highest levels, one of the most enchanting Olympic
specialties of the equestrians. A fact highlighted by
the President of the Italian Federation, Cesare Croce,
"I think that the San Patrignano's stage of the FEI
World Cup it is another signal of our commitment in
promoting the equestrian sports in Italy. Since the
roman Wegs up to now, thanks to the efforts of the many
organizing Committees, we are presenting a competitions'
calendar of absolute technical and spectacular level.
It must be noticed that, thanks to the commitment, the
enthusiasm and the professionality of the San Patrignano
Community's guests, how we have been able to organize
a such important event in a so short time. A concept
taken also by Giacomo Muccioli: "Our Community deeply
believes in the educational and vocational value of
the sport. For us the horses are, first of all, therapeutic
"tools" which are helping people to get rid of drugs
and, in the same time, to learn a profession which will
allow them to be fully reinserted into society. This
is the actual meaning of our presence in the world of
equestrians and the fact that FEI and FISE have considered
us to be able to realize in a such short time a so important
event it is a confirmation of the quality and of the
extraordinary skills of the San Patrignano's guests.
