10:00 am - Parish churches: blessing ceremony of horse and jockey.
11:00 am - Piazza San Secondo: exhibition by flag throwers from the A.S.T.A. (Association of Traditional Flag Throwers from Asti).
12:00 am - Piazza San Secondo - Town Hall: formal registration of jockeys and horses competing in the Palio.
2:00 pm - Piazza Cattedrale: start of the historical procession with one thousand two hundred people in medieval costume: it is led by the overall winner of the previous edition of the Palio, followed by the other classified quarters. The order of the remaining participants is drawn by lot. The procession, which is opened by the Group of the Captain of the Palio, re-enacts scenes of medieval life.
Parade route:
Piazza Cattedrale, Via Caracciolo, Piazza Cairoli, Corso Alfieri, Via Gobetti, Piazza San Secondo, Via Garibaldi, Via Gardini, Piazza Alfieri.
4:00 pm - Piazza Alfieri: Palio bareback horse-race (jockeys ride without a saddle). Three preliminary heats in which seven horses compete; best three in every heat proceed to the final.
5:00 pm - Flag throwers show.
6:00 pm - Final race and awarding of the Palio to the winner.
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Piazza San Secondo: last day of the Palio's typical market where find original handmade souvenirs.
from 3:30 pm - Piazza Alfieri: Eve general trials : bareback horse race of jockeys on the track.
Friday, September 17th, 2010
from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Piazza San Secondo: first day of the Palio's typical market where find original handmade souvenirs.
from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Piazza Alfieri: single trials of owner-jockeys on the track.
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
8:00 pm - Piazza San Secondo: Palio degli Sbandieratori. Competition between flag-throwers groups representing the quarters
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