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Drago wins Palio ridden with only 6 contrade
Contrada del Drago won the Palio di Siena, 2 July 2022. The Drago triumphed in the photo finish ahead of Torre. Only 6 districts participated in the Palio. After the exclusion this morning of Istrice and Chiocciola due to minor injuries to the horses, before the forfeit of Leocorno (another injury to a horse) and of Bruco after the jockey’s fall in one of the starting attempts.
To bring Drago to victory was the horse Zio Frac, a seven-year-old bay gelding debut at the Palio, ridden by the jockey Giovanni Atzeni known as Tittia. The jockey won his eighth career Palio today. The previous victory of Drago dates back to 2 July 2018. The Contrada in the centuries-old history of the Sienese festival has thus reached its 39th victory.
Drago snatched the ‘Cencio’ from Chiocciola, Pantera, Torre, Valdimontone and Lupa. The winning Contrada was thus awarded the drappellone that this year bears the signature of the English painter Emma Sergeant: it is an elegant figurative work, in which the skilful gouche hatching enhances the representation giving life to that union between the sacred and the profane that the Palio di Siena is able to create. Of great visual impact the head of a horse that dominates the whole central part, the true and only protagonist of the Sienese festival, which releases beauty, strength.
The alignment to the ropes of the horses was particularly agitated, which recorded five false starts starting at 19.30 when the quadrupeds entered Piazza del Campo after the parade of the 17 Contrade Historical Parade, opened by the Drappello dei Carabinieri on horseback . The triumph of Drago took place after 57 minutes from the start of the Career.
The exit of the horses of the Leocorno and the Bruco from the race was not the only twist of the Palio of 2 July initially foreseen with the Career of ten districts. In the morning, after the ‘provaccia’, the mayor Luigi De Mossi, after consulting the veterinary commission, had to exclude two horses from the race, that of Civetta and that of Istrice, due to minor injuries reported by the animals. “A painful decision, but necessary to protect the protection of horses,” said the mayor.
Palio
Vitzuchesu
Shardana
1
Uragano Rosso
did not participate
2
Schietta
did not participate
3
Reo Confesso
Bellocchio
4
Viso D’Angelo
Scompiglio
5
Zentile
Gingillo
6
Zio Frac
Tittia
7
Una Per Tutti
Turbine
8
Vankook
did not participate
9
Volpino
did not participate
R
Horses
1 | Una Per Tutti | 2 | Viemmidietro |
3 | Zenis | 4 | Ungaro De Bonorva |
5 | Violenta Da Clodia | 6 | Vitzichesu |
7 | Takatursa | 8 | Tiepolo |
9 | Volpino | 10 | Zeus Zeno |
11 | Rio Manigos | 12 | Zeniata |
13 | Schietta | 14 | Vankook |
15 | Unamore | 16 | Tout Beau |
17 | Vento Fresco | 18 | Zinzula Sedilesa |
19 | Vino Santo | 20 | Zenios |
21 | Zentile | 22 | Uragano Rosso |
23 | Zio Rosas | 24 | Tristezza |
25 | Viso D’Angelo | 26 | Volcan De Bonorva |
27 | Zio Frac | 28 | Urmia |
29 | Urian | 30 | Symposium |
31 | Reo Confesso | 32 | Unico Ozierese |
33 | Balzana | 34 | Zaminde |
Batterie
1° Batteria
1
27
Zio Frac
2
31
Reo Confesso
3
7
Takatursa
4
21
Zentile
5
25
Viso D’Angelo
6
29
Urian
R
1
Una Per Tutti
2° Batteria
1
22
Uragano Rosso
2
8
Tiepolo
3
6
Vitzichesu
4
34
Zaminde
5
12
Zeniata
6
30
Symposium
R
33
Balzana
3° Batteria
1
15
Unamore
2
10
Zeus Zeno
3
5
Violenta Da Clodia
4
9
Volpino
5
16
Tout Beau
6
4
Ungaro De Bonorva
R
13
Schietta
4° Batteria
1
26
Volcan De Bonorva
2
17
Vento Fresco
3
14
Vankook
4
3
Zenis
5
23
Zio Rosas
6
28
Urmia
R
19
Vino Santo
5° Batteria
1
24
Tristezza
2
11
Rio Manigos
3
20
Zenios
4
18
Zinzula Sedilesa
5
32
Unico Ozierese
R
2
Viemmidietro
Assegnazione
1 | 1 | Una Per Tutti | Pantera |
2 | 6 | Vitzuchesu | Valdimontone |
3 | 9 | Volpino | Leocorno |
4 | 13 | Schietta | Istrice |
5 | 14 | Vankook | Civetta |
6 | 21 | Zentile | Chiocciola |
7 | 22 | Uragano Rosso | Bruco |
8 | 25 | Viso D’Angelo | Torre |
9 | 27 | Zio Frac | Drago |
10 | 31 | Reo Confesso | Lupa |
Prove
Prima Prova
1
Antonio Mula
2
Brigante
3
Tempesta
4
Bellocchio
5
Tittia
6
Scangeo
7
Gingillo
8
Bighino
9
Turbine
R
Scompiglio
Seconda Prova
1
Scompiglio
2
Turbine
3
Bighino
4
Gingillo
5
Scangeo
6
Tittia
7
Bellocchio
8
Tempesta
9
Brigante
R
Antonio Mula
Terza Prova
1
Antonio Mula
2
Bighino
3
Tempesta
4
Scompiglio
5
Brigante
6
Tittia
7
Scangeo
8
Turbine
9
Bellocchio
R
Gingillo
Quarta Prova
1
Gingillo
2
Bellocchio
3
Turbine
4
Scangeo
5
Tittia
6
Brigante
7
Scompiglio
8
Tempesta
9
Bighino
R
Antonio Mula
Prova Generale
1
Turbine
2
Antonio Mula
3
Tempesta
4
Brigante
5
Carburo
6
Gingillo
7
Scangeo
8
Scompiglio
9
Tittia
R
Bellocchio
Provaccia
1
Bellocchio
2
Tittia
3
Scompiglio
4
Scangeo
5
Gingillo
6
did not participate
7
did not participate
8
Tempesta
9
Antonio Mula
R
Turbine
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BATTERIE LUGLIO 2022
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2°BATTERIA DI SELEZIONE, 29-06-2022
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3°BATTERIA DI SELEZIONE, 29-06-2022
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