RACING ABROAD

David Cormack takes a trip to Italy for an incredible horse race
The European horse racing season is full of important races offering substantial prize money and the lure of cashing in on a lucrative stud career for owners lucky, or rich, enough to have a horse that can succeed at the top level.
However, twice a year in the city of Siena in central Tuscany, far removed from the heady heights of international thoroughbred racing, ten cross-bred Arabian horses compete in a unique bareback race for which the prizes are simply the glory of winning and a painted banne...