the relaunch of national horse racing passes through Pisa
A’horse racing white paper‘which contains the detailed description of the main problems and also the proposals for reform 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’. “A appeal to national politics to relaunch, without further delay, the horse racing sector, which for twenty years has been in a deep crisis in general disinterest – said the mayor of Pisa Michele Conti – our administration wanted this conference, in particular thanks to the municipal commitment twenty years is in crisis “.
Conti adds: “National policy, in this time, has done 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 responsibilities to the Ministry for agricultural and forestry policies, probably made the situation even worse. ‘important economic activity. Unfortunately, in the past decade the system has been put in place crisis, with many farms that have closed and with the loss of many jobs. For this reason, the responsibility of ensuring that national policy deals with the sector, reorganizing the supply chain and reconstituting a specific dedicated structure, to ensure that the sector, and the entire supply chain, can find a direct and quick interlocu 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 Italian horse racing trend is in constant and progressive impoverishment – explains the city councilor Marcello Lazzeri – this is very sorry at a time like this where the sector is taking off worldwide, also thanks to the interest of the countries of the new economies. And we are sorry that in Italy, on the other hand, to take advantage of this phase of interest, we are no longer anyone at an international level. Then, it is also a question of employment and the production of wealth; in recent years they have lost at least 25 thousand jobs and this trend today must be reversed. There are possibilities to make this sector important again and wanted to organize the day, precisely because with the contributions of the invited speakers it is possible to offer guidelines for an articulated reform of the equestrian sector. In fact, a sort of ‘horse racing white book’ will be drawn up with all the interventions and deadline proposals that emerged during the conference that we will send to the highest leaders of the state, to the future president of the Republic and to the president of the Council of Ministers. so that they become aware of what is happening “.
At the conference participated, among others, the mayor of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, of Montecatini, Luca Baroncini, of Crespina Lorenzana Thomas D’Addona, the senator Patrizio La Pietra, member of the agriculture commission of the Senate, the deputy Manfredi Potenti, the senator Cristiano Zuliani. Also present were the president of the Province of Pisa, Massimiliano Angori, the regional councilor Andrea Pieroni, the president of the San Rossore regional park, Lorenzo Bani.