Palio di Siena of 16 August 2022: the Lupa wins the third round
The Third round of the Palio di Siena on 16 August 2022 took place this evening, Sunday 14 August, with the horses leaving the Cortile del Podestà at 7.15 pm, which is run in honor of the Madonna dell’Assunta and whose Drappellone will be delivered to the The winning Contrada was created by the artist Andrea Anastasio (go to the article).
The test was won by Contrada della Lupa with Giuseppe Zedde known as Gingillo on Astoriux.
The order of entry among the ropes followed the order of assignment (extraction order of the Contrada for the assignment of the horses): Onda, Chiocciola, Giraffa, Leocorno, Selva, Tartuca, Valdimontone, Lupa, Civetta and Nicchio di rincorsa .
Three pairs of rivals in the square for this August Palio: Chiocciola-Tartuca, Civetta-Leocorno and Nicchio-Valdimontone. In the lot of participating horses, there are two horses that have already won the Palio (Remorex with two victories and Zio Frac with one), five that have already run at least one Career (Solu Tue Due, Tabacco, Viso d’Angelo, Reo I confess and Violenta da Clodia) and three newcomers (Astoriux, Arestetulesu and Ungaros).
At the moment, among the jockeys, only one rookie and four already victorious on the tuff: Giovanni Atzeni known as Tittia with 8 victories; Jonatan Bartoletti known as Scompiglio with 5; Giuseppe Zedde known as Gingillo with 3; Carlo Sanna known as Brigante with 1 victory.
As for the previous trials, we remind you that the First trial, which should have taken place last night, was canceled due to the postponement of the lap times of the Section, while the Second trial, run this morning, was won by the Contrada della Tartuca. with Federico Arri known as Ares on Remorex.
The Third Test
With no change in the mountain expected, under the orders of the mossiere Bartolo Ambrosion and after two alignments to the ropes with as many exits, on the third attempt, with a good alignment between the ropes, the Nicchio enters and the starting point for Leocorno, Chiocciola, is excellent. Wave and Giraffe.
The Giraffe turns in front of San Martino, followed by Onda and Lupa, continuing in the lead up to the first House where it touches the column with Michel Putzu falling from Arestetulesu.
So he goes on to lead the Wave for a moment, then the Lupa takes the lead and passes in front for two laps going to win the Third round with Giuseppe Zedde called Gingillo on Astoriux.
Tomorrow morning, Monday 15 August at 9 am (weather permitting, the forecasts are unfortunately not good), the Fourth round will take place with the order among the ropes which will be compared to that of tonight: Nicchio, Civetta, Lupa, Valdimontone, Tartuca, Selva, Leocorno, Giraffe, Snail and Running wave.
The order of entry among the ropes of the Third round of the Palio di Siena on August 16, 2022
WAVE – TOBACCO (4 courses)
chestnut C 10 years – Antonio Siri
Carlo Sanna known as Brigante (12 courses, 1 won)
CHIOCCIOLA – FACE OF AN ANGEL (1 course)
bay C 8 years – Niccolò Bianchi
Jonatan Bartoletti known as Scompiglio (26 courses, 5 wines)
GIRAFFE – ARESTETULESU (newcomer)
chestnut C 6 years – Mark Harris Getty
Michel Putzù (newcomer)
LEOCORNO – VIOLENT FROM CLODIA (3 courses)
bay F 9 years – Theodore William Thomas Westerman
Giovanni Atzeni known as Tittia (34 courses, 8 wines)
SELVA – REO CONFESSED (1 course0)
bay C 12 years – Antonino Vallone
Sebastiano Murtas known as Hail (8 courses)
TARTUCA – REMOREX (3 courses, 2 wines)
chestnut C 12 years – Massimo Columbu
Federico Arri known as Ares (3 courses)
VALDIMONTONE – DUE SOLUTION (5 courses)
chestnut C 11 years – Chiara Falciani
Giosuè Carboni known as Carbide (6 courses)
LUPA – ASTORIUX (newcomer)
bay C 6 years – Marcello Roti
Giuseppe Zedde known as Gingillo (27 courses, 3 wines)
OWL – UNGAROS (newcomer)
sauro C 6 years – Alessio Dominici
Massimo Columbu known as Veleno II (6 courses)
Run-up
NICCHIO – UNCLE FRAC (1 course, 1 won)
bay C 7 years – Enrico Bruschelli
Stefano Piras known as Scangeo (2 courses, 1 not played)