A Karnup kangaroo has captured viral attention after challenging two racehorses to a daring dash on Tuesday.

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At Dan and Ben Pearce’s WA property 60km south of Perth, trackwork was being conducted as normal by former jockey Chloe Pearce, Ben’s wife, and track rider Zoe Nicholas aboard two of the horse-training Pearce brothers’ steeds.

But like a thief in the night, the brave marsupial appeared out of the leafy shadows and zipped across the dirt training track, startling the two horses and getting tangled between their legs at 60km an hour.

Pearce in particular had to sit very tight as she was almost unshipped by the jinking horse.

“Just another day at morning work,” Chloe Pearce joked.

“We’ve had a fair few encounters with kangaroos before and I act

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