Kentucky Derby Horse ‘Midnight Bourbon’ Got Loose, Caused Major Havoc At Churchill Downs

A horse is a horse of course, of course. This year’s Kentucky Derby is May 1st, but it looks like Steve Asmussen’s Midnight Bourbon is ready to roll today. Yesterday, the horse caused some major chaos coming out for his bath. He got loose and chaos ensued.

Watch below:

Midnight Bourbon who's trained by Steve Asmussen gave everybody a tense moment on the backside as he gets ready for the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby. @WHAS11 pic.twitter.com/aSjxsSOr3G

— Kent Spencer (@WHAS11Kent) April 19, 2021

Following getting him wrangled, he went about his business as usual:

MIDNIGHT BOURBON was none too thoughtful coming out for his post-work bath at the Asmussen barn. The @KentuckyDerby contender caused a ruckus before being caught.

He was then very polite during his bath, possibly chuckling to himself about how many people it took to catch him. pic.twitter.com/ESYQQpW6hc

— Barbara Livingston (@DRFLivingston) April 19, 2021

The photog who was there caught some pretty great pics:

Derby contender Midnight Bourbon had a workout this morning and then got loose around the barn area for a little spell. Was a scary scene. The photos @DRFLivingston has are amazing. This was my view of Midnight Bourbon coming in hot! pic.twitter.com/alzhshzXMY

— Jody Demling (@jdemling) April 19, 2021

That woman deserves an award 😅🌟

…catching the high-tailed MIDNIGHT BOURBON while hanging onto Midnight Bourbon's understandably edgy workmate BAJAN RUM. At @ChurchillDowns this morning.#KentuckyDerby pic.twitter.com/PVLoxu8Fxy

— Barbara Livingston (@DRFLivingston) April 19, 2021

A loose horse is nothing to joke about, they can do some real damage.

Luckily no one was injured this time.

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