This racehorse has certainly beaten the odds - surviving after performing a dramatic somersault on a track in Germany.
Jockey Anna-Katharina Bromann and her mount Schattenlady were racing in an event in Hanover when the horse’s saddle began slipping down its flank.Clearly agitated, the horse crashed into the race course’s safety rails, throwing Bromann from the saddle in the process.
But to the amazement of race-goers, Schattenlady ran back onto the track and threw herself head over heels. Photographers captured the horse's mid-air acrotbatics, before she came crashing down on her back.
Despite the dramatic tumble, both horse and rider were uninjured.
By Megan Levy
Last Updated: 6:14PM BST 14/05/2008