no-one was touching or teasing the horses , they were spooked by builders working in the yard and the horse that was injured was a police horse not a guards horse.

@@george-ev1dq What were they working on in the yard? Horses spook so easily why were they doing the work while the horses were out in the boxes can’t they do this at a time when the horses are back at the Hyde park barracks? 😊

They are always touching the horses sometimes packs of children are clambering all over the front.

​@@karenatchison8754Sometimes you will get a total twat deliberately spook horses. This should be looked into to see if intimidation had occured!!!

@@karenatchison8754 laying concrete in the yard apparently

Unfortunately travel agents have made it look so and then there is the local economy that thrive on tourists. The best thing to do is having some type of barrier so people cant close to the horses. Why do they have a gift shop there? Im not real familiar with all the tradition's but Im trying to..

They think its their entitlement don't they 😢

it IS disneyworld... are you under the delusion that kings queens and princeses are real?

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Animal abuse...

It’s such a disgusting and pathetic how some people can be so ignorant at what they think that they can do and get away with everything

@@JulieSims-ug8fi I see your point...but WHO is agreeing to these lovely animals and muched loved military personnel being left in such a conflicting and degrading position? Are they military par excellence 9r circus attractions?...because the latter seems the case to me more recently.

6 ft perimeter, please.

@@deb1587 They are a tourist attraction, there s no reason to be guarding a building compound in 2024 with these horses and swords, allowing people to annoy them and young guys with not so great horsemanship ride them. It's abuse.

@@Gingersnaps-fe2xr Yep Exactly. It is abuse.

How about not putting the horses in harms way

This is an ACTIVE DUTY Barracks for The King's Life Guards! They live here - there's a large STABLE FOR THE ACTIVE DUTY HORSES!! WHY SHOULDN'T THEY ENJOY THEIR HOMES??? TEACH STUPID, ARROGANT, ENTITLED TOURISTS MANNERS BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED NEAR THESE OFFICERS!!! THE HORSES AND THE OTHER ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL AREN'T AT FAULT!!!! IT STUPID PEOPLE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES THAT ARE THE PROBLEMS!!! YOU DON'T BLAME THE HOME OWNER WHEN THEY STAND ON THEIR PROPERTY -WHAT MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE THEY SHOULD BE BLAMED?? I WOULDN'T BLAME MY LARGE GSD'S IF SOMEONE VIOLATED MY/OUT SPACE AND GOT BITTEN!! MY PROPERTY - BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY, OR FACE YOUR CONSEQUENCES!!!! NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE TAKE ON 110 LB, 118 lb, 120 LB GSD'S AND A 90 LB BLACK LAB MIX!!! NOT TO MENTION 2 - 16 LB CATS WHO NEVER BACKED DOWN!! IF THE ONLY DETERRENT TO NASTY, OBNOXIOUS BEHAVIOR BY THESE STUPID TOURISTS IS GETTING BITTEN OR PUSHED BY 1200 - 2000-LB MILITARY TRAINED HORSES AND THEIR ELEETLY TRAINED KING'S LIFE GUARDS - OH WELL!!

… and STUPID‼️

Sorry I must be ignorant but what is a gang sign ? Oh this whole thing is so upsetting. Police must be tougher on these rude tourists. I dont even know why some traveled to England as they seem to be very nasty towards British culture and history .

@@margaretWestminsterself-centered ungrateful attitudes why? Great Britain bends over backwards free lodging, free healthcare, free food. What on earth is wrong with people? Were some of them from lack of proper guidance growing up never taught “don’t bite the hand that feeds you”? Why do they stay..because they have no where else to go that would treat them as well. So some cheat and steal in their gratitude which makes them all look bad.

​@margaretWestminster A gang sign is a hand gesture, such as that made by the young African man at 2:15 to 2:30ish.

Really at gand sign..is it because he was african american

@@mellissahwells1025oh please…you saw the hand signs. Don’t be so stoooopid

I don't think so, although it does coincide very coincidentally. The stray horses were saddled and Royal Guards horses have a so-called bearskin instead of a saddle.

I think the horses were spooked by somebody working on a building site. The horses were on exercise drill when someone dropped concrete on the ground. Don't quote me on it, I heard the tailend of a news reader on the radio. Like you I am worried about everyone involved in the incident. Hopefully, a UKpostsr will find more info.

