“The purse offered puts the Italian Futurity in fourth place behind the NRHA Futurity, NRHA Derby and NRBC, all offered within the U.S.,” explains Roberto Cuoghi, IRHA president. “Our intent was also that of keeping the increase of the entry fees in the lower levels reasonable in comparison with the increase of the added money in these divisions.

This places our event on the highest step of the podium as far as entry fees and purse offered is concerned. We promised that in 2018 we would have distributed 300,000 euro from the IRHBA breeding program.

Thanks to Eleuterio Arcese and to the great relationship with NRHA, and because we are well-respected in the U.S., we managed to attract a group of American sponsors (and not only), that have generously contributed to making the added money offered as important as it is. People worldwide believe in our project and this makes us incredibly proud and honored.”

Italian Reining Futurity press office