The organizers of the Preakness Stakes have come up with a new mascot to promote the Baltimore horse race’s reputation as one big party — Kegasus.

The half-man, half-horse Kegasus has the torso of a mullet-wearing dude with a beer gut and a nipple ring, and a steed’s rear end.

More than a few critics wonder if that’s the image the second jewel of racing’s Triple Crown really wants to project.

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Haven’t these guys ever heard of just slipping the teller a note?

Two men used a hand grenade to rob a bank in Brooksville, Fla., making off with a small amount of cash.

But cops have some explosive evidence — the robbers didn’t wear masks, and their faces are posted everywhere.

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A crash actually saved this trucker’s life.

Richard Paylor started gagging on an apple while driving along a highway near Reading, Pa. He fell unconscious and lost control of his rig.

When the truck hit a concrete barrier, Paylor slammed into the steering wheel — dislodging the apple from his throat and saving him from choking. He was otherwise fine.

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Police in Lincolnshire, England, were shocked when they got a report that a severed human head had been found in a river.

They sealed off the area, and sent in an investigation team. They were even more shocked when they found only a rock that looked a lot like a face.

“The witness reported seeing curly hair and eyebrows,” one officer said. “It was a rock.”

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This pussycat is more like a lion.

The British tabby is probably the loudest house cat in the world, with a purr that can hit 73 decibels.

His owners have submitted the purr — which is as loud as a Boeing 747 from a mile away — to the Guinness Book of World Records.