Our friends at Paulick Report tipped us off to this wild French steeplechase race this past Sunday at Castera-Verduzan. The race unraveled when jockey Maxime Le Galliard’s mount interfered with another horse, which caused the whole pack to veer off course and proceed to run around the track in a variety of creative ways.
The interference happens at about the 1:20 minute marker, and the announcer is speechless for a full 30 seconds as chaos ensues. Only two of the 11 jockeys stayed on the right path on the track, including Maxime. Unfortunately, he was disqualified due to causing the interference that started the mess in the first place.
Trainer Jacques Ortet told Equidia: “It’s not a particularly difficult chase track to follow and, while some of the horses were clearly unbalanced after the incident, what I really can’t understand is the jockeys who carried on racing on the wrong course.”
We don’t understand that either, Jaques. These jockeys give “insanity in the middle” a whole new meaning. Vive la France!
