Carriage horse on the loose bolts through Central Park and gets stuck on cab

NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) -- A New York City carriage horse got loose in Central Park on Monday and went on a rowdy run without its driver or any passengers.

The horse, Pumpkin, got free on Monday evening and ran its usual route through Central Park before emerging onto the street at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Pumpkin's wild ride came to an end when its carriage got snagged on an open taxi door.

Pumpkin was returned to the stables unharmed.

"Neither the horse or any people were injured in today's incident," carriage driver and industry spokesman Stephen Malone told CBS New York. "What you saw is the industry's professionalism. We knew where the horse would go, corralled it, and brought it back to the stable."

New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets, an advocacy group which is seeking to put a stop to the carriage horse industry, pointed to the incident as an example of why horses don't belong in NYC.

"Carriage horses and busy New York City streets simply don't mix," NYCLASS said in a statement. "This is just the latest instance that shows how unsafe horse carriages can be. It's time to retire the carriage horses and replace them with something that doesn't spook or dart dangerously through traffic and pedestrians."

Many New Yorkers agree with NYCLASS, possibly even New York Mets outfielder Matt den Dekker.