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There were horses racing in Killarney today, but this soaring spectator outshone them all

Published 16:50 14 May 2017 BST

Updated 16:54 14 May 2017 BST

Niall McIntyre
There were horses racing in Killarney today, but this soaring spectator outshone them all

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The Killarney races took place today, but it wasn't the horses who took the spotlight.

The Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins partnership have cleaned up in Irish National Hunt racing for the last few years. One spectator at Killarney today has obviously had enough of the pair dominating the headlines. This incredibly agile suit-wearing gentleman took matters into his own hands, or should I say feet. With 'Asthuria', the Mullins/Walsh combination horse striding impressively towards the finishing posts in the 15:05 in Killarney today, an opportunistic spectator waited for his moment to produce a backflip in front of the finishing posts that an olympic gymnast would've been proud of. The timing was sublime, the delivery even better, the bottle was absolutely admirable. This man was born to be in front of the cameras. The fact that he's wearing a suit just tops it all off. Hats off to to him.

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