new Minister of Agriculture is from the party which
is closest to us with good links to agriculture."
He continues, "It will be crucial to have support from
our European partners. There's only one Group 1 now
in Italy and the races are not so appealing for other
European runners. I hope that other European coun-
tries can help Italy and the Italian industry to move
on from this situation. There are lots of people in this
country who want to invest both in Italy and interna-
tionally. For example, we now have around 15 mares in
Ireland. It's crucial that all European countries work to
support the Italian government and the association to
solve the problems."
Parri senior's key concern is in increasing the number
of horses produced by Italian breeders.
"Now we have 650 horses bred every year and 10
years ago there were more than 2,000. Fortunately this
