Military horses bolt through central London AGAIN after being spooked by a bus

Military horses have again been seen in panic riding through central London after losing their riders.

The incident occurred when six horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment were carrying out a routine exercise under the control of five soldiers.

The lead horse, which was led rather than ridden, became loose after being startled by a London bus. This then led to two riders being knocked off their horses, which also became dislodged.

The bottom line is that three Household Cavalry horses were left covered in blood after fleeing through London in April earlier this year.

Today the animals ran from Seville Street to South Eaton Place, where one horse was found. Two horses continued towards Vauxhall Bridge via Belgrave Road before being stopped.

The taxi driver posted the video to X with the caption: ‘I got hit by them in Lupus St Pimlico’

The military said one of the horses suffered “minor injuries” today

A London black cab driver posted footage of a horse ramming into his vehicle on the street.

Now the three military horses have been recovered ‘quickly and safely’. The animals were calmed down on Vauxhall Bridge as a van arrived to take them away.

The Ministry of Defense confirmed that everyone had been collected and returned to Hyde Park Barracks at 9.55am.

According to the ministry, none of the three horses were involved in the earlier incident on April 24.

Images of the frightened, blood-covered horses galloping through the capital in April were broadcast around the world.

The Life Guards soldiers and the five Military Working Horses injured in the incident “continue to make remarkable progress in their recovery,” the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) said.

Three of the injured horses – Trojan, Tennyson and Vanquish – are back at work and ‘against all odds, they are likely to take part in the King’s Birthday Parade on 15 June’, the regiment said.

Six soldiers and seven horses from the Life Guards had been given an extended Watering Order, an exercise to maintain the condition of animals not involved in the public duties of the King’s Life Guard.

But the animals spooked during the exercise and fled through the city, injuring five people, including three soldiers riding the horses, in three separate incidents during the six-mile rampage that lasted two hours.

Bystanders said one of the Household Cavalry soldiers “screamed in pain” after being thrown from his horse when it hit a car at the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road in Victoria.

They were eventually caught in Limehouse, east London. The white horse was held on the side of the road by several officers, started bleeding on the road and was treated by veterinarians on the spot.

Discussing the incident today, an Army spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that three horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment became separated from their riders during this morning’s exercise. They were recovered quickly and safely.

‘One horse was slightly injured, but no further treatment is required and the soldiers involved were not injured.’

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ‘We are aware that a number of horses were loose in central London and have been working with the military to locate them.

“We are pleased to confirm that all horses have been registered. We remain in contact with the military.”