There will be one pair less in the procession of knights who will accompany the two Componidoris Danilo Casula and Giampaolo Mugheddu on 19 and 21 February.
An injury during practice cost Matteo Licheri dearly, as he ended up in the emergency room with three fractured ribs following a fall from his horse . No substitutions in sight: the trio, completed by Sergio Ledda and Federico Fenu, has decided to give up the appointment in via Duomo and via Mazzini.
On 31 January, another rider had already had to bid farewell to the 2023 edition prematurely . Stefano Concu had crashed to the ground while rehearsing the number to be proposed in via Mazzini: for him a fractured arm and goodbye to the now imminent Sartiglia. His companions Samuele Vargiu and Francesco Salis will still be on the course together with Davide Figus .
These are the last frenetic days of preparations before the secular race for the star: on Sunday at 11.30 in Piazza Sant'Efisio the blessing of horses and riders is scheduled by the parish priest Don Alessandro Floris.
