Lydia Tesio, being put on the 'at risk' list for 2019."
So the name Tesio clings to that last Group 1 for now,
while a number of the late maestro's compatriots
continue in their aim of breeding the best to the best,
and in so doing travelling mares to Britain, Ireland,
or France.
Relatively new to the country's Thoroughbred sector
is Allevamento Le.Gi., a beautifully tended stud farm in
the Tuscan province of Arezzo. It is a family farm right
through to its name, with Massimo Parri having decid-
ed on Le.Gi to honour his wife Letizia and son Giovanni,
both of whom are key components in the success of
the stud which has been in operation since 2005.
The well-travelled Tesio once said that he always
wanted to be "where the horse was the leitmotif of life"
and he wouldn't have had to travel too far south from
his Dormello Stud in northern Italy to appreciate
that nowhere is this more applicable than in Siena,
the home of the Parri family and some 20 kilometres
from Le.Gi.
Giovanni and Massimo Parri
