Horses competing during the second lap of the 2019 Palio di Siena in the "Piazza di Campo" at the city of Siena in Tuscany, Italy. - stock photo

Horses competing during the second lap at the "Piazza di Campo" at the city of Siena in Tuscany, Italy, during the July 2nd, 2019 "Palio di Siena" known locally as "Il Palio", a traditional horse race held twice a year in July and August since 1656. Ten horses representing ten of the seventeen districts ("Contradas") with jockeys riding bareback compete during a three-lap race around a makeshift course built in the the city's central square.