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CATCH - DRIVERS
Sergio Brighenti
From
the immediate post-war years to the beginning of the 80’s, the
Italian driver Sergio Brighenti marked the history of the
world-wide trotting of a lasting impression. With the passing of
time imposed by his death at the beginning of the
90’s, Sergio Brighenti appears as the “master of the masters”
among the drivers of yesterday and nowadays. Named “the driver”,
Sergio Brighenti imposed himself as a driver off-norm since
early childhood, and led to the end an eventful and glorious
career with all the obstinacy confered by a very unyielding
character. Thanks to this very strong personality, he succeeded
in getting the most he could out of the horses he joined with,
and when he let out a "dai !!" -"go on", in Italian with his
hoarse, his partners soared towards winning post. Brighenti was
gladly running in the lead because, as he said, “in the lead,
you have half victory in the bag!!!”. As no one since, except
maybe Jos Verbeeck and Jamil Boukarabila, Sergio Brighenti
succeeded in leaving from the start, seizing almost always the
command, even with horses that were not confermed bolters. He
keeps matchless thanks to the electricity he realesed from his
hands, and the keenness he transmitted to the horses he drove.
Together with Walter Baroncini and William Casoli, he formed the
"BBC", the trio of the best Italian drivers of that time.