Sourced from predicthq.com - The Palio di Siena is a historic bareback horse race and civic festival staged in Siena’s shell-shaped Piazza del Campo in Tuscany. Competing city wards (contrade) display medieval pageantry, flags and intense local rivalry as jockeys race three laps around the piazza, making the Palio a dramatic focal point of Sienese cultural tradition that draws large crowds.