Siena's Palio

The well known Palio horse race has taken place every year since 1644 on July 2 and August 16

On this web page, authorized by the Consorzio per la Tutela del Palio di Siena, there are many statistics and interesting news items regarding the Palio, which are updated periodically.
Among those who have collaborated, we wish to thank: Alessandro Ferrini, Giacomo Calossi, Fabrizio Gabrielli and Graziella Battigalli, the artist who has permitted us to reproduce one of her paintings.
The following chapters are written in Italian, however, the statistics are easy enough to understand even for those who do not know Italian.

    The history of the Palio of Siena
    A little background
    Time schedules (in English)
    Useful information on how to get to Siena

    Winning contradas since 1644
    Victories, contrada by contrada
    Total Palios won by each contrada
    Summary sheets of participants, Palio by Palio
    Contradas that have run in the Palio since the XVII Century
    Race registration of contradas from 1693 to 1720
    Non-traditional Palios
    Special Palios
    Total number of Palios run by each contrada
    Number of years that a contrada has not won
    Number of Palios lost after last victory
    Number of days since last victory
    Various curiosities
    Participating contradas which were unable to participate on the day of the race since 1900
    Winner from among the contradas that were extracted
    Riderless contrada winners
    Days of the week on which Palio's were won
    Last victory for July, August and special Palios
    16 double victories in July and August of the same year, by year
    Winning contradas in July and August, by year
    Who ran when... won
    The same 10 contradas that ran together in different races
    Who came in second

    Frequency of position at starting line since 1900
    Last time in each of the ten starting positions
    Starting line-up
    The starter's names

    Captains of winning contradas
    Names of Captains since 1945
    Heads of contradas since 1894
    Contrada Officers from 1750 to 1939
    Woman participants in the Palio

    Winning jockeys
    Contradas for which jockeys rode
    Jockeys' personal information and sometimes their photo
    Dates of birth of over 170 jockeys
    Other statistics about jockeys
    Jockeys' falls
    Jockeys' double victories in July and August of the same year, by year
    Jockeys that have raced since 2000
    Jockeys' disqualifications and fines
    Active jockeys
    The first contrada in which a jockey rode
    Contradas, jockeys and horses from 1900 until this year

    Winning horses in the 1900's
    All horses that ran in the 2000's
    Horses that ran for the first time and won, since 1900
    Horses' double victories in July and August of the same year, by year
    Owners of winning horses

    Several news articles of the races since the 1600's
    Painters of Palio banners since 1900
    The Palio banners conserved in the contradas' museums
    Winners of the "Masgalani" prize
    Books about the Palio
    Special addition books produced by the winning contradas
    Contrada hymns
    Postcards of contrada pages
    Miscellaneous

    Links of contradas and Sienese web sites
    Simulation game of the Palio
    Access to web pages in Italian