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Now this is how it's done. The Bollywood horse slide.

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Why am I not convinced? I'm seeing pretty tricky camera work, plus a horse trained to (carefully) lie down and let a flatbed be dragged over him. Or else just drugged. Dramatic results! I hope they didn't bang up the horse.