Italian Palio Ribbon Horse Dash
Team BuildingObstacle Course
I
PLAYERS
6+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Outdoor
MATERIALS
- Hobby horse sticks or broomsticks, one per racer
- Colored ribbons for team sashes
- Cones to mark a track
MEASUREMENTS
Oval track roughly 40-60ft (12-18m) around.
HOW TO PLAY
1
Divide players into small teams, each assigned a ribbon color to represent their district.
2
Set up a looping track with cones marking the turns.
3
One racer per team straddles a hobby horse stick and gallops the full loop as fast as possible.
4
Teammates cheer from the sidelines and wave their team's ribbon color to spur the racer on.
5
The team whose racer completes the loop first wins the round, and new racers rotate in for the next heat.