Feisty young racehorse escapes stables, rampages through betting bar

After the week that was, there’s nothing more satisfying than watching a young racehorse rampaging through a French betting bar.

Customers merrily spending their morning at a local establishment in Chantilly, north of Paris, were rudely interrupted by a young bucking horse around 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24.

In CCTV footage taken from the PMU bar (that’s Pari Mutuel Urbain, France’s national betting system), the lively and seemingly panicked filly prances through the tables and chairs, while customers flee.

According to French newspaper Ouest France, the hoofed anarchist had fled approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) from its stable within a training facility near Chantilly’s racecourse. Read more…

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