The section of Castelnuovo di Asola (province of Mantua) has organized an interesting one for the weekend of Saturday 2 and Sunday April dog test on partridge. The place where the competition will take place will be Gambine farmhouse, a locality that can be reached from the Provincial Road 73 (Pieve Cadelora). The categories will be different: it's about "Free English and Continental", "English and Continental Hunters", "Local ATC 5 English", "Continental" and "Search". Wanting to be even more precise, the regulation of this event provides that the competitors who will be part of the "Hunters" category must keep dogs on a leash. Should the weather conditions be negative, the event will be postponed with the date to be established later.
The prizes up for grabs are also very interesting: in the “Libera” and “Cacciatori” categories the first classified will receive a voucher worth 200 euros, while the voucher assigned to the dog that will have reached the fifth position will go down to 30 euros. As regards, however, the "English ATC 5 Premises" category, the prizes will consist of gastronomic products up to the third place. In case there should be other wild animals other than partridges, according to what is established by the regulation ENCI (Italian National Dog Ente), the behavior of dogs will be considered useful only for the purposes of fairness and the degree of training.
In relation to real partridges, the dog must be greedy and courageous, remaining at all times ready to respond to the calls of the conductor. The search, the firm and the consent must be such as to reveal in a precise and incontrovertible way the great natural qualities of the subject., the power of his sense of smell, the promptness of reflexes, the safety and continuity of action. Castelnuovo represents the most populous and important fraction of Asola. At the end of 2015 the province of Mantua recorded the early closure of game hunting, specifically partridges, in addition to pheasants and hares, a provision valid in all Territorial Areas starting from last November 30th.
The supplementary rules of this area of Lombardy speak clearly, in the regional calendar for the 2015-2016 hunting season there are limits to the total number of sedentary wildlife heads which can be taken. The expectations for the weekend of 2-3 April are very ambitious and recent races of the same type have been characterized by partridge abundant and defined "quality". All that remains is to wait for the next two weeks to get the long-awaited response.