London's Cavalry chaos: Moment-by-distressing moment - how five army horses ... trends now

Chaos erupted in central London today as five horses threw off their riders and ran amok after being spooked by building works. 

Four soldiers lost their mounts at just after 8.20am before the animals fled through busy city streets, injuring four people in three separate incidents in the space of 10 minutes. 

Horses slammed into a tour bus parked on Buckingham Palace Road and a taxi outside the Clermont Hotel - smashing their windows - before two were seen running through Aldwych with their chests covered in blood. 

The horses rampaged for six miles before they were finally caught in Limehouse, east London. The injured horses saw a vet and all of the animals are now back with the Army. 

Below, MailOnline provides a minute by minute breakdown of how the dramatic incident unfolded.  

This 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. 

As they passed through Wilton Crescent in Belgravia at 8.40am, builders were using a travelator with concrete when some of the concrete came off and hit the floor, causing a noise.

This caused the horses to spook. Five bolted and two remained in place. Four soldiers were unseated and three were injured and taken to hospital. None are in a life-threatening condition.

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.

Over the next 10 minutes the horses bolted around the streets, slamming into pedestrians and parked vehicles. 

Ambulance crews treated four people in three separate incidents in Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square, and at the junction of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street, in the space of just 10 minutes.