What Could Go Wrong with a Car in a Horse Race?

Everything, it turns out.

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You know those moments when something bad is clearly about to happen but, somehow, nobody says anything? This is one of them. Man, animal, and machine had a terrible clash when a Lincoln Town Car was used to set the pace for a horse race

Everything starts out fine as the car sets the pace and speeds off from the race. But then the car skids on the mud and the horses go barreling into the long poles used to hold back the horses. Animal lovers will be happy to know all the horses were fine. People lovers won't be as stoked, though. All four jockeys are in stable condition, with one suffering a punctured lung and cracked ribs. Maybe next time someone should speak up. 

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[via Jalopnik

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