Legendary Tittia wins the Palio di Siena for the thirteenth time: fears of a fall at the end
The Nurri jockey, riding Anda and Bola, leads the Nicchio contrada to victory after 28 years. He then ends up in the hospital, but his condition isn't worrying. The horse is also doing well.Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
It's Tittia again. The Nurri jockey is increasingly making history at the Palio di Siena, with Anda and Bola leading the Nicchio contrada back to victory after 28 years .
Giovanni Atzeni dominates the Palio dell'Assunta and triumphs for the thirteenth time in Piazza del Campo, catching Trecciolino and moving even closer to Aceto (real name Andrea Degortes), king of the modern Palio with 14 victories . Already a winner in July, Tittia takes home the fourth "cappotto" of his career.
The Nicchio's last victory dated back to 1998, and Tittia managed to erase the longest wait among the contrade. And he did it with the very contrade where his story in Siena began. Atzeni, in fact, ran in the first four Palios of his career with the Nicchio. He subsequently participated in three more, without ever winning one.
Completing an all-Sardinian triumph was Anda e Bola, a half-breed Anglo-Arab horse born in Perfugas in 2016, who won the second of the five Palios in which he took part.
An exhausting wait: the move lasted over an hour, with three false starts, and the race started around 8.10 pm.
Tittia immediately took the lead, dominating with a large lead until the finish, where he collided with a person who had invaded the track and fell.
Initial reports suggest the consequences are not serious: Tittia, conscious, was taken by ambulance to the Scotte Hospital in Siena for checkups. The winning horse, Anda e Bola, is doing well and has already been examined by veterinarians.
(Unioneonline/L)