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Five blood-soaked Household Cavalry horses have run loose in central London after throwing their military riders during an exercise. At least one soldier was injured after a spooked horse smashed into cars outside the Clermont Hotel.

Building work on a £15million Belgravia mansion owned by former West Bromwich Albion chairman Jeremy Peace spooked horses from the household cavalry, causing them to throw their riders and run amok through London, MailOnline can reveal.

As they passed through Wilton Crescent in Belgravia builders using a travelator accidentally dropped some rubble onto the floor as the horses passed, an MoD spokesman said. This blood-soaked Household Cavalry horse was one of five that bolted during a morning exercise today Construction workers involved in the project said today that they had not seen the horses and heard no commotion. They said the travelator, which was being used to transfer excavated earth and soil from the basement onto a truck parked outside the building had been switched on just after 8am this morning.

Mr Peace borrowed £3.7million from the club and placed it in his own company, WBA Holdings, before the takeover.An independent investigation into the 2014 loan was launched at the start of 2023 and expected to report its findings later this year.Onlookers said one of the Household Cavalry soldiers was left 'screaming in pain' after he was thrown from his horse when it struck a car by the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria.

The horses were pursued by a police car before they were finally caught by officers on the Highway near LimehouseOther horses were caught in Wapping , in east London, this morning Blood smeared on the road at the scene where a horse collided with a bus READ MORE: Escaped Household Cavalry horses that sparked panic in London are part of singer James Blunt's old regiment the Life Guards Advertisement The Mercedes taxi driver spoke of his 'shock' after a loose Household Cavalry horse smashed into his car near Buckingham Palace.

'If you are passing a horse, slow down to 10mph at the absolute maximum and give them at least two metres of space. Mark Camps, who works at the IAC, said he saw the cyclist lying on the street in front of the building.'Some passersby ran over to help him and carried him to the pavement. He still had his helmet on, luckily.Police were reportedly in hot pursuit of the escaped horses, flying down the street five minutes behind the horses.

 

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