Military horses bolt through central London after losing their riders
Army rider calms one of the horses down after it went on the run
Two black military horses bolted through central London after losing their riders on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.
The animals were later seen being stroked and calmed down by army troops on Vauxhall Bridge at around 9.30am as traffic passed by.
It is not known how they ended up on the busy central London bridge.
A police officer told The Telegraph: “Two horses lost their riders and went on a run.
“We are now waiting for horse boxes to take them away.
“There were no injuries.”
Two marked police vehicles were parked next to the horses on the pavement.
A large white horse van then appeared and traffic was brought to a halt.
One member of the public called out, “did they get loose again?” to which a police officer responded, “yes”.
One of the animals is helped into a horse box following its escape
It comes after Household Cavalry horses rampaged through central London in April after being spooked by noisy construction work, leaving four people injured.
Five military horses from a group of seven bolted during an exercise in Belgravia, where builders were moving concrete rubble.
The horses charged through the streets, smashing into a double-decker tour bus and a Mercedes-Benz van, with some galloped five miles through rush hour traffic to the east of the capital.
The animals threw their riders, Lifeguards and Blues and Royals servicemen, while they were leaving Hyde Park Barracks during rehearsal preparations for the King’s birthday parade in June.
Two of the horses, one covered in blood, then charged at pace through busy streets around Tower Bridge and the Strand for five miles until eventually being stopped in Limehouse.
The Ministry of Defence was contacted for comment.
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