--- title: Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Went To a Bar description: A horse destined to be joked about walked into a bar in France and the video captures it all. canonical: https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-02T17:47:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:12.337Z og:title: Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Went to a Bar og:description: So a horse walks into a bar... og:url: https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Went to a Bar twitter:description: So a horse walks into a bar... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Charges Into Bar and the Video Captures It All by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## 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/). Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Went To a Bar ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/"},"headline":"Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Charges Into Bar and the Video Captures It All","datePublished":"2018-10-02T17:47:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:12.337Z","description":"So a horse walks into a bar...","url":"https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Viral News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5412457/horse-bar/","name":"Spirited Racing Horse Trying to Live a Little Charges Into Bar and the Video Captures It All"}}]}] ```