Filly, Bold and Bossy, escapes racetrack, runs onto Kentucky highway

[Bayard]

HENDERSON, Ky. --
A 2-year-old filly got loose before a race at a Kentucky track and ran onto a highway alongside cars before being apprehended Saturday.

The filly named Bold and Bossy got loose on her way to the starting gate at Ellis Park. Jockey Miguel Mena was thrown off.

She then ran off the track and over a levee heading to U.S. 41. Bold and Bossy ran briefly onto Interstate 69 and Veterans Memorial Parkway, with a posse of trainers chasing her in their vehicles. Police and the sheriff's department also showed up.

"Thank god for all the people who jumped in to go find her because she left town," her owner-trainer, Michael Ann Ewing, said from Lexington.

Ewing said Bold and Bossy lost two shoes, and a hind hoof knocked some flesh off the heel of a front foot during her escapade, but she wasn't seriously injured. The filly was cramping from dehydration when she was finally corralled by a man and his wife, Ewing added.

Bold and Bossy was wearing her saddle and blinkers to restrict her vision as she galloped down the highway close to vehicles in other lanes. The blinkers probably made it harder to stop her, said Jack Hancock, a trainer who gave chase.

"She couldn't see anything beside her, so that made it a little worse trying to catch her," he said. "I've been here all my life and I've never seen one to do a run like this, not that far and not that much highway."

Horses that get loose on a racetrack often run back to the familiar setting of their barn, but Bold and Bossy had shipped in from Lexington to run in a race for the first time.

"She didn't know where to go home," Hancock said.


Not trying to bait the racetrack haters. This can happen in any equine sport.

[leftieNanner]

1. A two year old horse

Is too young to be ridden!!

But those owners need to get their $$ out or if the horse isn't a "winner" they will throw it on a truck for cruel execution in Mexico for horsemeat.

Sorry. But it's true.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Her Name Is Very Appropriate nt

[Duppers]

3. 😂😂 Hilarious!

Sorry but it was funny, especially given her name. But poor B&B could have really been hurt but thankfully wasn't.

What do you do with a spirited horse like B&B? I'm sure she has potential only if her nervousness can be calmed.

[Green Line]

4. That's not all that happened on her awful day

She was in the receiving barn at Ellis Park, it’s a barn where horses ship in to race that day. The barn caught on fire at around 4:15 in the morning, she suffered some minor burns and was sent to Rood and Riddle vet hospital where she is recovering. Poor little girl had a traumatic day. The barn burned to the ground, the 7 horses who were stabled there were all rescued by track workers.