The local transport authority saw the funny side of the incident and notified locals about a "missing individual wearing only a rug and demonstrating a bit of horseplay."

Commuters at a train station in Australia were left doing a doubletake as an escaped racehorse joined them to wait for a passenger service.

The rogue animal turned up at Warwick Farm station, New South Wales, and trotted down the platform before pausing ahead of the train’s arrival - when it even stood behind the yellow line.