A West Virginia horse leading a race decides to bolt off the track to go home before the finish: 'Best guess is that the horse just thought he was going back to his barn.'
The colt, in only his second career race, exited through a cutout where horses typically leave the track after morning workouts.
"So best guess is that the horse just thought he was going back to his barn," track Vice President Erich Zimny said Friday."They certainly can be creatures of habit." The colt has had a history of struggling to maintain focus, and was wearing blinkers on Thursday night to block out distractions, trainer Jeff Runco said.- who at 9-to-5 odds was the maiden race's second favorite - was examined and given a clean bill of health, according to Runco. By Friday morning, the colt was in good spirits and didn't seem to recall how he so spectacularly lost hours earlier.
"He's a great little horse with all kinds of energy," Runco told NBC News."He was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning like, 'So what happened last night?'"
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