For the third consecutive year the Sicily ends up on the podium of the Intesa Sanpaolo President’s Cup in show jumping in Piazza di Siena (Rome). The horse team under the orders of the team leader Bruno Nasisi closed today, Sunday 26 May, at third place the team competition which involved 17 youth teams representing as many Regional Committees of the Italian Equestrian Sports Federation. The stage for the event of federal interest was the Galloppatoio field of Villa Borghese as part of the 91st CSIO Rome – Piazza di Siena master d’Inzeo.
The team composed of the Syracusans Elisabetta Guastella (0/8) on Mazelle Van’t Prinsenvelt (Equitazione Siracusana Asd; instructor Giancarlo Guastella) and Sara Sangregorio (CE Aretuseo; instructor Marcello Ortisi) on Castigo Om (0/4), from Giovanni Strazzeri from Catania (La Quercia del Duca; coached by Dario Cutrufo) on Gady (4/0), by Melania Milazzo from Palermo (4/0) on Fhera (Asd Sporting Wolf; coached by Roberto Miceli) and by Silvia Tantillo from Mazara on the field on an individual basis (9/8) on Maxsum (CI Akros; coached by Luciano Leone) he finished with a total of 8 penalties. The victory went to Lombardy (0), while second place went to Tuscany (4).
Sicily, therefore, does not give up on the podium in Piazza di Siena and after the historic first place in 2022, the second in 2023 always closes the heartfelt youth team competition at the top of the rankings with third place this year.
“Three consecutive years on the podium – commented the President FISE Sicilia, Fabio Parziano – it is a real certification of the quality of youth riding in Sicily. This means that our instructors together with our kids are working in the right direction. I want to extend the compliments of all Sicilian equestrians to them.”
In the President’s Cup reserved for ponies the Sicilian team finished in ninth place in the team competition. Our team always led by Bruno Nasisi and made up of the Catanians and stablemates at the CI del Castello (trainer Paolo Toscano) Marta Catania on Soraia (0/4) and Sofia Anna Bruno on Trosca de la Roche (8/0); from the Syracusans of the Equitazione Siracusana Sofia Elena Fontana (8/8) on Irene (trained by Valerio Contarini) and Flavio Giudice (0/14) on Pio (trained by Fabio D’Aquila) and by the CI Pietra dei Fiori from Palermo Flavio Campanella (4/4) on Pablo (trainer Ernesto Marchioli) ended the race with a total of 12 penalties.
The President’s Cup victory Pony went to Tuscany, followed in second and third place respectively by Emilia Romagna and Lombardy.
