Horse collapses during London's New Year's Day Parade

Marty has since been given a day off and an extra large bag of carrots to recover

Samuel Osborne
Tuesday 02 January 2018 16:40 GMT
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Marty collapsed at the New Year's Day Parade 2018 in Waterloo Place, London
Marty collapsed at the New Year's Day Parade 2018 in Waterloo Place, London (Alamy)

A horse has been photographed after it collapsed during the New Year's Day parade in London.

Marty, a 14-year-old white stallion, had been pulling a carriage down Waterloo Place when he caught his leg and fell.

Carriage drivers can be seen attempting to help him up.

Marty has since been pictured enjoying a day off and an extra large bag of carrots as he recovers in his field in Huntingdon.

“Marty is in fine fettle today – completely unharmed – and enjoying the limelight,” said director Geraldine Bone, who witnessed the fall.

His handler said Marty caught his hind leg on a harness pole and was released "in textbook fashion."

A spokesman for London’s New Year’s Day Parade said: “The online response has been amazing – we have had hundreds of messages from around the world from people wanting to know that Marty was alright.”

The event attracted record crowds of around 650,000 people this year, and was broadcast on more than 600 TV stations around the world.

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