Substitute Alan Gow's injury-time thunderbolt was enough to salvage an unlikely point for Blackpool in their Coca-Cola Championship clash with Cardiff.
Cardiff looked to be heading for a deserved win when substitute Paul Parry curled a fine effort past Blackpool keeper Paul Rachubka seven minutes from time.
However, Blackpool threw everything at Cardiff and in the fourth minute of stoppage time, the ball fell to on-loan Rangers midfielder Gow, who drilled in a superb left-footed strike from 20 yards that gave Tom Heaton no chance.
The result maintained Cardiff's unbeaten start away from home in the league, while Blackpool extended their unbeaten run to four games.
Cardiff boss Dave Jones kept faith with the side that beat Coventry on Tuesday, while Simon Grayson made one change to the Blackpool side as Adam Hammill came in for the injured Claus Jorgensen.
The visitors began positively but the first meaningful chance of the match fell to Blackpool's Gary Taylor-Fletcher, who could only direct his shot straight at Heaton.
Minutes later, Heaton had to be alert once again when he pushed away Hammill's long-range effort.
Cardiff responded and almost went in front when Ledley's 20-yard shot looked to be heading for the bottom left-hand corner, but Rachubka got down well to parry the ball away.
Blackpool thought they had gone in front on the half-hour mark when Ben Burgess put the ball in after Steve Kabba's shot had been blocked but the assistant referee rightly ruled the goal out for offside.
Cardiff continued to press and seven minutes later a good move saw the ball break to Ledley in the area but he lacked composure and blasted over before sending another wayward shot over from Peter Whittingham's pinpoint cross.
Blackpool almost made Cardiff pay for their profligacy but David Vaughan fired wide and Shaun Barker headed straight at Heaton.
The home side started the second half well and Ian Evatt crossed for Vaughan, whose shot was blocked by Mark Kennedy on its way through to Heaton.
However, Cardiff quickly found their rhythm once again and Jay Bothroyd headed into the path of Ross McCormack, who shot straight at Rachubka.
Just after the hour mark, Blackpool failed to deal with a corner from Whittingham and the ball fell to Darren Purse, who fired just wide.
Cardiff suffered a blow when Ledley was forced off injured and replaced by Parry but they continued to look the stronger side with McCormack scooping the ball over from the edge of the area.
The visitors deserved to make a breakthrough and they did with only seven minutes remaining when Bothroyd broke and laid the ball off to Parry on the left, who cut inside on his right foot before firing past Rachubka.
Blackpool immediately pushed for an equaliser and laid siege to the Cardiff goal before eventually earning a share of the spoils through Gow's stunning first goal for the club deep into injury time.
Teams
Blackpool Rachubka, Barker, Edwards, Evatt, Camara,Taylor-Fletcher, Southern, Hammill, Vaughan, Kabba (Gow 77),Burgess (McPhee 69).
Subs Not Used: Coid, Broomes, Fox.
Booked: Vaughan.
Goals: Gow 90.
Cardiff Heaton, McNaughton (Comminges 46), Roger Johnson,Purse, Kennedy, Whittingham, McPhail (Eddie Johnson 85), Rae,Ledley (Parry 64), Bothroyd, McCormack.
Subs Not Used: Enckelman, Gyepes.
Booked: Comminges.
Goals: Parry 83.
Att: 7,328
Ref: Nigel Miller (Durham).