“A coordination table between all the mayors of the municipalities where a racecourse is located, to bring proposals for the revival of horse racing to the ministry”. This was announced by Luca Baroncini speaking, in the double capacity of mayor of Montecatini Terme and president of Anci Giovani, at the conference on the future of the sector which was held at the San Rossore racecourse. “In horse racing I see a future – said Baroncini – We need to get out of the risk of the sector’s self-referentiality”. Baroncini then made a parallel with what happens in the United States with baseball: “When I went to the USA – said Baroncini – I went to a baseball game and I saw that a full stadium, but with a 15% passionate about that that took place on the pitch. The rest was there to participate in an event, in the outline, to all the other attractions “. Baroncini has …
“A coordination table between all the mayors of the municipalities where a racecourse is located, to bring proposals for the revival of horse racing to the ministry”. This was announced by Luca Baroncini speaking, in the double capacity of mayor of Montecatini Terme and president of Anci Giovani, at the conference on the future of the sector which was held at the San Rossore racecourse. “In horse racing I see a future – said Baroncini – We need to get out of the risk of the sector’s self-referentiality”. Baroncini then made a parallel with what happens in the United States with baseball: “When I went to the USA – said Baroncini – I went to a baseball game and I saw that a full stadium, but with a 15% passionate about that that took place on the pitch. The rest was there to participate in an event, in the outline, to all the other attractions “. Baroncini then focused on the interaction between the racecourse and the territory for what happens in our city: “There is this fruitful exchange between the city and the racecourse. Certainly there are some aspects to improve. But the furrow has already been traced. “. Also present was Senator Patrizio La Pietra (Brothers of Italy): “Today politics has a duty to take this situation back into hand to try to compensate for it because the equestrian sector is a very important resource and represents an Italian excellence, for the type of farming and structures that we have – underlined La Pietra, a member of the Senate Agriculture Commission. – In this regard, I presented a bill that is currently under discussion in the agriculture committee that starts with a restructuring of the whole system and returns to establishment of an independent horse racing agency “.
A “Horse Racing White Paper” that contains a detailed description of the main problems and also proposals for reforming the sector in Italy. This is the conclusion of the day of confrontation organized at the San Rossore racecourse by the Municipality of Pisa, entitled “Horse racing, what future”.
“An appeal to national politics must start from Pisa to relaunch, without further delay, the horse racing sector, which for twenty years has been in a deep crisis of general disinterest – said the mayor of Pisa, Michele Conti -. Our administration wanted this conference, in particular thanks to the commitment of the municipal councilor Marcello Lazzeri to bring to light the critical issues and the prospects for relaunching a sector that has been in crisis for at least twenty years. National politics, in this time, has made little for the sector, and indeed with the suppression of the Unire (National Union for the increase of equine breeds) and with the subsequent transfer of competences to the Ministry for agricultural and forestry policies, it has probably worsened the situation even more. of the main Italian racecourses, that of San Rossore, and here there is a horse racing tradition that dates back to the mid-19th century. But horse racing is not just a sport, it also represents an economic activity important ica. Unfortunately, in the last ten years the system has been in crisis, with many farms that have closed and with the loss of many jobs. This is why we have the responsibility of ensuring that national policy deals with the sector, reorganizing the supply chain and reconstituting a specially dedicated structure, to ensure that the sector, and the entire supply chain, can find a direct and quick dialogue to resolve the main critical issues in the sector, such as the payment of premiums which today takes place with great delay causing serious economic problems. “Since 2103 the trend of Italian horse racing has been in constant and progressive impoverishment – explains city councilor Marcello Lazzeri -. This We are very sorry at a time like this where the sector worldwide is taking off, also thanks to the interest of the countries of the new economies. And we are sorry that in Italy, instead, instead of taking advantage of this phase of renewed interest, we are no longer even recognized to Then, it is also a question of employment and the production of wealth, which is known in recent years at least 25,000 jobs have been lost and this trend must now be reversed “.
Gabriele Galligani
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