In the heart of central London, chaos reigned on the streets as three Royal Cavalry horses strayed from their formation and collided with cars. The incident occurred on July 1 during routine training at Hyde Park, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
The group consisted of six horses and five officers from the Royal Cavalry who lost control during the training session. The lead horse, which was being led by an officer instead of being ridden, was startled by a bus noise and broke free from its reins. The two horses following behind threw off their officers and followed suit, causing the group to break out of formation.
As they reached South Eaton Place in Belgravia, police successfully rounded up one horse while the others continued on to Vauxhall Bridge before being intercepted. All three horses were safely returned to barracks around 9:55 am. One horse suffered minor injuries but no officers were hurt in this incident. However, images and videos shared on social media showed at least one horse encountering a car.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that it worked with the military to locate all three horses during the raid. The police will continue to liaise with the military regarding this incident which is not linked to a similar incident that occurred on April 24 in London where five Royal Hussars horses broke away from their training formation after being startled by construction work noise. These horses caused accidents within minutes injuring four people while one horse crashed into a taxi losing blood and another smashed windshield of a tour bus. Three injured horses were returned to duty while two injured ones sent for summer break but soon returned to service with the Royal Hussars later that month celebrating King Charles III’s birthday parade on June 15th
