READ MORE:Equine experts have cast doubt on whether the Household Cavalry horse that bolted and went on a six-mile rampage through London yesterday will ever return to active duty.
Although one of the five that tried to bolt was caught in time, horses Trojan, Quaker and Tennyson all joined Vida in running loose.She told MailOnline that Vida may have been suffering from PTSD-like behaviour because of a past trauma and tragically those symptoms would likely now worsen. The horse was seen galloping through the streets of London in terrifying scenes on Wednesday morningDr Claire Corridan is a veterinary surgeon with a doctorate in animal behaviour and welfare. She told MailOnline that Vida may have been suffering from PTSD-like behaviour because of a past trauma and tragically those symptoms would likely now worsenDr Corridan told MailOnline: 'That particular horse may have been injured previously.' PTSD-like behaviour.
'There's training programs and in extreme cases, if there's ongoing anxiety there's medical management. It is understood that three soldiers were injured after the horses spooked and smashed into cars and a bus Vida, a grey that was seen bleeding heavily after clattering into a parked minivan outside The Clermont Hotel near Victoria station, underwent surgery last night and is new recovering under observation at the Hyde Park barracks.
Yesterday morning, six soldiers and seven horses from the Life Guards were on an extended Watering Order, an exercise to keep up the fitness of animals not involved in the public-facing King's Life Guard duties.Dr Corridan told MailOnline that Vida's PTSD-like symptoms may return due to 'trigger stacking', where triggers of one trauma that was sparked by a different incident are linked to the trigger of that original memory of pain or injury.
EXCLUSIVEREAD MORE: 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 Advertisement 'The number of triggers increases... to the point where you can't predict what will be a trigger.'