The Palio Horse in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy

Abstract

On the first Saturday in May 2002, a black horse sped to the front of the pack in the 128 th running of the Kentucky Derby, winning America’s most important race by four lengths. The horse, War Emblem, though American-bred, became the first winner of the Derby to be owned by an Arab owner, the late Prince Ahmed Salman of Saudi Arabia, who unfortunately passed away a few months after War Emblem’s historic victory.