Hope that fellas ok.

looked bad, what was he and the starter doing.

No idea, he was right in front of all the horses.

He had no chance of getting out of the way, not sure what his job was as didn't appear to have a flag.

It was obviously near the start why walk across horses...??

Thought they may have stopped the race or possibly void it, just hope he's alright, got really clattered.

His job was to pull the elastic across. He'd done that, and was going back across to his position (where the elastic is based). The starter didn't give him time to get back, or, should have told him to stay where he was.

Pretty standard protocols should be in place, so that sort of incident never happens - not tricky is it...?

Normally the horses mill around behind the start line, but in that race they couldn't, becuase of the number of runners and them being in a 'dead-end'.

clerk of the course Harry Phipps reports, a member of the groundstaff is fit and stable after the incident.

whatever that means.

Stable - stuck in the ground

An enquiry was held to consider the circumstances as to why a member Ground Staff had crossed the track at the start as the race was started resulting in him being knocked over by EUCHAN FALLS (IRE). The Clerk of the Course, the member of Ground Staff, the Starters and Gavin Sheehan, the rider of EUCHAN FALLS (IRE), unplaced, were interviewed. Having heard their evidence and having reviewed video recording of the incident, the matter was forwarded to the Head Office of the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration.

https://twitter.com/T_J_Carroll/status/1717578722457358780

f*cking hell, words fail me.

Carry On British Racing starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, the funniest film never to be made.

Big time gambler Barney Butler (played  by Bernard Bresslaw), who's quite friendly with one of the BHA's handicappers (Sid James), lines one up for a punt after his horse is dropped 50lb in the ratings after just three down-the-field runs.

The big day at Carlisle arrives and the money is down, but there's a slight hold-up as the starting tape snaps, and the starter, played by Kenneth Williams, has to borrow Hattie Jacques' knicker elastic as a replacement.

Once the knicker elastic is put in place by the starter's assistant, played by Benny Hill, the assistant then starts to walk back alongside the knicker elastic, just as the starter sets the horses on their way. The jockey on Barney Butler's horse (played by Charles Hawtrey, who'd drunk a bottle of whisky before weighing out), tries to take evasive action to avoid the hapless Hill, but all three end up on the deck.

Barney Butler, incandescent with rage, vows to "deal" with those "idiots" involved in the incident.

Once the whole script is finished, I might send it to the BBC, see what they think.

he was pretty lucky only about one horse trampled him.

I suppose the starter might say that he was focusing on the horses lining up correctly and hadn't noticed the fella walking back in front of the horses, but not sure what the jockeys' excuse is, as the fella is quite clearly walking across in front of them before the starter let's them go.

Maybe:

'Our loyalties lie with the owners, not some geezer getting in the way of us'?

he didn't look like a spring chicken, I hope he went to hospital for a proper check-up

Definitely a British farce that Brian Rix would have been proud of. If the guy has got away with minor injuries, as they seem to be implying, he is extremely lucky.

No one to blame apart from himself…..did he think they were out for a stroll and lined up for a photo shoot ffs…

Can't understand why he didn't look to his left before setting off and why he wanted to cross over .

Green cross code….race about to start let’s go! Ffs

If i had been the advance flagman i would of stood my ground a got them to pull up.........Starter completely negligence in not calling false start............and as for the jockeys words fail me......

Brings a new meaning to 'planted at the start'.

Can't blame the others involved too much I don't think - how often does someone jog in front of a starting line up with the flag falling...?

Stupid thing is he could have just ducked under the rail, obviously instead of running across them for no reason.

You Wouldn't want him being the school lollipop man

GEORGE.B

Your Scriptwriting skills, and creativity, have been shown to be without doubt.

I, for one, was most amused by your theme of events - and impressed by the placing of the relevant characters to their prospective parts.

Well done. 

Thank you, onlooker.

You could just base it on actual events / calamities that have happened in horse racing.

For example, at the start of the National that never was, when the tape got caught around Richard Dunwoody's neck. You could just imagine Charles Hawtrey in that sort of scenario, with Kenneth Williams as a sort of Captain Brown character, running down the track after the runners, waving his flag and shouting "COME BACK, COME BACK YOU FOOLS".

Or the time when Carl Llewellyn came off Beau, and he was running down the after the track him, hoping to remount and carry on.

Lol I remember that