Racehorse Escapes From Laurel Park, Heads Down U.S. Route 1

Bullet Catcher, a 4-year-old gelding, was eventually captured after wandering more than a mile.

Drivers along U.S. Route 1 in North Laurel were given quite a start Friday morning when they encountered a riderless racehorse heading south along the highway. According to Laurel Park officials, Bullet Catcher—a 4-year-old gelding—escaped from the thoroughbred racing facility around 9 a.m. Moments earlier, the horse had tossed jockey Jeremy Rose as the pair was heading back to the stables at the end of a morning workout, track authorities said. Bullet Catcher then exited through a gate, wandered down Whiskey Bottom Road, and headed south down Route 1. Jockey Abel Castellano, who trailed the horse in a truck, captured part of his journey in a cell phone video. "I had finished working a horse and was coming to the jocks room when I saw a …

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