Friday at Cheltenham: 'There’s a dog out on the course!'

Photo: Racing UK

As the field took on the second-to-last hurdle Friday afternoon at England's Cheltenham Racecourse, the race caller could be forgiven for stumbling over his words.

He’d just had to announce, “There’s a dog out on the course!”

The pup joined the herd and, much to short to take on the hurdle, lost the pack late. But he took a roundabout way to continue on in a moment quickly making its way around the Internet.

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