Blood-covered Household Cavalry horses run loose through London

Five people have been injured after several Household Cavalry horses bolted and ran loose through central London.

At least one soldier was hurt after a spooked horse smashed into cars outside the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria. Pictures also show an injured man lying on the floor on Fleet Street.

Five Household Cavalry horses, including one covered in blood, were also seen charging through other areas of London including Tower Bridge and the Strand.

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[seattletuttle]

A white horse covered in blood running thru the streets of London. That's got to be a specific omen of something.

[tomedward]

The image of the white horse running through the streets covered in blood looks as though it was taken from some apocalypse movie.

[savcap]

. I hope those injured make a speedy recovery and that the poor horses are also ok, poor things. Such majestic animals

[avril]

What disturbed them so badly, they are trained to be unaffected by guns cannon and other noises. Let’s hope it wasn’t people being bloody stupid

[jasmijnvenner]

As an equestrian this horrifies me. Having your horse bolt on the road is my worst nightmare. I’ve seen my friend’s horse go through the windshield of a car (car had no way to know the horse was going to bolt out of a side road in front of it; driver and passenger survived, the horse had to be euthanised. I had to crawl into the wrecked car to hold his head and keep him calm under the vet arrived). The grey horse covered in blood - I know it looks white but it’s actually classed as grey as it has grey skin; white horses have pink skin - was limping but like most prey animals it’ll keep moving in its panic. It seems like it was the one that slipped over, hopefully it’s just superficial injuries and a twisted ankle that’ll need rest. Well done to the man who caught that horse; he seemed to know what he was doing.

[gilliangreen]

All five horses involved in the incident are now captured, safe and being given the best possible vetinary treatment. According to Radio 2 earlier today, the horses were spooked by workmen this morning, laying cement in the road. Two of the horses (probably the injured grey and the black horse) were able to gallop a distance of 5 miles from the scene of the accident in Buckingham Palace road. 4 people have been injured as a result of the incident. No further details given.

[kerryplatt]

OMG i hope the horses are ok. the grey looked badly injured 😪 ive just read that they are receiving emergency veterinary treatment 🙏 poor animals. something clearly spooked them, a horse's natural instinct is to run as they are herd animals

[tingliasmr]

I felt sick to my stomach seeing that poor horse covered in blood. I hope its ok as well as the other horses and soldiers.

[ianwalker]

lets hope that all the humans and horses involved in this terrible incident recover quickly.

[rachelwebster]

Ohhh!!! Those poor horses must have been so scared! Praying they are well looked after now.

[DonVideoGuy]

After the white horse slams into the parked double decker bus at the 00:10 time code mark, the beautiful horse appears to have blood in it's nostrils, an open chest wound; or wounds, and blood on the front side of both rear legs. The blood on it's body was probably caused by glass shards from the parked bus's smashed windshield (seen at 00:15) that it slammed into at a 3/4 gallop.

[aaronmicalowe]

I hope they recovered and weren't put down. Really hate it when they do that.

[englishincontext]

It's a paradigm for what lies ahead.

[IMDARKO]

Well this is symbolic af in multiple ways

[dvz]

Horses don't "escape". They just run.

[janice]

I’m crying this breaks my heart seeing any animal in distress. Can’t bear to watch but I was so worried when I seen pictures online. 💔

[TEAMMAURICE]

This is the saddest thing I have seen in a long time 😢
I hope the horses were ok

[bobburroughs]

Oh no. and so many happy times viewing them at Horseguards.

[CaroAbebe]

Poor horses! Let them live happy lives!

[stevenbaer]

It reminds me of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse in the Book of Revelation? But yet 2 are actually missing red one and the pale one.