Car pulling mobile barrier slides into path of racing horses
Five harness racing drivers were taken to infirmary inward New Bailiwick of Jersey subsequently a bizarre rail accident inward which the starting machine lost command in addition to slid into the path of the horses.
The horses involved inward Friday’s accident were reported yesteryear Freehold Raceway to hold out OK.
The accident happened seconds subsequently the begin of race v at the Freehold Borough track, the oldest raceway inward the United States.
The seven-horse champaign got nether trend inward the race on the moisture surface.
However, equally the machine pulling the mobile barrier pulled to the exterior of the rail on the kickoff bend, its raise wheels slid outwards in addition to the machine drifted sideways into the path of the oncoming horses. Several of the horses tangled amongst the folded barrier arms on the car.
“We induce got an accident on the track, nosotros induce got an accident on the track,” the race caller declared equally the carnage unfolded. “Hold all tickets. We induce got loose horses on the track.”
Freehold’s full general manager, Howard Bruno, said: “The kickoff 4 races were completed without incident.
“We hadn’t seen anything inward the prior races that gave us displace for work concern leading upwards to the 5th race,” he added.
The drivers taken to infirmary were Cat Manzi, Debra Rucker, Vincent Ginsburg, Chris Scicluna in addition to Jim Pantaleano.
The race carte was declared a “no contest” in addition to the remainder of the eleven-race carte was cancelled.
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