THIS is the 'crazy dangerous' infinitesimal a jockey threw his ain information speech to comfortableness a superstar equine aft it collapsed mid-race.
Rider Jason Collett has earned worldwide praise for his speedy reasoning aft Think About It fell to the crushed with a 'bleeding attack' past weekend.
Connections feared the worst for the six-year-old gelding - who has won astir £6.5million successful prize wealth - aft helium flipped spectacularly during the moving of the Group 3 Sydney Stakes astatine Randwick.
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But aft being unseated Collett rushed implicit to the horse's broadside and appeared to mildly soothe his caput earlier the on-course vets could arrive.
Incredibly his interaction indispensable person worked arsenic Think About It made a miraculous betterment determination and then.
He was was capable to get to his feet and locomotion backmost to the stables amid cheers from the assemblage - who initially feared the worst aft helium collapsed successful a heap.
The horse's trainer Joseph Pride said: "I person seen horses travel down similar that before, and they don't get backmost up, unfortunately.
"Once they enactment that surface up, they're not coming out.
"I saw his caput popular up supra the screen. It was amazing. I conscionable thought, 'Ah, what a relief'.
"I don't judge successful immoderate higher powers but honestly, thing happened there.
"I don't cognize what happened. There is simply a technological mentation determination but it is beyond me. He shouldn't person got up."
Once examined by vets the determination was made to discontinue Think About It immediately.
A Racing New South Wales station confirmed what had gone wrong. It read: "Think About It, which collapsed successful Race 6 owed to a bleeding attack, has recovered and is nether veterinary care.
"Jason Collett was uninjured successful the incident."
Collett was labelled 'amazing' for his heroic act.
One punter who posted the clip wrote: "Graphic footage and emotion to perceive Think About It volition beryllium surviving beingness similar a king from present connected retired successful retirement.
"But immense respect for Jason Collett successful a brainsick unsafe situation, trying to comfortableness the equine without immoderate hesitation #Amazing."
The jockey himself said: "I’m OK and amazingly the equine has walked backmost to the stalls.
"They don’t bash that. I thought he’d breached down but he’s bled out."
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