As the dust settles on Italy 's Palio de Siena , CNN looks at wild horse festivals . Includes fire leaping in Spain and samurai battles in Japan . A world away from traditional races such as Royal Ascot or Kentucky Derby . Fire and horses may seem like an unlikely combination , but that 's exactly the dramatic scene which takes place in a small town in central Spain each year . TL;DR
As the dust settles on Italy 's Palio de Siena , CNN looks at wild horse festivals . Includes fire leaping in Spain and samurai battles in Japan . A world away from traditional races such as Royal Ascot or Kentucky Derby . TL;DR