If you haven't seen this - prepare to be STUNNED
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5v5-x3 ... 20umbrella' target='_blank'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5v5-x3 ... mbrella</a>
The Ellis Park Umbrella Race
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Laura Smith
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What a heart-stopper. The lead horse was ALREADY shying from the rail...that must have been a hell of a wind. Talk about narrowly averting disaster! :blink:
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Ali Weasley
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That umbrella went just where it needed to not to kill anyone. There were those three on the front and then a gap back to the rest of the field and it went right through there. Thank God, too. That thing could have speared someone!
There's some weird $h-- going on these days... One gate only opens have the stalls, another doesn't move out of the way, and now this. *, mates?
There's some weird $h-- going on these days... One gate only opens have the stalls, another doesn't move out of the way, and now this. *, mates?
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Dave Shields
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I can't imagine seeing that happen in person, those umbrella's are not light! That wind must have been something else for sure. I am actually surprised that the jockey's and horses were blown over! Just really glad no one got hurt, the potential for damage is unreal.
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I feel so much safer experiencing horse racing via the fake horses and SIMualed races. B)
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