@@paulvanderweerd7456they were on morning exercise and which is why just a normal saddle 😊

I didn't know that hoses could run.

@@andrewcarter504 I didn't know hoses could run either, I thought they were on the ground spraying water, sorry the language police are here.

Me too, i am very upset about this. I don't know what happened but hope the horses will be well. 😢

​@margaretWestminster it's believed they were spooked by builders moving concrete..

Builders at work.​@@margaretWestminster

Time stamp?

@Pawknee123 the horses getting spooked and running through London was a separate incident to what happened at HGs.

Theyve had enough of very noisy demos with megaphones and drums and screaming & shouting. These horse are bred especially in Ireland. picked for their calm nature and trained not to be afraid of music, cannons fired etc..

Idiot😂😂

@@emmsue1053 the bloodied horse was a police horse not guards horse, it was spooked by builders working in the yard.

Totally agree. Some of these videos have made me so mad with these stupid people having zero respect for the horses and military personnel

My initial comment was made about this video which took place on Horse Guards.

One of the dark horses ran into a bus and smashed the windshield. I saw the video. I'm not sure how the white horse was injured. Was there another bus?

@@joanhuffman2166 Not sure . I just seen the vid about the horse that hit the bus about an 1hr ago . Maybe the other one hit the taxi dont know but hope everyone is ok and the horses.

​@@neilsouthern321Please could you tell me where the video is to watch? I feel so badly for the horses. I love the horse guards but the tourists need to be stopped or not allowed to pass bollards and things should be made safer in general.

@@vlogplannet12 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/pGCZk4GAgnx0qKs.htmlsi=IZs5TedyeCR6wb2B

Horse hitting the bus. It looks like the dark horse. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/pX6aoIeoh610yGQ.htmlsi=SRuljbKtkWwBz2iB

The problem is that the footpath is a public right of way which prevents barriers.The horses are not out during the marches etc.

Well they were on duty in the box a few days ago when the Palestine protesters came through the courtyard without notifying the guards and waving a flag in the horses face!!! Absolute disgrace really. They controlled the horse brilliantly. But shouldn't be allowed at all. This happened a day or two before the MOD building was vandalised by reckless idiots!!!

Absolutely. Don’t think that they will be able to continue with so little respect shown by the tourists 🥹🥹🥹🥹

@@janicechalmers1664 indeed...these highly selected and highly trained horses and soldiers are not circus attractions are they? How disgusting and belittling they have to put up with this!!! Whose idea is this and who still supports it I wonder? ⚡⚡

Where can I see this video then

i was in London that day….had passed them hours before. There were bombs in the bins too…..was it Sefton?

I remember the shocking incident well. Yes I believe it was "Sefton" . Seriously injured but eventually made a good recovery!

Looked like a white horse that was harmed not grey. Downfall of a race that matches the injured horse colour ☹️

​@@guineverejackson1201 • White horses are referred to as "Greys."

Acho muito triste essa exposição desses animais é pura tortura , indispensável esse alisar sem trégua aos animais a mente humana é podre 🤮 nao se sabe o que podem fazer esse burburinho é insuportável 😩 imagine para eles um estava sangrando 🩸 pelo nariz e os responsáveis pela cavalariças Não viu !!!!!’

Yes, and many are very young. Although they go through thorough training, a horse is still a horse, of course and they get bored and scared and they shouldn't be used for this purpose until they get older and more broken in. IMO Of course!

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Horses not horseys.

@@andrewcarter504 The language police are on duty, yes.

@@andrewcarter504 Do you have any joy in your life?

Whats horrendous about it? Horses are horses, so what? Whats the drama?

@@dariacorreia987 people getting hurt that is horrendous,also horses getting hurt or killed .that also is horrendous..

​@@dariacorreia987All heart,aren't you Daria?

@@dariacorreia987What did you take???

It was not the horses on ceremonial duty - but they did upset two of them who were on the way to Horseguards. The incident was with a separate troop that involved street training. And as you say they were spooked by workmen moving concrete on a conveyor belt; must have been a hell of a noise, and very different to the street noises they have been trained to deal with. Very unusual circumstances. Our best wishes to the troopers involved; both riders and horses.

All the horses have been caught and are receiving veterinary care. The guards are in hospital being treated. Hopefully all will recover.

That’s the Life Guards for you, always screwing up. Good job the Blues and Royals were there to bail them out!!

