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Related: About this forumRunaway horses filmed running in central London
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68887800Four injured after runaway military horses bolted in central London
(video, photos at link. Contains upsetting scenes)
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By Liz Jackson, BBC News
Four people have been taken to hospital after seven runaway military horses raced through central London, some colliding with traffic.
Video on social media shows a grey and a black horse running through Aldwych with blood on its chest and legs.
The injured, including army personnel, were treated in Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square, and the junction between Chancery Lane and Fleet Street.
The Army said the "working horses" had been recovered and returned to camp.
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(video, photos at link. Contains upsetting scenes)
Just now
By Liz Jackson, BBC News
Four people have been taken to hospital after seven runaway military horses raced through central London, some colliding with traffic.
Video on social media shows a grey and a black horse running through Aldwych with blood on its chest and legs.
The injured, including army personnel, were treated in Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square, and the junction between Chancery Lane and Fleet Street.
The Army said the "working horses" had been recovered and returned to camp.
[...]
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Runaway horses filmed running in central London (Original Post)
sl8
Apr 2024
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multigraincracker
(34,208 posts)1. Where is the cowboy...
When you really need one?
coprolite
(310 posts)2. They grew up to be
Doctors and Lawyers and such.
sl8
(16,252 posts)3. London horses: Two in serious condition after bolting
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68895233
London horses: Two in serious condition after bolting
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By Jess Warren, BBC News
Two Household Cavalry horses are in a serious condition and have been operated on after they threw off their riders and raced through London.
Seven horses were spooked by a loud noise in Belgravia and four ran through the city, colliding with vehicles, including a double-decker bus and taxi.
It happened on Wednesday during a military exercise, the Army said.
Three soldiers and a cyclist were hospitalised. The soldiers are expected to fully recover, the Army said.
[...]
Just now
By Jess Warren, BBC News
Two Household Cavalry horses are in a serious condition and have been operated on after they threw off their riders and raced through London.
Seven horses were spooked by a loud noise in Belgravia and four ran through the city, colliding with vehicles, including a double-decker bus and taxi.
It happened on Wednesday during a military exercise, the Army said.
Three soldiers and a cyclist were hospitalised. The soldiers are expected to fully recover, the Army said.
[...]