Horse power at petrol station

[gallery] There was a whole new meaning to the phrase 'horse power' at this petrol station forecourt.

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Eight horses were rounded up by police after they wandered on to grassland in Wolverhampton and became agitated by traffic. The animals were herded onto the forecourt on Wolverhampton Road East in Sedgley.

Owners were called and tried to round the animals up. Lee Page, spokesman for West Midlands Police, said: "We were called to reports there were eight stray horses loose on a grass verge.