What WAS wrong with the Household Cavalry’s horses yesterday? New video shows animals spooked – with a rider thrown to the ground and injured – in SEPARATE incident to the one that saw runaway steeds careering through London
This is when the horses of the Household Cavalry appear to be spooked in a different incident to the runaway horses in London captured by the police. City walks through London Youtube Channel.
A horse was filmed raising and fighting off a trooper on the same day a group of panicked horses ran wild through central London.
The man filming says just before the incident: ‘The horses have a dance show this morning, they don’t settle down as quickly as usual.’
Seconds later, the footage shows a commotion among the crowd as a black horse appears restless and moves in panic.
Several horses are seen pulling at their harnesses, disturbed by the distressed animal, while the first horse bucks and throws the rider away.
You can see a soldier who was thrown from his horse, still lying on the ground
In the background, a woman can be heard urging members of the public to remain quiet as a soldier frantically runs into the area to try to capture the riderless horse.
Footage shows the other riders trying to control and calm their mounts as the horse is led away
In a heartwarming display, the gathered crowd applauded as the rider managed to stand
The man filming then says, “Oh, there’s a trooper thrown, oh good lord” as he runs forward.
You then see the horse walking away from the rider – lying motionless on the ground – with an empty saddle.
The man added, “What’s going on with the horses today?”
Images show how the other riders try to control and calm their horses.
The thrown rider is then seen to start moving as the police come to check if everything is okay.
In the background, a woman can be heard urging members of the public to remain quiet as a soldier frantically runs into the area to try to capture the riderless horse.
As the animals get back into formation, they still appear upset and toss their heads from side to side.
A medic rushed to treat the rider, surrounded by other military personnel and police officers as he lay on the ground.
In a heartwarming show of support, the gathered crowd applauds as the injured rider manages to get to his feet.
It is unclear whether this happened before or after the incident at 8.20am this morning, which sent the animals fleeing in panic through the busy city streets.
Five horses threw off their riders and bolted after being startled by construction work.
Journalist Jordan Pettitt, 26, said a white horse was colored ‘vividly’ red with blood
Two of the horses – one with a chest covered in blood – run east through the streets of London
Four soldiers lost their mounts just after 8:20 a.m. before the animals fled through the city’s busy streets, injuring four people in three separate incidents in the space of ten minutes
Horses crashed into a tour bus parked on Buckingham Palace Road and a taxi outside the Clermont Hotel – shattering windows – before two were seen by Aldwych with their chests covered in blood.
The horses raced for six miles before they were finally caught in Limehouse, east London. The injured horses have been to a vet and all the animals are now back with the army.
A British Army spokesperson confirmed this afternoon that the animals were ‘frightened by construction work’ when building materials ‘fell from a height’.
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.
Onlookers 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, Victoria.
Members of the public were seen comforting one of the horses after it ran loose
One of the horses crashed into a passenger car, breaking the windows and leaving deep dents with blood splattered along the side.
After the incident, the soldier was treated on site by ambulance personnel
Footage of two horses caught outside Gordon House on the Glamis Estate in Limehouse, east London, appeared to show the white horse had broken its leg.
Still drenched in blood, the horse’s left hind leg was bandaged and the animal seemed unwilling to walk on it.
The white horse was held on the side of the road by several officers, bleeding all over the road and treated by veterinarians on the spot.
Footage showed it bleeding profusely from its back leg as police gathered around it to stop the flow.