Cesare Coradeschi with Fanny May won the Italian Cup springer spaniels 2015, which took place on 12 and 13 December on the land of the Federal Center of Collacchioni in Pieve Santo Stefano (Ar). Dogs and handlers fought in the most inaccessible areas of the company, in the most inaccessible woods and brambles, followed by the judges and staff of the Federal Center, all real hunters: “Judging the springers is an incredible emotion. - Judge Paolo Berlingozzi commented after the first selection on Saturday - I saw dogs that were really easy to follow due to their aptitudes, they were all shifts like real hunters, but in the end we had to choose who should go on ”.
“Collacchioni is the most selective test bench we have. - the words of Judge Saverio Marini - In my semifinal battery I saw close-knit dogs and companions. However, I noticed that today's springers are perhaps not very 'sacrificed': they should be even more at the service of the hunter. In other parts of the world it is not difficult to witness tests during which dogs return with the signs of their action on them ”.
For the record, we must point out that from the two heats, from which the eight finalists came out (in addition to the first three classified there were Brenda del Bona Bona and Fuenna led by Lorenzo Locci, Decermo led by Marco Benvenuti, Semola led by Francesco Meconi and Donna, another Cesare Coradeschi springer), athletes of the caliber of Marco Carretti, accompanied by Caribù di San Fabiano, were excluded.
After years of hard work, we can finally say that the "spaniel tradition" has become important in our country. The fruit of these efforts were seen on the Sunday of the final, when the competitors, but especially the dogs, showed that they know how to do it seriously under the watchful eye of the judges Berlingozzi and Marini, who then shared the ranking with all those present. : “Emotions and fun, this is the spirit with which I expressed my judgments and I hope it was the same for the competitors” Berlingozzi's thoughts before pronouncing the reports.
The champion, Fanny May, proved to confirm his hunting qualities with the Cac Cacit which earned him the lead in the standings. On the land near the aqueduct we saw some initial indecision, but the conductor Cesare Coradeschi made the difference, directing the dog. After two skids he found a partridge and immediately after another (you could not shoot). Then we witnessed the search and killing of a pheasant, brought back from inside a barbed wire and delivered at a gallop. But that's not all: Fanny May scored another pheasant and then a hare. Five indications on five animals. Credit to the conductor who once again wins this title already won in 2014.
The 2nd classified, Nemo, is a fast dog that, according to the judges, should be a little more 'folded', but the final effect is concreteness in difficult situations. He pointed to a pheasant that was injured and left for the retrieval without waiting for the order of the conductor Davide Rossi: "Regulatory trifles - ruled Berlingozzi - that did not prevent us from witnessing a really demanding search in the woods and ended with a nice carryover. Round closed with another point ".
3rd place, Mario Rossi's Domino: he has important natural gifts, but he is a dog that should rely a little less on imagination and a little more on training. Correct on the partridge found, at the beginning of the shift he found a pheasant that had been killed for several days, and brought it back.
The president of the provincial section of Arezzo Domenico Coradeschi did the honors, who in an atmosphere already infected by the Christmas spirit recalled: "In the past in our country, when Collacchioni did not yet exist, we organized in equally valid and unique companies international events attended by competitors from all over Europe. Maybe 20 Frenchmen came, 10 Belgians and so on. At the time we managed to create trophies and cups in which 6 nations also participated, but today, unfortunately, the conditions for such a reality no longer exist. What matters, however, is that, if there is passion and ambition, we need to organize tests like this that give us important information on the state of our hunting ”. (JF)
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