Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 2:48:58 GMT 7
t inspires fierce rivalries and accusations of intrigue and skullduggery, but Siena’s famous Palio horse race has been swept up in fresh controversy over a move to prosecute a jockey for sabotaging a rival’s bid to win the centuries-old contest.
As horses thundered around Siena’s main piazza, the jockey, Massimo Columbu, lunged over at a rival and yanked him off his horse, causing him to tumble to the ground.
Columbu, whose race nickname is “Veleno” or Poison, was punished by the custodians of the Palio by being banned from 10 races.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/outrage-in-tuscany-after-jockey-in-sienas-famous-palio-horse-rac/
As horses thundered around Siena’s main piazza, the jockey, Massimo Columbu, lunged over at a rival and yanked him off his horse, causing him to tumble to the ground.
Columbu, whose race nickname is “Veleno” or Poison, was punished by the custodians of the Palio by being banned from 10 races.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/outrage-in-tuscany-after-jockey-in-sienas-famous-palio-horse-rac/
