Jockey, 62, falls head first over finish line in nasty end to horse race

This is the incredible moment a 62-year-old jockey literally flew over the finish line after losing control of his horse.

Shoichi Kawahara was aboard six-year-old mare Vintage Pearl when cameras captured the moment he went airborne and crashed to the ground at the end of a race in Japan.

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It is not clear how Kawahara came to be in such a position, but footage shows him flying over the top of the horse’s head.

With this right arm flailing in the air, he just about managed to keep hold of the rein with his left hand as he passed the post.

That meant he officially finished the race and was not deemed to have been unseated.

However, his heroic effort was in vain, as the horse finished 11th of 12 in the contest at Himeji, Japan, this week.

Fortunately, both the jockey and the horse were uninjured.

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Kawahara even went on to ride his remaining runners that day and, according to racing expert Graham Pavey, won a race the next day.

Kawahara’s scare is the latest in a dramatic series of events the racing world has seen lately.

James Bowen rode a miraculous winner on a horse that was going wild after a rein snapped just 40 seconds into a race, while last month Kevin Brouder pulled off an incredible recovery after going totally airborne on a horse before regaining control.

This article first appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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