Mascot racing at Ascot

The bizarre and colourful annual 'Grand National' race for football club mascots at Huntingdon racecourse saw runners in furry costumes sprint a 200 metre course while leaping over fences. A total of 63 mascots lined up for the event. The seventh running of the race was also open to charity mascots and it was a red squirrel named Scoop6, after a national tabloid newspaper racing tipster's column, who won easily. Betting was brisk, although it should have been obvious that a betting coup was in progress when the price for Scoop6 dropped sharply from 100-1 to evens just before the start.Hot Under the Collar 12908/05Keywords: funny, cute, quirky, racing, sports, action, charity, mascots, costumes, fancy...

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[BeaneyGnome]

Yes Captain Blade!!!

Completely missed the jump for the squirrel at the end!

Ahahaha!

Well, at least he showed up :)

[FilboFox]

Where was Filbert the Fox from Leicester City... he would have won by miles!

[comeonshaymen]

does Marvin The Moose from Cambridge have boobs???

[Epsilon85]

look at those dead animals. at the end

[Adrian62]

This takes place every year at Huntingdon racecourse - not Ascot.

[ChesterBitch2010]

seen it yesterday!  lets chat

hi anyone want to chat LI

[w0ma]

cool vid! :D

[kajumabir]

that horse mascot was priceless. LMAO! thanks for the vid, that was great!:)