You can already breathe the air of palio in Fucecchio. We can say that the countdown has already begun. They are indeed Registration of horses for pre-visits is open which will close at 7pm on May 10th for the composition of the batteries of the selection races scheduled for Wednesday 15th May for the choice of the twelve specimens that will run in the Palio delle Contrade scheduled for Sunday 19th May.
It is possible to do so electronically directly on the official website of the event. The twelve horses selected by the Captains of the districts that same evening at the end of the selection tests andhaving passed a further suitability visit, they will be taken to Piazza Montanelli for the route, i.e. the pairing by drawing lots with the 12 districts that will compete in the Career on Sunday afternoon in the natural hippodrome created in the former clay quarry adjacent to Viale Rosselli which is divided into two heats plus the final which is the final act of the week of the Palio delle Contrade di Fucecchio beginsTuesday 14th with the presentation of the cencio, the painting on canvas that the winning district will receive as a prize.
The two sessions of Spring racing or training sessions for the palio held on 7 and 27 April allowed the management of the 12 districts to observe and verify the performance of a fair number of horses to the point of having developed an idea about a homogeneous batch of specimens to be given arisen to the twelve associations. To be honest, it seems that the Captains already have fairly clear ideas about at least two thirds of the possible candidates to make up the loteven if at the moment the unknown remains of the participation of some, already considered to be of an excellent level, who could instead run the Palio di Ferrara scheduled for the following Saturday.
Since it is an engagement prize, and therefore more profitable according to market rules than a lottery prize, it may be that the choice of some stables and owners is directed towards the Estense Palio. In fact, the names of some specimens are mentioned whose characteristics and qualities are well known and which seem to be already accredited to cross the Rubicon, among these would include, but the conditional is obligatory, Abracadabra, Ajò de Sedini, Arsenico Lupen, Arraju, Anda and Bola, Borghesia, Bramosu de Campeda, Carilbom, Crystal from Clodia, Coronas, Ocean from Clodia, Precious Diamond.
Fucecchio would therefore be destined to welcome second-tier specimens. A first very large batch of 22 specimens to work on for the choice of the 12 could be made up for example of: Alba Solare, Assalto, Blue Star, Bonvoyage, Bryan de Marchesana, Catalina, Communiquè, Charly Brown, Cecco Biondo, Debardu, Djaboc , Dyllu, Dimoniu, Divino Amore, El Rey, Sultano da Clodia, Tipeolo, Zinzula, Aunt Zelinda, Uncle Fester, Zamura and Zenia Zoe. After May 10th, when registrations will be closed, the number of registered barbers will be known from which the magnificent 12 will be selected.
