beams, not without manifest danger of breaking her neck, she did not get lost, nor did she sign to fall, but with much art and dexterity she corrected and retained it.On the day of the race, Tucci fell from her steed before finishing. Still, it was noted, "It is known that the Governor of the Contrada gave Virginia a beautiful horse." Legacy The next woman to ride in the Palio did so almost four hundred years later, in 1957, when Rosanna Bonelli rode using the nickname Diavola in the Contrada dell'Aquila. She did not finish the race because she was thrown off her horse during the race. References 1560s births Year of death unknown 16th-century Italian women Italian jockeys Female jockeys People from Siena 16th century in sports