{"id":84753,"date":"2025-12-30T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84753\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:02:08","slug":"horse-escapes-cowboy-center-in-nyc-causes-chaos-during-rush-hour-before-being-corralled-by-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84753\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Escapes Cowboy Center in NYC, Causes Chaos During Rush Hour Before Being Corralled By Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hot-to-trot! A horse made a break for it in NYC in early December, ending up on multiple highways during evening rush hour near JFK Airport before being lassoed by the law, per <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/runaway-horse-port-authority-officers-describe-how-captured-stallion-galloping-jfk-airport\/18269589\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC 7 NY;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ABC 7 NY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to officials, Sundance galloped away from Curly\u2019s Cowboy Center \u2014 located less than a mile from the Queens airport \u2014 and traveled along an expressway and up an exit ramp as dumbfounded drivers kept their distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sundance\u2019s unbridled horseplay came to an abrupt end when he was corralled near JFK by cops.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;papd_lba\/Instagram&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8e1c7082594382ffdf521a2fe9b3d0e5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> papd_lba\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Port Authority Police Lt. Luis Calderon explains, \u201cIt came toward me, I put out my hands as if to pet it, and he basically let me hold on to the holder, and the officer then came to the other side and assisted me in just maintaining control of the horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">R.W. \u201cCurly\u201d Hall \u2014 owner of Cowboy Center \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/runaway-horse-on-highways-near-jfk-airport-brought-to-safety-by-port-authority-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">says<\/a> staffers were feeding horses and cleaning out stalls after an event when Sundance \u201ctook off\u201d through a gate that was left ajar. \u201cIt was just a mishap,\u201d he shrugs. \u201cThat\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/horse-escapes-cowboy-center-in-nyc-causes-chaos-during-rush-hour-before-being-corralled-by-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Horse Escapes Cowboy Center in NYC, Causes Chaos During Rush Hour Before Being Corralled By Cops;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Horse Escapes Cowboy Center in NYC, Causes Chaos During Rush Hour Before Being Corralled By Cops<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Examiner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">National Examiner<\/a>. 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