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Aristus

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12. They should call it the Palio.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Thu May 22, 2025, 12:44 PM

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A monumentally corrupt, sleazy horse race in Siena, Italy, in which the jockeys are bribed, the horses are doped, and the whole thing is a spectacle in service to what is little more than a semi-religious gang war in Siena's insular little neighborhoods.

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