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The Sinjska alka [siɲska alka] is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj every first Sunday in August since 1715, commemorating a Croatian-Venetian victory over Ottomans on August 14, 1715 in which the local population of around 700 Croats, in cooperation with a smaller number of Venetians, managed to defend Sinj against 60,000 Ottoman soldiers.
