You have to see the "parezas" competition held at Santu Lussurgiu in "Sa Carrela 'e nanti" during the three days of Carnival to know how proud a town can be of its horsemen's skill and its own equestrian traditions. With due recognition to the Ardia di Sedilo and the now famous Sartiglia di Oristano, it can be stated that the Sa Carrela 'e nanti of Santu Lussurgiu has been for centuries and is still today one of the most demanding, hazardous exhibitions of horsemanship held in Sardinia. The racetrack is always the same, an unpaved road that winds along Via Rome with curves, narrow passages, little open spaces, downhill runs, flatlands and a short steep rise at the end, not to speak of lethal corners of houses sticking out into the path of the horses. The throng of spectators, crammed together behind the barriers or in the doorways of the houses that offer a providential refuge along the road, seem to restrict even more the space in which horses and riders dash past - two, three and even four, galloping side by side at full tilt. The spectators hold their breaths as the racers flash past, and then pour onto the track afterward to run after them, shouting comments on the riders' skill. Sometimes the start is lightening fast, the horses leaping forward all together; at other times it is dangerous and nerve-wracking. And in these circumstances, the spectators too become leading participants in Sa Carrela `e nanti. Crowd-scattering horses, irritable, capricious, their flanks streaming with sweat, their muscles swollen and nerves taut, terrified by the crowd overflowing the barriers, stubbornly refuse to start in spite of spurs and even whips, shouts of incitement and the most refined persuasive techniques known to riders, breeders and the public at large. At last they are off! Swift as the wind, accompanied by the thrilled ovation of the crowd. And now we can see how, at Santu Lussurgiu, in Sa Carrela `e nanti, the myth of the winged horse Pegasus is still vitally alive today.