‘Terrifying’ moment jockeys swerve to narrowly avoid an oncoming AMBULANCE
Eight jockeys were forced to swerve dramatically to avoid a head-on collision with an ambulance in what has been dubbed the most horrific near miss in racing history.
The dramatic incident occurred shortly after the start of racing at Evangeline Downs, USA, on Saturday night.
Typically, ambulances follow a horse race off the track in case of an emergency. However, shortly after 8pm last night during the race in Louisiana, the car found itself directly on the track and headed towards the racers.
In video of the incident posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, the jockeys can be seen dragging their horses out of the way with incredible drag just moments before the head-on collision.
The race was eventually abandoned, although fortunately no horses or jockeys were injured.
The moment left experts in disbelief, and many took to social media to express their thoughts.
On Saturday night, eight jockeys were forced to dramatically swerve to avoid a head-on collision with an ambulance in what has been dubbed the scariest near miss in racing history
Posting a video of the race, US racing journalist Ray Paulick wrote: ‘Quarter Horse racing, no contest declared at Evangeline Downs. ‘Incredible reaction from the jockeys to avoid hitting a car head-on on the track.’
Am I the only one who saw what happened in the eighth race on ‘Evangeline’? Holy Hell,’ Gabe Prewitt added.
Meanwhile, describing the almost unbelievable turn of events, pundit Kevin Blake said: ‘This may be the most horrific near miss I have ever seen in a horse race.
‘It happened a few hours ago at Evangeline Downs in America. Incredible reactions from jockeys and horses to avoid absolute carnage.’
Evangeline Downs officials are thought to have launched an investigation to understand how the ambulance ended up heading towards the horses.
