A handicap race at Craon in France on Monday briefly descended into chaos after a parked car was left in the middle of the track approaching a fence.<br /><br />Luckily, all seven horses avoided the vehicle and cleared the fence - No. 14 of 16 - cleanly but only after multiple jockeys were forced to take evasive action.<br /><br />Aboard the clear leader J'Irai Loin, Axel Lepage stayed well away from the car, passing to its left side.<br /><br /><br />But three horses - including eventual winner Bojack Horseman, ridden by Valentin Morin - had to swerve to the right to avoid the obstacle.<br /><br />Footage of the incident was posted to X by At The Races, alongside the caption: 'Parking ticket, surely!'<br /><br />This was not the first instance of a four-wheeled vehicle interfering with a race in France. <br /><br />Back in 2022, two horses were struck by a moving van at Compiegne while cantering to the start of a race.<br /><br />One of the horses required assistance from a vet but was later able to successfully resume its racing career.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the other went on to finish in first place.
