Palio di Siena - The Winner of the July 3, 2025 is Oca

The Results are in Oca has won the July ^3rd, 2025 Il Palio di Siena. Jockey Giovanni Atzeni who goes by the professional name Tittia wins for the 11^th time. This is the 68^th win for the Oca (Goose) Contrada. The Palio is by far the world’s wildest horse race and Atzeni has become the jockey who has been able to dominate this 392 year event.

First held in 1656, The Palio di Siena, otherwise known as "Il Palio", is one of the oldest and most famous horse races in the world. Held twice a year on July 2 and August 16 on The Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy to honor The Virgin Mary, this bareback horse race is a battle between the 17 Contrade (neighborhoods) of Siena. This year the race was postponed a day because of rain.

There was basically no competition for Tittia as he quickly dominated the race. He led his 6-year-old horse Diodoro to an eight-length victory for Oca in Il Palio di Siena, with Bruco coming on second and Valdimontone in third.

As always there was one false start on this sweltering 87-degree Italian day.  As always happens, five horses lost their jockeys. Palio rules state that a horse may win with or without a jockey. In the last 50 years, more than 50 horses have died during the running of the Palio, making the race controversial with animal rights activists.

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