JOCKEY Ben Curtis astonished race fans as he was flung around the track like a rag doll in a sickening fall but eventually managed to walk away.
The flat-rider was sent spinning along the Wolverhampton course for several metres, before amazingly getting up after treatment and helping himself into an ambulance.
Curtis was caught in a pack in the last race of the day, the 5.30 Betway Casino Handicap, when he careered off the outside of his horse Fortuitous.
And after medics rushed in, TV viewers could not believe it when he stood up and stepped gingerly away.
One fan tweeted: “Honestly feeling sick after the last of the day at Wolverhampton.
“Praying Ben Curtis is OK. One of the worst falls I’ve seen.”
Another said: “Tough as nails these guys. Terrible stuff.”
And one social media message summed up the mix of shock at the fall and relief at Curtis’s apparent good health soon afterwards.
It read: “How the hell did he just walk off like that… different species… footballers should be shown this video.”
A similar response was: “Ben Curtis is up on his feet now and walking away to the ambulance. What a warrior he and other jockeys are.
“The toughest sportsmen out there. What a sickening fall.”
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