The History of the Carriage We want to tell you the exciting story of the carriage. Of course we invite our friends who know them to report any errors or deficiencies here: customercare@clubcavalloitalia.it. Thanks right now Our contribution Before telling you the story of the carriage, we would like to tell you that we have dedicated a bag from our Bags Collection to the carriage. We called it Carriage Bag, of course it is handmade by the skilled hands of our Italian master leather workers who, thanks to their creativity, patience and ability, transform the soft and real Italian leather into a coveted, admired andRead More →

Sirlad Sirlad, (From Bold Lad Usa and Soragna from Orvieto) was perhaps more loved than Ribot and Nearco and, probably, very unfortunate. Sirlad, an myth Sirlad, a myth of Italian horse racing, an imposing horse that combined style and power that, in 1976, presented himself on the turf with his trainer Gaetano Benetti with the colors of the La Tesa Breed. At the Gran Criterium he comes out of the starting cages badly and follows about ten lengths but at 150 meters from the finish his jockey, the great Gianfranco Dettori, calls the great horse who, by putting in force overbearing strides, reaches the horseRead More →

Apelle Apelle, son of Sardanapale and Angelina, was born in 1923 and was raised by Federico Tesio, who would have raised Nearco and Ribot among the many thoroughbreds. First of all we apologize for the quality of the only photograph we found, but Apelle is a horse from the first decades of the last century and in those years the photographs were rather rare and of low quality. Apelle was a horse without that searing ending that fans like a lot but from the outset imposes a terrifying gait, capable of stopping any resistance: an exceptional “passista”. Apelle is the first… Apelle is the firstRead More →

Molvedo Molvedo (1958-1987) dark bay, was born from the first coupling season of Ribot, the best horse ever trained in Italy. The mare was supposed to be Staffa but, since the document had been lost for his trip to England, where Ribot was, it was decided to send Maggiolina, a inbred of Nearco, the most important reproductive that the Italian breeding has never produced. Molvedo has grown… Bred by the Razza Ticino in Gornate, near Varese, Molvedo was trained by Armando Maggi, had the great Enrico Camici, the jockey of his father Ribot in his most important races, had a robust structure, very different fromRead More →

Ribot Probably the Largest Horse of the Italian Horse Racing Was born… Ribot was born in England in Newmarket, in 1952, by Tenerani and Romanella, was bred by Federico Tesio and his interpreter throughout his career was the jockey Enrico Camici. A curiosity Ribot is also important to us because we entered the horse world by organizing the Memorial Ribot Event, we were fascinated by this wonderful world and we never left it.To know our history read this page. Thank you. Owes his great fame to his unbeaten throughout his career: a good sixteen consecutive victories in the most important Grand Prix disputed in Europe,Read More →

Nearco Nearco (24 January 1935 – 27 June 1957) from Pharos and Nogara was an Italian thoroughbred purebred English horse, gallop champion of the Dormello Olgiata Breed bred by Federico Tesio in Dormelletto, in Piedmont. Nearco he left a… Nearco he left a descendants that has had a lot of horses important as Nearctic, Northerm Dancer, Secreteriat and others to the point that Nearco was twice (in 1947 and 1949) at the top of the list of stallions whose descendants had won the highest sum of prizes in England and Ireland. According to… According to many horse racing experts, Nearco was one of the strongestRead More →

Donatello II Donatello II (m.s.) born in 1934 from Blenheim and Delleana da Clarissimus Owner: Teso – Incisa Coach: Federico Tesio Jockey: Pietro Gubellini Donatello II. Nine races disputed with 8 wins at 2 and 3 years including the Grand Prix of Milan, the Italian Grand Prix, the Italian Derby, the National Criterium, the Gran Criterium, the Eupili Award, and the only defeat is a placement : the second place at the Grand Prix de Paris in Longchamp. The star of Donatello II… The star of Donatello II begins to shine in the autumn of 1936, a prelude to a short but fulminant careers atRead More →

The Horses of the Beer Factory. We at Club Cavallo Italia always want to offer those who love horses like us interesting news about this extraordinary animal (but we don’t like to call it animal) and here we introduce you the Horses of the Beer Factory. And if… And if you too love horses and their elegance as we love them, visit the Club Cavallo Italia Friends page. Thank you. We waiting for you. There is an old brewery in Rheinfelden in Switzerland, which uses, on important occasions, cold blooded Belgian breed horses to carry the barrels of their precious beer. They are called theRead More →

The Horse in children’s drawings is an excellent topic for discovering this form of art. Have you ever wondered how children see the horse? Or, better, as they imagine it because it is increasingly difficult for them to meet a “real” horse, especially for the little ones who live in the cities, away from the countryside. Furthermore, meeting a horse today is not as simple as many years ago, when travel was mainly made with carriages and the car was being born. For this reason we have created, in collaboration with Passione Cavallo, an Italian non-profit association for the knowledge of the horse, a seriesRead More →

The Great Ribot Probably the Big Horse of the Italian Horse Racing Was born… The Great Ribot was born in England in Newmarket, in 1952, by Tenerani and Romanella, was bred by Federico Tesio and his interpreter throughout his career was the jockey Enrico Camici. Owes his great fame to his unbeaten throughout his career: a good sixteen consecutive victories in the most important Grand Prix disputed in Europe, including two Arc de Triomphe and an edition of King George. Ribot had a chest of incredible depth and had to do a lap of about twenty centimeters longer than normal! Camici, his faithful jockey, saidRead More →