Horse in France takes bite out of rival jockey during stakes race
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A horse was driving to the finish line in a race in France this week when she tried to take a chunk out of a rival jockey.
Video showed Palomba turning her head and biting jockey Francois-Xavier Bertras's arm during the stretch run of a thoroughbred stakes race at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, near Paris.
Bertras, who was aboard Lucky Lycra, wasn’t hurt and withstood Palomba’s late challenge to win the race.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Palomba, ridden by Maxime Guyon, was the odds-on favorite.
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"It was a pretty strange sensation because the filly came alongside and then ducked her head at me while in full flight,” Bertras said, according to the Racing Post. “It was quite amazing.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He added: "We watched the race back with the stewards and you can see she has me by the arm three times – it was pretty funny to see.”
Ile-de-France: Yvelines, the racetrack at Maisons-Laffitte. The racetrack is the second largest one in France, after the one in Chantilly. (Photo by Catherine BIBOLLET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Bertras was quoted as saying that his filly didn't flinch or break stride but she was quite surprised and didn't understand exactly what had happened.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"You could say we were as shocked as each other," he said, according to the paper.