VIDEO: Watch a jockey fall from a horse and somersault over the final fence

This looks like it’ll hurt in the morning.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

Denise O’Donoghue

Lewis Ferguson was approaching the final fence of the John Dufosee Memorial Open Hunters’ Chase at Wincanton when he became unseated from Merrion Square.

The 18-year-old amateur jockey shot straight into the fence, and the momentum caused him to somersault over the fence before crashing to the ground.

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