Four horses caused 20-mile queues on the M25 yesterday (09/10/12).
The incident brought traffic to a standstill during rush hour between junction 24 and junction 26 of the busy London ring road. Police enforced a rolling roadblock to round the horses up. Fortunately, they appeared to be unharmed in the incident.
A commuter caught the rounding up on their camera:
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