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The Palio of August 16, 2024 will be held tonight at 7:00 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: With Tabacco they drew…
Just as last year, and this until 2025, the rights to broadcast the Palio are with La7 and not with the Rai. This obviously has consequences as it cannot be received in abroad. The new contract between the Consorzio Per…
As you undoubtedly know, the evening before the Palio, every contrada eats together in the streets or squares in the contrada. This is called the Cena della Prove Generale. It is the last evening before the Palio, the longest night,…
Selva has decided that debutant Andrea Sanna will be nicknamed Virgola (comma) at Piazza. He will make his debut on the horse Tabacco. Sanna, 26, jockey from Oliena, who has lived in Siena for nine years, was a pupil of…
The allocation of the horses to the ten Contrade that will participate in the Palio di Siena on August 16, 2024 took place from 1:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, August 13. The mayor of Siena, Nicoletta Fabio, paired Contrade and horses…
This morning around 9 o’clock 5 batterie were driven in which 34 horses were tested. Criptha was medically declared unfit by veterinarians and was allowed to return home. Below images and report of each batteria. We expect, as always, that…
Below you can find the technical sheets of the 35 horses that will be allowed to participate in the Tratta tomorrow, August 13. In the year column you can find when the horses were born, under gender you will find…
The list of 35 horses that will be allowed to participate in the tratta has just been shared by the city of Siena. Zio Frac is a notable absentee. CAVALLO – PROPRIETARIO
Five batterie, 38 new or young horses taking turns on the track: they will most certainly not run this Palio; they are the future of the Palio. There was also quite a bit of interest from the public. Jonatan Bartoletti…
Last year 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 you can…
This morning around 6 o’clock the Prove di Notte were ridden. There were no crashes to be noted as in July. We did see some nice performances from some. 43 horses were in action this morning; including Akida, Zio Frac…
For the fourth consecutive time, the PalioApp will be available for free on www.palioapp.com. As always, we will provide the list of horses, which will be updated on the day of the Tratta. New fields have been added to the…