Race Horses at Oi Racecourse Escape Canal Tokyo June 20 19:05
On the morning of the 20th, a racehorse at the Oi Racecourse in Tokyo ran away during training and fell to a nearby canal. When the horse swam to the opposite bank, it was secured by a person in the barn and no one was injured.
According to the Oi Racecourse website, at 8:00 am on the 20th, at Oi Racecourse in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, a trained horse called Saldana escaped and jumped over the seawall adjacent to the Kyuya. I fell to the Keihin Canal.
It is said that the horse was secured by the personnel at the barn and no one was injured when he swam to the opposite bank of the canal.
A man in his 30s who witnessed a horse during a walk said, "I was surprised because there were a lot of people, and when I looked at it, the horse was taken to the shore by an officer in charge of the horse."
At the Oi Racecourse, a horse ran away in the end of last month and there was an accident with a car, and we commented on the website that we will make an effort to investigate the cause and prevent recurrence.