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# Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Charges Into Bar and the Video Captures It All

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## Melissa Locker


Oct 2, 2018 5:47 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Oct 2, 2018 5:47 PM UTC

So a [horse](http://time.com/4729708/horse-selfie-viral/) walked into a bar, but before the bartender could ask, “Why the long face?” the [horse](http://time.com/4305256/kentucky-derby-hats-1945/) charged through the space, bucking her legs, and knocking around tables. It sounds like a joke, but the entire event was caught on the bar’s surveillance camera, so the world could witness the lengths a horse would go just to get a drink.

The young horse had apparently made a bid for freedom from a life at a race track and stable in Chantilly, France, just north of Paris, [_Ouest France_](https://www.ouest-france.fr/insolite/video-un-cheval-debarque-au-grand-galop-dans-un-bar-pmu-5994317) reports. The filly’s trainer Jean-Marie Beguigne told the newspaper that the horse broke free while being led from her stable to the racecourse and has a fondness for running off. After breaking out, the horse headed full steam ahead into a local bar.

Cue up the _Cheers_ theme song: Guess the [little horse](http://time.com/5004313/horse-photographs/) just wanted to take a break from all her worries.

The horse ran into the bar at what looks like a full gallop, startling the customers and the bartender, sending chairs scattering, bumping into tables, and sending thirsty patrons running for the exits. “There was quite a panic. I still can’t quite believe it happened,” bar owner Stephane Jasmin told [Reuters.](https://www.reuters.com/article/france-horse-bar/a-horse-runs-into-a-betting-bar-in-france-idUSL8N1WH3HL)

Despite the chaos, no one was hurt, not even the horse. The runaway filly ran outside where she was reportedly recovered in a nearby parking lot and hopefully [offered a drink](http://time.com/5190325/horse-starbucks-drive-thru-do-over/).

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