@@highlandjournalart654 I am so sorry this happened to all of them. Praying that Guard and horses all recover completely. 🙏

@@BevWalther me too x

​@@highlandjournalart65424:55

Yes , I always thought a circus with animal performing was horrible.

1 hour in the box you think is cruel, and I know a guard who bought his horse and kept him until he passed away many years and he adored the horse

Yep

There are signs which tell tourists that the horses could bite or kick and don’t touch the reins but it makes no difference.People in the 70s had respect which doesn’t exist today.And the three main films are making a career out of standing there all day every day to catch all the mistakes and incidents that happen.😡😡😡

Separate incident that just so happened to occur on the same morning. The Household Cavalry consists of two mounted regiments, the Life Guards regiment in the red uniform, with white helmet plume, and the Blues and Royals regiment in the dark blue uniform with red plume. Today is change over between the regiments on guard duty at Horse Guards on Whitehall where this was filmed. Normally, the relieving "Short Guard" (called that because it has fewer horses and doesn't have either a mounted trumpeter on a grey horse along or an NCO carrying the regimental colour) arrives, having ridden up from Hyde Park Barracks where the Household Cavalry based in London. They arrive at the parade ground which is on the other side of the tunnel, there's a quick salute, with usually only 5 horses coming into the stable so that they can then relieve the 2 horses already on duty and also change the foot guards on duty at the 2 gates inside the yard. Once that is done, the relieved guards take their horses out onto the parade ground where they join the other half of the regiment before there's the formal salute/exchange of regiments and the rest of the relieving regiment come into the yard and stables. The relieved regiment then rides back to Hyde Park Barracks. Clearly, there was a big problem when the LIfe Guards relieving Short Guard arrived at the parade ground, with troopers thrown and horses running free and possibly injured. It all appears to have occurred on the Parade Ground at Horse Guards. The injured trooper who walked in had clearly fallen onto the sand of the parade ground. The horses running through London were from an earlier incident which happened near Victoria Station, closer to Hyde Park, but not on the route taken by the this relieving Life Guards Short Guard. It was horrible seeing the distressed and injured horses from that incident and the more severely injured trooper who appeared to have fallen onto the concrete median strip in the middle of the road. The grey that was bleeding so badly had hit the front windscreen of a bus I think.

Yes same story

Same story

For sure was just a nose bleed, genuinely

It was on morning exercise duty that's why there were no saddles on some. Panicked by builders rubble coming down a chute as they passed.Nothing to do with this.@@heatherharvey3129

one hour is not long, the bloodied horse was a police horse not a guards horse which was spooked by builders working in the yard.

​@@george-ev1dq • I do wish that people would check the facts before posting comments on these videos.

I watched a video a couple of weeks ago and the narrator said the hours were 2 on 4 off. Just repeating what I heard. It's still a long time for both the guard and the horse, and very irritating and annoying.

​​@@pizzyb2595 • Whoever said that could not have been talking about the horses, as they only work for an hour at a time. The footguards (the Chitsman and the Gatesman) can be on duty for two hours, so the narrator was most likely talking about them. You should remember that the Guards are fully trained, fully fit, soldiers and are quite capable of standing on sentry duty for two hours...especially when they can pace up and down to ease aching leg muscles.

Yes very respectful of Abdul’s not to go out back gawping as some would have done. Well done Abdullah

Thank you annet

@@elainebrown5586thank you ❤❤

Some of the comments which don't mention tourists are totally ridiculous too!

They do , regularly turned out to grass in Melton Mowbray , summer camp break riding on the beach playing in the sea which is very good for their legs

Not a fence bit a vehicle.

The horse was led in before the trooper limped in. The horse looked fine. 🤞

It was nothing to do with those carrying out ceremonial duty. Completely separate incident. Nothing to do with the tourists at Horse Guards Parade.

@sueskinner1459 • I heard it was police horses that were spooked and running free, having thrown their riders. If that's the case, then it is nothing to do with Horseguards and the tourists...although I do agree with your sentiments regarding the latter! 😉

@sueskinner • Just seen a short video of the panicked horses, including the injured grey absolutely covered in blood. A troop of HCav horses getting their regular early morning run near their barracks when the horses got spooked, throwing their riders, some who were said to be screaming in pain. It was hard to watch. Hope to God men and horses are all ok. 😢

He's in the video standing next to the tunnel .

He filmed from out in the parade ground