Aaron Kuru pulled off one of most stunning acts of horsemanship the sport has seen at Awapuni yesterday when he remounted a fallen horse and recovered to win the 3200m opening steeplechase event.
Karu crashed heavily at the first abroad the five-year-old and had to remount before continuing but managed to regain the lost ground and overtook big favourite Gagarin at the death to land an extraordinary victory.
Stop what you're doing, you need to see this...
After dismounting early on Des De Jeu, Aaron Kuru quickly gets back in the saddle and rides the race of his life. Unbelievable ??? pic.twitter.com/Ebs51y7i79— Sky Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 16, 2018
It was a performance that several legendary Irish jockeys in particular enjoyed.
Wow
— Davy Russell (@_Davy_Russel_) June 16, 2018
I’ve seen Rudy Walsh do some amazing things on horse back over jumps, but this is just great 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Pat Smullen (@patjsmullen) June 16, 2018
