{"id":3784,"date":"2014-08-13T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:43:11","slug":"il-palio-horse-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/13\/il-palio-horse-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Palio horse race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Il Palio is a horse race held twice a year in which ten bareback jockeys ride furiously around\u00a0the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. Dramatic turns\u00a0often mean that riders are thrown from their horses, who are left to finish the race alone.<\/p>\n<p>(imageBROKER\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=Siena\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344034.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Palio horse race, Piazza Il Campo, Sienna, Tuscany, Italy, Europe\" width=\"480\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344034.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344034-362x245.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(imageBROKER\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=Siena\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3785 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344033.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Palio horse race, Piazza Il Campo, Sienna, Tuscany, Italy, Europe\" width=\"480\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344033.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/832-344033-357x245.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos of Siena <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=Siena\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il Palio is a horse race held twice a year in which ten bareback jockeys ride furiously around\u00a0the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. 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