No matter how you look at it, sports are dangerous. But add the element of harnessing the power of a 1000-pound beast that can freak out at the drop of a hat, and you’ve opened up a can of hurt on your ass you can’t even imagine. So in honor of this year’s Kentucky Derby, which airs Saturday, May 1st at 5pm ET on NBC (post time – 6:15pm), we’ve put together the seven most horrific horse racing wrecks caught on tape.

No matter how you look at it, sports are dangerous. But add the element of harnessing the power of a 100-pound beast that can freak out at the drop of a hat, and you’ve opened up a can of hurt on your ass you can’t even imagine. So in honor of this year’s Kentucky Derby, which airs this Saturday at 5pm ET on NBC (post time – 6:04pm), we’ve put together the seven most horrific horse racing wrecks caught on tape.