says Giovanni, that pride obvious in his broad grin.
While clearly the immediate focus for the Parri family
is on continuing to breed good racehorses and improve
their stock, Massimo is also now directly involved with
trying to improve the lot of his fellow breeders in the
county. Since May, he has been the president of the
Italian Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (Associ-
azione Nazionale Allevatori Cavalli, or ANAC) and he
hopes that the new Italian government will have a
more sympathetic ear than its predecessor.
"I hope that the new government can help us to
reform the Italian Thoroughbred industry," he says.
"It's a big issue and it has become difficult, particu-
larly in the last five or six years. The previous govern-
ment hadn't thought anything about our industry and
the Minister of Agriculture never talked directly with
leaders from the racing and breeding industry. The
