Wet Palio, Palio Postponed: there will be no race tonight Siena, why the rain which appeared threateningly just before the horses entered Campo Square he shuffled the cards and forced the Municipality of Siena to stop the race. Green flag and Palio postponed to tomorrow, Wednesday 3 July, with all due respect to those who had invested their time to attend one of the most anticipated events of the Italian folklore summer.
Complicated move: all the rivals were close
It would have been a very complicated Palio anyway, the one that the rain ended up postponing to the following day. This is because the rain made the Palio even more complicated. move had contributed the order of entry to the canapesince the two pairs of rivals had both ended up tied: Valdimontone and Nicchio in second and third place respectively, Owl and Unicorn in fifth and sixth. A situation that generated further tension, despite the much-feared rain that had already begun to make its way just after the horses had left the entrance.
With the Wolf in pursuitin the few minutes in which they tried to set off, the four jockeys from the districts with the rival in the square immediately took advantage of the situation to try to reach an agreement, but the move took a long time. The incredible effect given by the square (one part kissed by the sun, another even wet by the rain) offered a one-of-a-kind spectacle: the starter Bartolo Ambrosione he was forced to take the horses out of the pen several times, then at 7:47 pm he decided to take them back into the entrance because in the meantime the rain had become more insistent, preserving the safety of the horses. Just a couple of minutes and the green flag displayed on the windows of the town hall swept away all doubts: Palio postponed to tomorrow, as had already happened on August 16, 2022 (and then he won titia, who is chasing his 11th personal success out of 38 Palios run).
