CHAOS hit Royal Ascot when winning horse Lazzat almost drop-kicked a groundsworker in the head after getting loose and going mad.
The Wathnan-owned sprinter just bagged more than half a million quid for winning the Platinum Jubilee Stakes.
“It’s not a matador”
Lazzat wants to continue the #RoyalAscot celebrations without James Doyle
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But when jockey James Doyle was about to be interviewed by ITV, the horse appeared to get spooked by a cloth being raised in front of him.
He dumped Doyle to the turf, turned round then galloped off down the track.
Groundsworkers tried their best to calm the horse as he hit top stride.
But it came inches from turning incredibly nasty indeed when Lazzat lashed out with his hind legs at one of the men.
He just missed his head but the man fell through the running rail like a drunk boxer.
More to follow.
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