The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio Storyville

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Gigi Bruschelli trains some of my horses and that's what

sort of happens in this area - trainers tend to be jockeys.

Despite the fact that I've had wonderful horses for 25 years,

I've never won.

The Palio is a game played by people where the horse

is the unknown element.

Everything else is something that humans can trade.

They can trade positions, they can trade favours,

but they can't get inside the horse's mind.

It's a desperate attempt to control fate. I've known Gigi forever.

He understands horses better than any jockey before,

let alone the strange game that the Palio is.

Gigi's very, very focused. He has won 13 titles in 16 years.

I hope that he wins again and matches Aceto, but it's not easy.

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Gigi is obviously the favourite.

Nicchio are spending a lot of money and Gigi is very clever

and, I'm sure, organised himself very well.

So, on the face of it, that's who's going to win,

but, you know, it's all those attempts to control fate.

-But Gigi has not got the best horse.

-No, he's got to do everything else.

So, if he wins without the best horse from a bad position,

it's pretty suspect.

If he does all of that, it's not suspect - it's brilliant.

It's the opposite. It's exactly what they paid for.

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