Kangaroo bounds onto track during Benchmark 58 race at Warren in New South Wales

It was a sedate start to the day at Warren on Monday in a Benchmark 58 for the country stayers … until a rogue kangaroo entered the fray.

A rogue kangaroo narrowly avoids horses and riders in the first race of the day at Warren.

A rogue kangaroo very nearly caused havoc in the first race at Warren in NSW today as it made a frenzied dash in front of the field shortly after the horses turned for home.

What should have been a sedate start to the day in a 2400m Benchmark 58 almost ended in disaster when the mad marsupial bounded in front of the 11-horse field in the straight.

Under jockey Shannen Llewellyn, the Connie Greig-trained Joshua railed strongly along the inside to hit the front in the straight before the race suffered a “roo-d” interruption.

Eagle-eyed observers first observed the kangaroo in the middle of the track as the horses approached the 1400m mark … and it wasn’t long before Skippy joined the fray.

As horses raced past the 1400m mark, the kangaroo could be seen hopping along in time in the middle of the track at Warren.

With seemingly no thoughts of self-preservation, the kangaroo dashed in front of the field to safety as horses and jockeys somehow kept their cool.

With crisis averted, the runners settled down to fight out the race, with the James Ponsonby-trained $30 roughie Will To Excel (Jake Pracey-Holmes) getting the better of Joshua to take the cash.

WATCH: Kangaroo bounds onto track at Warren 👇

It was a sedate start to the day at Warren on Monday in a Benchmark 58 for the country stayers … until a rogue kangaroo entered the fray. 👇https://t.co/uVpTpZK84qpic.twitter.com/wpt0UmC2LZ

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The David Smith-trained Instead (Zoe Hunt) was third from Mack Griffith’s Wolf Club (Mikayla Weir).

Watch the vision in the video above.

Originally published as Kangaroo bounds onto track during Benchmark 58 race at Warren in New South Wales