Punters look on astonished as the woman makes her way onto the race track and takes off towards the grandstand….

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Okay okay so it may just have been a publicity stunt, but hey it’s a good one!

It was done to promote a new TV series for TG4 called Jockey Eile, where amateur riders compete against each other to win a job as a jockey. The series starts on Sunday October 7th, 8.15pm on TG4 and runs for a number of weeks.