"A girl always smiling, cheerful, smart , who had started as a child with pony races and then reached the Italian championships".
These are the words with which Anna Teresa Vincentelli , Fise Sardegna Endurance technician, remembers Martina Berluti , the rider of the Asd Endurance Team of the Gulf of Porto Torres who died at 17 following a tragic accident during training .
It happened in Porto Torres on Saturday. Martina was training when the animal slipped and she fell, being seriously injured . Rescued, she was then transported by 118 helicopter to the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Sassari.
However, the doctors' attempts to save her life proved futile and the 17-year-old passed away.
Berluti, a promise of endurance, had won the bronze medal two months ago at the last Italian Young Rider Championships that took place in Pisa-San Rossore in the CEIYJ2 * 120 km. In September 2021, on the other hand, he had conquered the gold on the saddle of Vendetta Tremenda over the distance of 100 km in the CEIYJ1 * at the Italian championships that took place at the Arborea Country Resort.
"The Fise Sardegna Regional Committee, the president and all the members of the Board of Directors of the Cr Fise Sardegna are close to the pain of all family members and offer their heartfelt condolences " to the family, we read on the Federation's Facebook page which saw in her a rising star - and already brilliant - of equestrian sports.
(Unioneonline / lf)