A LOOSE horse has caused chaos after charging around a packed enclosure at Stratford Races.<br /><br />Punters were left running for cover during the bizarre incident on Saturday afternoon.<br /><br />Break Point, trained by Derek Shaw, was sent off at 100-1 odds in the day's opening race.<br /><br />But he unseated jockey Philip Armson at the first flight, before taking an unexpected detour into the packed stands.<br /><br />The escaped horse found a gap to squeeze through and entered the public enclosure beside the betting ring.<br /><br />Footage taken by racegoers showed Break Point trotting past stunned punters who dashed out of the way.<br /><br />A quick-thinking member of staff managed to usher the horse between the paddock and the pre-parade ring.<br /><br />No injuries to either racegoers or the five-year-old horse were reported, according to the Racing Post.<br /><br />The Stratford stewards' report read: "An enquiry was held to consider the circumstances surrounding a loose-running Break Point, trained by Derek Shaw, which had unseated Philip Armson, and had entered a public enclosure during the race.<br /><br />"The clerk of the course was interviewed and shown recordings of the incident.<br /><br />"After hearing the evidence, a report was forwarded to the Head Office of the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration."<br /><br />Footage of the incident quickly went viral on X, with racing fans praising the officials.<br /><br />One wrote: "Well done to that member of staff!"<br /><br />Another said: "I've never witnessed that in all the years I've been going!"<br /><br />While a third added: "Glad everyone appears to be ok."<br /><br />It's not the first time a loose horse has caused carnage in the last year.<br /><br />100-1 outsider Rufio escaped from Musselburgh Races in Scotland last December, charging down a main road after escaping the track.<br /><br />Clerk of the course Rory Innes said: "It was an unfortunate incident.<br /><br />"The jockey was unseated, and the horse did a full circuit and escaped through the exterior permanent railing.<br /><br />"The ground staff and everybody went off after the horse, and he was caught by a member of the public. He stopped at some traffic lights.<br /><br />"We sent the horse ambulance to bring him back, got him checked over, and he was fine, as was the jockey."<br /><br />While shocked travellers in Australia were stunned to see a 500kg thoroughbred making its way through a TRAIN STATION.<br /><br />The horse had run out from a nearby property, headed off down the road, and ended up on the nearby platform.
