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Cortesi and July Joe Snap Win Their Fourth Major Event As They Take Home the IRHA/NRHA Open 4-year-old Futurity

Cremona, November 17 — The Quarter Dream $109.140-added IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Open Futurity closed the penultimate day of the $600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo in Cremona, Italy. Following the IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA 3-year-old Non Pro Futurity Finals, the 4-year-olds left their mark in the CremonaFiere arena by lighting up the evening with an exciting Open Finals. Taking their fourth major win after claiming the 2022 IRHA/IRHBA Open Futurity, the 2023 NRHA European Futurity Open, and the NRHA Germany Breeders 4-year-old Futurity Championships, tonight Cortesi and the Eleuterio Arcese-Roberto Cuoghi owned stallion by Master Snapper out of San July Jo Magnetic and bred by Giacomo Ronchi and Cuoghi left the best for last by besting the 222.5 score posted by Arnaud Girinon and Flexing Guns N Town by half a point.

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Zehetbauer and SS Pretty Nifty Clinch the $119.850-added IRHA/IRHBA NRHA Non Pro 3-year-old Futurity Championship presented by DeNiroBootCo

The first 3-year-old Futurity Champions were crowned today in Cremona, Italy, where the $600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity is being held. Up for grabs were the titles in the GD Performance Horses $199.840-added Non Pro Futurity. Closing the day was the $109.140-added Quarter Dream 4-year-old Open Futurity.

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2023 IRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo: $51.360-added Rabboni Performance Horse IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Non Pro Futurity Finals

Cremona, November 16 — Thursday action in Cremona, where the $600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity is being held, featured the Rabboni Performance Horses $51.360-added IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Non Pro Futurity Finals.

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$600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo: The second go round of the $254.660-added Arcese 3-year-old Open Futurity

Cremona, 15 November — With a full day of open riders riding for a spot in the Arcese $254.660-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Open Futurity Finals which will be closing the event this coming Saturday in Cremona, Italy. In the CremonaFiera arena, 117 combinations entered across the four levels came back to perform in the second go round and the battle was on.

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$600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA ’23 presented by DeNiroBootCo: The IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Non Pro Futurity Qualifier

Cremona, November 13 — Held in Cremona, Italy, on November 9-18, the 38th edition of the $600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo today offered the Rabboni Performance Horses $51.360-added IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Non Pro Futurity qualifier as well as the GD Performance Horses Non Pro Consolation for the $119.840-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA 3-year-old Non Pro Futurity where five combinations earned a spot for the Finals which will be held on Friday, 17.

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$600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity 2023 presented by DeNiroBooCo: The first go round of the 3-year-old Open Futurity

Cremona, November 12 — The $254.660-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA 3-year-old Open Futurity horses today made their debut in Cremona, Italy, in the first go round of the competition. Held in a two go round format and seeded finals, the pressure was on and at the end of the day, Italian Professional Manuel Cortesi and Frozen Sven — fresh off their win at the NRHA Germany Open Futurity — rode to a 224 to top the $170.622-added Level (L)4 counting 70 entries.

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$160.500-Added IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Open Futurity: The Open Qualifier

A day full of action once again filled CremonaFiere in Cremona, Italy, as 95 combinations entered across the four levels rode their 4-year-olds vying for a spot in the finals of the $109.140-added Open Futurity.

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2023 IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo: Futurity Action started today with the 3-year-old Non Pro Qualifier

The $600.000-added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo was off to a start today with the $111.950-added 3-year-old Non Pro Futurity qualifier. The event, held in conjunction with the FISE/IRHA Italian Reining Championship, commenced with the first Italian Champions crowned during the first two days of the event and this morning prior to the first 3-year-olds making their way into the CremonaFiere oval arena.  

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$324,000-Added 2022 IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA 3-Year-Old Open Futurity Finals

In front of a full house, with standing space only, the 2022 edition of the Italian Futurity literally had the crowd in the Veronafiere stands cheering at the top of their voice from the first to the last horse-and-rider combination: Manuel Cortesi and July Joe Snap. When the duo closed their emotional and powerful run, a 227 appeared on the scoreboard accompanied by a standing ovation. The $216,013-Added Level (L)4 Open Futurity Championship was theirs.

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Czechowicz Leaves His Mark In the $212,000-Added IRHA/NRHA 4-Year-Old Open Futurity

Excitement ran high tonight in Verona, Italy, as the IRHA/NRHA 4-year-old Open Futurity finalists gave all they had to clinch the titles and paychecks up for grabs in the highest-paying 4-year-old Open Futurity ever offered in Europe.

Level of competition ran deep, scores rose, and so did the public’s cheers as some of Europe’s best horses and riders performed in the Veronafiere Arena. Half way through the second section, the loudest cheering was for Poland’s Lukasz Czechowicz and CSG Kenzo (NRHA Million Dollar Sire Colonels Shining Gun x Shiner Brimolena) who thrilled the fans with his powerful yet smooth ride. From the first stop and back, through the fast and precise spins, to the speed transitions and imperceptible lead changes, Czechowicz’s mount stopped deep in the ground raising the dirt which resulted in the highest score of the evening, a 227.5, and the win in both the $ 144.390-Added Level L(4) Championship as well as the $ 38.654-Added L3 title.

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$145,000-Added IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Non Pro Futurity: Matteo Capello Shines with Shya Shine

A great IRHA/IRHBA/NRHA Non Pro 3-year-old Futurity Final thrilled the crowd in the stands at Veronafiere where the 2022 $800,000-Added Futurity is being held. Taking the $ 77.309,88-Added Level (L)4 and $ 39.791,85-Added L3 Non Pro Championships was young Matteo Capello aboard Alberto Capello’s Shya Shine (NRHA Million Dollar Sire Shine Chic Shine x Shyawhiz).