An important change from the driver has been confirmed that the upcoming Harness Racing World Driving Championship will be held in Nieuw -Zeeland in November.
The Italian representative Antonio Simioli has withdrawn for personal reasons and has been replaced by Giampaolo Minnucci, the driver who has been familiar with Superstar Italian Trotter Varenne.
Known as the Il Capitano (the captain), Varenne was praised as the biggest trotter in Harness Racing History and earned a record of $ US8.7 million, with 62 victories from just 73 starts. He was also the only horse that won Horse of the Year in three different countries – Italy, France and the US.
While his regular driver Minnucci played a crucial role in the success of Varenne. One of their biggest versions was the victory in a new world record at the Breeders Crown 2001 in the Meadowlands in North America and their two wins in the Great Race of Sweden, the Elithloppet in 2001 and 2002.
Italy has won the WDC twice before in his 55 -year history – Roberto Andeghetti in 1997 and Guiseppe Guzzinati (1972).
The WDC starts in just over three weeks with 10 of the best drivers of the Globe, including Blair Orange van Zeeland, who Vecht in Kaikoura (2 and 3 November), Cambridge (November 5), Addington (November 7), Winton (November 9) and eventually on Irt New Tuesday 11.
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