The Municipality of Domusnovas with Giovanni Sotgia riding the English thoroughbred Codice d'Onore (Giuliano Porcu stable) won the 35th edition of the Palio di Santa Maria a Guasila . Sotgia scored a double by triumphing also in the neighborhood palio on the Anglo-Arab Zygo (also Porcu stable) representing Is Sagrestanus.

Over 2 thousand people attended the event that was missing since 2019. In the race of the thoroughbreds behind Sotgia, Federico Sanna was placed on Zurrundeddu of the Deiana di Dolianova stable. Third place for Marco Bitti on Sbirulina (Luigi Pilloni di Sanluri team).

The order of arrival of the neighborhood palio is completed instead with the second place of Riccardo Sulis on Belfagor (Sulis stable) representing the Funtana Idda neighborhood and with the third place of Alberto Bianchina on Bors Wana (Renzo Pusceddu stable), Funtana Onnis neighborhood.

Satisfied at the end of the race the jockey Sotgia: “The horses, from the same stable, did very well. As far as I'm concerned, I managed both races well ”. Giuliano Porcu , owner of Codice d'Onore: “We believed in it a lot after second place at the Sassari Grand Prix. Mare liked the trail. The jockey? He mounted it to perfection ”.

“For two years we have been standing still. With great sacrifice we resumed. It was paid off immediately. The show was what we hoped for. An unexpected crowd too. We are working more and more to improve us, trying to find new funding in order to increase the prize money ”, says the mayor of Guasila Paola Casula . “The fact that there has been such a large participation in such an important equestrian show - he continues - means that traditions and passion are even stronger than the value of money. The equestrian association did a great job. We as the administration supported it ”.