Five Household Cavalry horses, including one soaked with blood, have run loose in central London after throwing their military riders during their morning exercise.
Commuters said they heard the soldier screaming in pain after they saw him fall from his horse when the animal ran into a car. Five blood-soaked Household Cavalry horses have run loose in central London after throwing their military riders during an exerciseAt least one soldier was injured after a spooked horse smashed into cars outside the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria
The horses ran through the streets of Victoria and got as far east as Aldwych before they were calmed and contained by police on the Highway near Limehouse.A woman who saw the horse crash into the Mercedes told LBC: 'One of the horses hit the Mercedes van and the rider was on it, fell back on this little middle bit of the road and the other woman lost control of her horse and she managed to grab the railings.
Members of the public were seen comforting one of the horses after it ran loose. Blood was seen on the road