Cool, and the crazy Italian was a Barbarossa after my own heart. My late wife was a petite Testarossa
And from museobaracca.it:
"When Enzo Ferrari, driving an Alfa Romeo RL-Targa Florio with Giulio Ramponi, won the first Savio Circuit in Ravenna on 16th June 1923, he came across Count Enrico Baracca, Francesco’s father, whom he had already met in Bologna some time before. That second encounter, as Ferrari himself wrote on 3rd July 1985 to Lugo historian Giovanni Manzoni, gave rise to yet another meeting, this time with Francesco’s mother, Countess Paolina Biancoli. “This is what she said to me one day:” – wrote the Maranello car manufacturer: “Ferrari, use my son’s prancing horse on your cars. It will bring you good luck. ” (…) “I still have Baracca’s photograph, with his parents’ dedication entrusting his emblem to me. ” – concluded Ferrari – “The horse was and has remained black, but I added the canary yellow background, the colour of Modena ”.
According to authoritative testimonials, Enzo Ferrari’s choice was driven by a love of Giovanni Pascoli’s poem, “La cavallina storna”, and a great admiration for Francesco Baracca, which dated back to his adolescent years."
Baracca began his career in the cavalry and always loved horses. He served with the most prestigious unit in Savoia, the 2nd “Piemonte Reale” regiment, before moving to aircraft. This cavalino rampante was it's symbol. It's not a kill symbol but his chosen personal emblem, kind of like Richtoven's all red color. But to think of it as a Stuttgart kill is not far off either, if only for another horse town. Stuttgart was a horse trading and training center like Siena in Italy.