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Guy Spanking Himself Watching Horse Racing refers to a viral video of a man miming the motions of a jockey while watching horse racing. Such motions are seen in the audiences of Kentucky Derby-style races where viewers and sports betters engrossed in the game start bending over and mimicking the movements of the horse rider. This particular video went viral due to the over-the-top and unsubtle motions of the man watching the horses race, with viewers drawing attention to him repeatedly spanking himself on the butt, at one point even switching hands to spank his left cheek. The video first went viral on Twitter / X and Reddit in 2019, before becoming the subject of memes in 2024.

Origin

The video of a man watching a horse race while mimicking the motions of a racing jockey and repeatedly spanking his own butt first made the rounds in late 2019.

On September 2nd, 2019, the Twitter^[1] account @barstoolbets posted the earliest-accessible version of the video alongside a caption that read, "This guy is smacking his own ass like he is the horse. Degenerate gambling is the best." The post gathered over 23,000 likes in six years.

This guy is smacking his own ass like he is the horse. Degenerate gambling is the best @barstoolbets (Via IG/bravedavey) pic.twitter.com/TGj1Lgj6C3

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 3, 2019

On September 3rd, 2019, Redditor^[2] /u/BigBigB0i reposted the image to the subreddit /r/PublicFreakout, gathering over 22,000 upvotes on a post captioned, "Immersion Level: 100."

Spread

On May 15th, 2022, the TikTok^[3] page @oddsbible reposted the video with the caption, "Me watching the Cheltenham festival," a reference to a horse racing meet in the U.K. The post gathered over 30,000 likes in three years.

On May 19th, X^[5] user @JefferyxBball posted the meme to joke about NBA player Nikola Jokić, who famously enjoyed horse racing in his home country Serbia. The post gathered over 120,000 likes in a year.

On December 6th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @expirednueces posted a video reenacting the original Guy Spanking Himself video, gathering over 5 million plays and 900,000 likes in two months.

On February 16th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @fox.ryoter posted an animated version of the video where the man turns into a galloping horse, gathering over 1.7 million plays and 400,000 likes in three days.

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