SENSATIONAL RACE.
WON BY A DEAD HORSE. UNCONSCIOUS JOCKEY WEIGHED IN (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received April 21, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 20. A horse, has often been accused of not winning a race because he was "dead," but a dead horse, named Ben, actually won the Ledbury Steeplechase. He won by a bead and instantly crashed into a fence and broke his neck.
The jockey, while still unconscious, was placed on the scales, declared the winner, and then taken to the hospital.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17384, 21 April 1928, Page 7
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