
Grandad of Races
Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Varre. It won an Oscar at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Short Subject.
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- English
- horse race
- siena
- horse racing
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- Theatrical2 Sept 1950
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Grandad of Races was released on 2 September 1950.
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11/30/2025
Evolving from a festival that featured gladiators and ox-racing, this short feature showcases the horse racing on Siena’s Piazza del Campo. With some forty thousand folks assembled on it’s square from each of this city’s competing districts, there are qualifying races with bareback riders mounted on horses specially trained for the occasion before the carnival atmosphere reaches it’s tumultuous and colourful conclusi…
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