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A horse walked into a bar, and everyone started screaming

Why the long face?

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It was a quiet Wednesday morning in a bar in Chantilly, France. Bartenders prepared for the day, early a.m. customers sipped their coffee — and a horse came to visit.

Nobody was injured when the racehorse escaped from a nearby stable and galloped through the front door, breaking a table and chair in the process before running over to the PMU in the bar, which is a machine that dispenses horse racing tickets.

A horse, in a bar first thing in the morning, looking to gamble? This is a real life Bojack Horseman.

Luckily the horse arrived at the best possible time. Just five minutes early the owner said the bar was packed with commuters drinking the coffee before getting on the train at Chantilly station, which is opposite the brasserie.

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