The weekend of Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April 2016 was chosen by the municipal section of Hoofddorp (province of Monza-Brianza) of the Italian Federation of Hunting to organize a practical hunting test on partridges released without firing. This is the eleventh edition of the Francesco Gaviraghi Memorial, a very interesting event and which makes use of the contribution ofTerritorial area of Caccia Brianteo. The place selected in this case is the Dog Training Zone (ZAC) type B temporary which is located in the free land of the Caponaghese municipality. To be precise, the area where it takes place is that of Cascina Cassinazza.
After remembering that the entire proceeds of this event will be donated to charity, it is necessary to remember how the race will start at 14 pm on Saturday, while on Sunday it will start at 7:30. As for the prizes, then, the categories competing for the award are two, namely Continental and English. Both have two other categories, "Libera" and "Cacciatori", with gold medals and food and wine products up for grabs. Both categories provide for the barrage.
The valid game is obviously represented by partridges, consequently the behavior of dogs on other wild species will only be useful for the purposes of their correctness and the degree of training achieved. The performances will be evaluated on the basis of very specific elements. For example, the judges favor very fast and sustained gaits, as well as free of push-ups for the entire duration of the shift. The search must be intelligent and of adequate depth, while each dog has the task of showing and highlighting the style of his breed, with courage and greed, without neglecting the response to the calls of the handler.
Search, firm and consent must be such as to show excellent qualities from the natural point of view: in addition, the power of the sense of smell, the quickness of reflexes, safety and continuity of action should not be forgotten. Among other things, according to the provisions of theENCI (Italian National Dog Association), among the game valid for the practical hunting test can also include the red partridge and the Sardinian partridge if the soil conditions are favorable and judged suitable by the jury. In the past, the races held in Lombardy guaranteed the presence of partridge of excellent quality, with some difficulties encountered by the competitors who did not however affect the final show, so there is a lot of expectation also for the eleventh year of the Gaviraghi Memorial.