Last updated at 22:38 14 May 2008

If it had been an equestrian gymnastics event, she would have scored a perfect 10.

After all, it's not every day you see a horse perform a gravity-defying flip of such dizzying proportions.

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And she's up: Schattenlady is pictured is a seemingly graceful, vertical pose

Dazed: Despite her dramatic tumble Schattenlady looks sheepish but is unscathed

The four-year-old mare, called Schattenlady, who had lost her rider moments into a race, went into these spectacular acrobatics as she tried to dislodge her loosened saddle as well.

With crowds at the course in Hanover, Germany, watching in horror, she somersaulted right over before falling flat on her back.

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The slip that caused the drama: Schattenlady careers into the barrier by the side of the track

But the show was not quite over for Schattenlady, or Shadowlady, as she is known in English.

Happily was only shaken and bruised and walked away soon after.

And amazingly, both horse and jockey emerged from the acrobatics unscathed.