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We would like to share Anna Piperato‘s reflections about the July 2025 Palio. (Not-So) Fun Fact: This is the only time in Palio history where THREE Palii in a row have been postponed due to rains. For the first time…
It is a great honour and a pleasure to present an article, written for thepalio.eu, by Mark Damazer. The highlight this time was not the race – but the posse of horses and jockeys trotting side by side with Montone…
As always, we are happy to share some videos with the festivities of Oca after the Palio on the Piazza and in Provenzano. Also some interviews after the Palio Ocaioli. Finally some analyses of the Palio by RadioSienaTV. Giubilo Interviste…
The Nobile Contrada dell’Oca won the Palio of July 3, 2025. A magnificent race for Giovanni Atzeni, better known as Tittia, on “his” Diodoro, a debuting horse on the tufo, who nevertheless showed all his power. A lightning start for…
Oca just won the July Palio of 2025. Fantino Tittia won his 11th on debuting horse Diodoro.
As already mentioned, yesterday’s Palio was postponed due to the rainy weather in the afternoon. The first drops after 6 weeks of drought in Siena fell at the wrong time, on the wrong day. Today the forecast looks good. The…
The green flag has just been hung at the Palazzo Pubblico: the Palio of 2 July 2025 has been postponed due to bad weather conditions. At around 2.50 pm it started to rain in the Piazza del Campo. The city…
The Palio of July 2, 2025 will be held tonight at 7:30 PM. We would like to provide an overview of the 10 participants. Who’s favorite? Who are the outsiders? And who are the unknowns? Favorites: Tartuca With two-time winner…
Just as last year the rights to broadcast the Palio are with La7. This obviously has consequences as it cannot be received in abroad. The new contract between the Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Palio Di Siena and La7 also…
Around 13:15, the 10 horses chosen by the captains were assigned under the watchful eye of the mayor. The lot included two horses that had already won at least 1 Palio (Zio Frac and Tale Quale), five that had ridden…
Unlike previous years, this year we will no longer share the list of presented horses and their numbers and the composition of the batterie through our website. Given that the PalioApp that we developed is going live and will offer…
Over the past years we wrote some short articles in which we provided more information about the organization of certain phases of the tratta and the prove. We notice that it remains important to continue sharing these. That is why…