Injured horses running through London

[Greshamst]

Anyone else see this? Was walking to work this morning by Canon Street and two horses with saddles but no riders came charging through traffic, being chased by an undercover police car with sirens on.

White horse had red all down them, thought it might be paint but videos on Twitter looks like blood

https://x.com/jhopwv/status/1783042426417848812?s=...

Looks like they came from near The strand and they’ve got as far as Limehouse tunnel so far.

Interesting start to the morning.

[Blib]

Greshamst said:

Anyone else see this? Was walking to work this morning by Canon Street and two horses with saddles but no riders came charging through traffic, being chased by an undercover police car with sirens on.

White horse had red all down them, thought it might be paint but videos on Twitter looks like blood

https://x.com/jhopwv/status/1783042426417848812?s=...

Looks like they came from near The strand and they’ve got as far as Limehouse tunnel so far.

Interesting start to the morning.

That's a very long way!

[Earthdweller]

There are reports that the horses are from the household cavalry and that five horses threw their riders

At least one soldier injured

Cause unknown why

[S600BSB]

Was it the St George’s Day patriots?

[Hugo Stiglitz]

fking upsetting this. Hope the rider is OK

My brother is ex household cav as is my bosses son

[don'tbesilly]

S600BSB said:

Was it the St George’s Day patriots?

No it was 5 horses who were spooked apparently & threw their riders, no one seems to know exactly what happened as yet.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/24/london...

[Earthdweller]

Incident occurred in buck palace road, two horses captured by the Met in the Highway, E1 and awaiting Army vets to arrive

BPR is closed

More concerning is the erection of blue tents around where a soldier fell

Hopefully all will be well

[W12GT]

Knowing how well these horses are schooled and exposed to a wide variety of environments to ensure they are able to deal with stressful situations, the fact there are at least 5 horses who have run off would suggest 3rd party involvement- possibly a deliberate act? Maybe some kind of ultrasonic device used to trigger them?

Hopefully no one seriously injured.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

W12GT said:

Knowing how well these horses are schooled and exposed to a wide variety of environments to ensure they are able to deal with stressful situations, the fact there are at least 5 horses who have run off would suggest 3rd party involvement- possibly a deliberate act? Maybe some kind of ultrasonic device used to trigger them?

Hopefully no one seriously injured.

Can be anything, car door, anything.

[S100HP]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

[Four Litre]

S100HP said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

Does sound very strange. Appreciate horses are pack animals and are batst crazy at the best of times. However at this level, very very unusual for 5 to be throw riders at once.

Hope its not the result of some idiot.

[Trevatanus]

S100HP said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

Not sure that calling them "bomb proof is appropriate"

[CraigyMc]

Trevatanus said:

S100HP said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

Not sure that calling them "bomb proof is appropriate"

It's normal horsey-person lingo though, not a random phrase.

[Mojooo]

The red stuff doesn't look like blood to me - its too bright red. It does look like the paint the protestors use.

[Gary C]

S100HP said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

Yes, when that nutter used a starting pistol near the queens horse, it just shied away a bit.

[pocketspring]

CraigyMc said:

Trevatanus said:

S100HP said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Can be anything, car door, anything.

I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.

Not sure that calling them "bomb proof is appropriate"

It's normal horsey-person lingo though, not a random phrase.

Yep it's used amongst the horsey circles usually put in an advert for a quick sale. Unfortunately there's no such thing as a bomb proof horse. You could have the best horse in the world and it's still an unpredictable missile capable of massive injury or even death.

[Earthdweller]

Gary C said:

Yes, when that nutter used a starting pistol near the queens horse, it just shied away a bit.

Personally im not a fan of horses at all, but I have worked with them, and seen how well Police horses are trained ( though still don’t trust the feckers) but they are VERY hard to spook

I can’t imagine the military ones are much different

[JagLover]

Earthdweller said:

Personally im not a fan of horses at all, but I have worked with them, and seen how well Police horses are trained ( though still don’t trust the feckers) but they are VERY hard to spook

I can’t imagine the military ones are much different

The military ones used to have to put up with the sounds of cannon fire and Muskets. I think they still train them to be used to loud bangs.

[Spare tyre]

I think one ran into the front of a stopped bus, poor bugger

[Quhet]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-...

"Noise from builders caused horses to bolt". Must've been pretty bloody loud!