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Kentucky Man Arrested For Drunken Horseback Escapade In The Middle Of Breeder’s Cup

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A Kentucky man was arrested this weekend after he allegedly took a joy ride on a racehorse at Churchill Downs.

The incident took place at the Kentucky racing hub on Saturday, in the middle of the Breeder’s Cup.

ARCADIA, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Jockey Martin Garcia leaves the gates to start the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on November 1, 2014 in Arcadia, California. Martin Garcia and Bayern won the Breeders' Cup Classic. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

ARCADIA, CA – NOVEMBER 01: Jockey Martin Garcia leaves the gates to start the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on November 1, 2014 in Arcadia, California. Martin Garcia and Bayern won the Breeders’ Cup Classic. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Michael Wells-Rody, 24, of Georgetown, Kentucky, reportedly accessed the track by sneaking “into a restricted area he was not authorized to be in,” and attempted to ride the horse onto the Breeders Cup track.

Wells-Rody was “was manifestly under the influence of alcoholic beverages,” according to Kentucky State Police arrest documentation. (RELATED: Man Who Carried An Alligator Into A Liquor Store While Blackout Drunk Speaks Out [WATCH])

“I was still fully functional, thinking and talking straight, walking straight. I was 100-percent. I could think clearly. I did have something to drink, but I could mount a horse and dismount a horse. You’d think a drunk guy couldn’t get on a horse,” Wells-Rody told WHAS11.

LEXINGTON, KY – OCTOBER 31: American Pharoah #4, ridden by Victor Espinoza wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic during day two of the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Racecourse on October 31, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

He continued, “There were no intentions of hurting anybody or causing a big scene. I’d just seen the horse and thought: well, shoot, it’d be cool to ride him at the Breeder’s Cup, but evidently, that was a very bad idea.”

He was later charged with charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Wells-Rody is expected to appear in court on Monday.

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