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Two cavalry horses injured in six-mile London rampage expected to recover

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However vets did warn there was still a threat of shock or infection
However vets did warn there was still a threat of shock or infection

TWO cavalry horses injured when they bolted six miles through London are expected to recover, it emerged last night.

A white steed called Vida was left smeared in blood and stablemate Quaker seriously hurt on Wednesday.

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Two cavalry horses injured during their six-mile London rampage are expected to recoverCredit: PA

Quaker is still being kept under observation at an equine hospital.

But defence sources said that after surgery neither was believed to have life-threatening wounds.

However vets did warn there was still a threat of shock or infection.

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The animals from Hyde Park Barracks smashed into a people carrier, a cab and a double-decker after being spooked when builders dropped concrete down a rubbish chute in Belgravia on Wednesday.

Two others, named Tennyson and Trojan, also fled.

The riders from the Life Guards were thrown and a cyclist was knocked off his bike on Fleet Street.

All are recovering.

The final two horses were rounded up in Limehouse, East London.

An Army tweet said: “All our horses receive highest standards of care.”

Emily-Jane Heap

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