Historic Palio race field reduced to four on first bend
A pile-up inwards which 6 horses crashed out of the famous Palio street race inwards Italia has sparked fresh criticism of the historic event.
The accident that reduced the champaign to 4 happened on the own curvature of the dirt course of educational activity inwards Siena’s primary square. One of the horses is understood to withdraw maintain suffered a leg fracture.
The Italian animals welfare grouping LAV described the accident at the “umpteenth confirmation that the Palio needs to order the security of the horses too all the participants ahead of tradition”.
The Palio, a fast too furious race to a greater extent than or less Siena’s primary square, is held twice a year, inwards July too August.
Falls too collisions occur to a greater extent than or less the tight course, too horses tin dismiss endure trampled.
About fifty horses withdraw maintain died since 1970 inwards the race, which dates dorsum to 1656.
Siena’s sixteen neighbourhoods, called contradas, struggle for the correct to withdraw maintain a Equus caballus inwards the 10-strong field.
The winning Equus caballus inwards the August sixteen race was named Lo Specialista, raced by the Valdimontone contrada.
LAV describes the Palio every bit very risky.
In the past, the race to a greater extent than or less the foursquare was completed inwards most 3 minutes. Today, due to measures aimed at making it to a greater extent than spectacular, it takes most a minute, the grouping says.
It says the horses used inwards the challenge are no longer the robust stock of Tuscany, precisely “half-breed, lite too fast” animals unsuited to the acquaint place at the bottom of Siena.
The grouping acknowledged improvements since 2000 to amend safety, precisely argued the number remained likewise risky for horses.
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