French jockey Umberto Rispoli in a bizarre circumstance was bitten by horse during a race in Hong Kong overnight.

Rispoli who rode Patriot Hero in Race 7 of the Happy Valley card was bitten by Tommy Berry’s mount Mister Monte aka Shark Horse in the concluding stages of the race.

Rispoli took to twitter to in jest claiming he was attacked by “Shark Horse”, posting a close up video of the horse bitting him.

Watch the vision of the incident below.

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