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» The greatest challenge is always the first curve«<br />
Champagne, jewellery and sunshine – the White Turf offers<br />
much more. Above all, the much-admired snow-gladiators<br />
of which Franco Moro is the most infamous. He is<br />
a ski instructor and his family used to own a horse-drawn<br />
carriage business; perfect requirements for skijoring.<br />
Whenever he glides across the frozen Lake St. Moritz on<br />
one of the three racing Sundays, everyone recognizes him<br />
and seeks to be as close as possible to the action, the athletes,<br />
the horses, and, of course, the winner. Franco Moro<br />
has already been the first to cross the finish line here fourteen<br />
times. And still he is very modest: According to<br />
Moro, the driver influences only about twenty percent of<br />
the race, the best horses make up for the remaining eighty<br />
percent. The challenge is to find a way to optimize energy<br />
reserves. It depends on whether a sprinter or stipler horse<br />
is accustomed to long tracks. The time for which the skier<br />
and the horse have to get accustomed to each other is very<br />
short. However, »harmony must develop as fast as possible«,<br />
claims Moro. Teamwork is called for in order to<br />
get accustomed to and lead one another. Humans and animals<br />
must unite their strengths. After two or three years<br />
the horse will be replaced, thus »the first encounter is always<br />
special: I always go towards the animal, stroke it a<br />
little, and see if it is proud, robust, and muscular.«<br />
During the race, »the greatest challenge is always the first<br />
curve«, says Moro. To survive this curve is almost synonymous<br />
with the preliminaries. »When everyone starts at<br />
the same time and then wants to pull towards the center in<br />
the curve, it is like a funnel – whoever comes out of here<br />
without a scratch is at the top of the ranking«. The races<br />
are tough. »Peak athletic performances are demanded«.<br />
Only the best deserve champagne and the dazzling spotlight.<br />
»Experience is the key«, claims Moro, who has been racing<br />
for twenty-five years. It’s a dangerous sport but »fear<br />
is not allowed«, and one should have a certain cold-bloodedness<br />
as everyone wants to win.<br />
More information: www.whiteturf.ch<br />
Impressum<br />
Magazin SNOWTIMES St. Moritz<br />
Herausgeber<br />
Artikuliert<br />
Martin Fuchs, fuchs@artikuliert.ch<br />
Marco Meyer, meyer@artikuliert.ch<br />
www.artikuliert.ch<br />
Redaktion<br />
Michael Berger, Martin Fuchs, Daniela Lüders, Marco<br />
Meyer, Marc Michel, Christoph Siegert<br />
Texte<br />
Fabio Flepp, Marco Meyer, Eva Kaufmann, Alexandra<br />
Kohler, Tessa Marina Meier, Marc Michel, Christoph Siegert,<br />
Alexandra Widmer, Manuel Lingg<br />
Englische Übersetzungen<br />
Eva Kaufmann, Marc Michel, Katharina Mohr, Marlene<br />
Thomas<br />
Italienische Übersetzungen<br />
Liliana Foletti, Tessa Marina Meier<br />
Konzept und Gestaltung<br />
Daniela Lüders, Marco Meyer<br />
Anzeigenleitung<br />
Martin Fuchs<br />
fuchs@artikuliert.ch<br />
Bildredaktion<br />
Michael Berger<br />
Fotografen | Bildnachweise<br />
Max Weiss, montabella.ch Seite 1 | Michael Berger Seite<br />
3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 26, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 46 | Foto<br />
Schmelz, Klosters Seite 6 | Marc Michel Seite 14, 15, 27,<br />
28, 30, 31, 46 | cp-fashion Seite 7 | Copyright Christian<br />
Camenzind/Kalenderbild.ch Seite 8 | Francesco Pellanda/Skischule<br />
St. Moritz Seite 20, 21, 23 | Swiss Jet Seite<br />
24, 25 | Gourmetfestival/swiss-image.ch Seite 40 | www.<br />
artonice.com Seite 42, 43 | White Turf/swiss-image.ch<br />
Seite 44, 45 | Playground in Paradise Seite 11 | Swiss-Ski<br />
Seite 18, 19 | St. Moritz Polo AG Seite 38, 39<br />
Auflage<br />
10.000 Exemplare<br />
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