This is the hilarious moment a Shetland pony was chased by police down a residential street.
The footage shows the animal evading two police cars in the housing estate in Crawley, West Sussex.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back.
Neigh chance of catching me! Shetland pony outwits police in bizarre chase through housing estate caught on camera
Footage shows pony evading 2 police cars in housing estate in Crawley, Sussex
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted police to send out four cars
The animal was eventually caught after being cornered, and sent to yard nearby B
By Iain Burns For Mailonline
4 March 2018
This is the hilarious moment a Shetland pony was chased by police down a residential street.
The footage shows the animal evading two police cars in the housing estate in Crawley, West Sussex.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back
But despite devoting those considerable resources to catching the pony, it still managed to dodge the police again and again.
It was eventually cornered in Short Close and captured after numerous sightings across the town.
It was eventually cornered in Short Close and captured after numerous sightings across the town
In the video of the chase the person filming the scene can be heard laughing as the pony trots confidently down the road.
Police said it was then taken to a yard while the RSPCA was contacted in an attempt to reunite the animal with its owner.
The footage shows the animal evading two police cars in the housing estate in Crawley, West Sussex.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back.
Neigh chance of catching me! Shetland pony outwits police in bizarre chase through housing estate caught on camera
Footage shows pony evading 2 police cars in housing estate in Crawley, Sussex
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted police to send out four cars
The animal was eventually caught after being cornered, and sent to yard nearby B
By Iain Burns For Mailonline
4 March 2018
This is the hilarious moment a Shetland pony was chased by police down a residential street.
The footage shows the animal evading two police cars in the housing estate in Crawley, West Sussex.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back.
Its escape - from an unknown location - prompted Sussex Police to send out four cars to bring it back
But despite devoting those considerable resources to catching the pony, it still managed to dodge the police again and again.
It was eventually cornered in Short Close and captured after numerous sightings across the town.
It was eventually cornered in Short Close and captured after numerous sightings across the town
In the video of the chase the person filming the scene can be heard laughing as the pony trots confidently down the road.
Police said it was then taken to a yard while the RSPCA was contacted in an attempt to reunite the animal with its owner.
