Jockey jumps off horse at 40mph!

[lulabellegnostic]

I remember this incident very well. The mare is Daddys Lil Darling, the race was The Oaks. There was a sudden squall and lightening as she was cantering up the course to the start. Never having raced in the UK before, she wasn’t used to the open Downs course and not having a pony escort, so she panicked and bolted. Olivier ( Peslier) did well to bale out. Interestingly, she is the dam of current Ballydoyle star Savethelastdance.

[DanCarey]

Any good rider knows when to bail and when not to...this is top horsemanship.

[gautamsinha]

Plz don't CUT OFF the video when the going gets Interesting!!

[judyhano]

It is extremely hard to dismount a fast moving horse, especially safely. Well done.

[carolinepoole]

I've worked with horses for years: field hunters, steeplechasers, dressage, 3 say without batting an eye, there's nothing more dangerous than being on a panicked runaway horse. Scary as %$$%^ even for seasoned riders. Excellent decision and stellar dismount.

[frantex]

That was an amazing controlled dismount. Well done!

[lulabellegnostic]

So many comments on here of people who have never sat on a bolting horse. They are in panic flight mode and the more you try and pull them up, the more trapped and panicked they become. They will try to jump or run in to any obstacle in their path.

[kezhawks]

This horse has gone into flight mode that jockey did the right thing, there was zero he could do... hope the rider and equine were both OK 👍

[lspthrattan]

Sometimes you just have to know when it's time to BAIL! Well done ✅

[calilovebug]

He tried to break her forward momentum by pulling her head to either side. She wasn't having it. She could have tried jumping the rails. He's a pro.

[jesi]

This jockey not only recognized the danger and dismounted to save injury to himself...but more than likely helped avoid serious injury to the horse... TRUE.

[elainepeterson]

It takes incredible skill to jump safely from a horse out of control. ❤

[kristenkylemack]

I had to bail off a horse in training, spooked by a motorcycle of all things. Head straight for a big thorn tree. I have to say before choosing too bail the speed & the flight of the horse was amazing. I had no control stopping or turning. I was able too free my sturrip & get off. Sprained one ankle pretty bad. The horse ran right under the tree & kept going. When I finally caught up with him he was munching grass with three other horses. What surprised me is as soon as he saw me he came walking up to me really fast. Like he was so sorry. I was hurting but I was alive. He was sorry & had thorn branches sticking out of the saddle in place I did think a stick could fit. So I know I made the right decision. I think about what it would have been like going into that tree with him & I am pretty sure traveling 40 mph into that tree would have ended my life. I tried so hard to steer him over to miss that tree but he was in a total panic, he was running like a blind fool. I respect bikers on Harley's but once in awhile, there is that one A hole, that I wished bad Karma Revenge on. Revenge is mine saidth the Lord! So, I ask God nicely as I was cussing in pain, too please get that guy! I was 26 years old when that happened & I'm 66 now & that wasn't my last get off the pony quick moment. Horses are wonderful but you always have to keep in your mind, you are dealing with a 1200 pound powerful animal, that has the mind of a toddler. It's in their DNA make up if they, Get Scared, Get Upset, Get Confused RUN!!! If they're already running Go Faster!!!

[Brembelia]

It almost looks like the horse is heading for the railing and has plans to try and jump it and go crashing into the stands or any bystanders on the ground. Jockeys know how to ride, and sometimes that means a reasoned dismount.

[Billyboz]

Honestly. See some of the comments on here from people who obviously do not have a fuckin CLUE!! If half a ton racehorse 😮wants to run away with someone 9 stone wet through then it will. If a horse decides to bolt and you have no more to give, believe me this lad did this perfectly. He gets his toe out the iron, the he has both legs over at the near side and safely lands on the turf. Iv saw the best jockeys in the world being run away with and bailing off. He’s not the first and certainly won’t be the LAST to do that.

[laurencechanez]

Un cheval de 600 kg qui panique et prend la fuite par instinct, devient incontrôlable même pour un excellent cavalier. Ce jockey a subtilement réagit. Il a évité un accident pour lui-même et également sa monture. Bravo

[edemontfort]

Such a pleasure reading these comments. I bailed off of a retired racer with a stiff leg that wouldn't slow going through the woods. Some jumps were ahead in a field and I didn't fancy being pasted onto an oxer. I went off in a tumble but nothing damaged. You can't stop them once they get the devil in them.

[mrscpc]

I did this on the Lambourn downs more than 50 years ago. Not quite as gracefully ! It was that or get taken straight down the main road to town. My shoulder has never fully recovered 😮

[accelerator]

I was working for Joseph O'Brien a while back and a horse bolted on the concrete with me coming back from the gallops, after trying everything in my power to pull him up he kept quickening up so I'd no choice to abort ship, luckily hit the ground running and held onto the reins, think he only won recently in the uk since leaving Joseph's under Benoit de la sayette round a month or so ago, horse was Max Mayham absolute nut ball😂

[vb]

Was a bolt of lightening that spooked her.if I remember rightly he was heading towards the stalls with only a small gap at the side