'Anyone lost a horse?' Unexpected visitor at Norwich's Carrow Road stadium

An unidentified horse that turned up at Norwich City's Carrow Road stadium is in a stable condition after being reunited with his owner.

But for a short time this afternoon the equine arrival caused confusion at the club.

Norwich tweeted:

An unexpected visitor to Carrow Road...is anyone missing a horse? http://t.co/G0whykRn

From @NorwichCityFC on Twitter: ( 3:05 pm, Tue 22 Jan 2013)

The horse had initially been reined in by a fan using a yellow and green Canaries scarf.

HORSE UPDATE: The runaway horse is currently being fed carrots in Carrow Park! http://t.co/iBV7S1wH

From @NorwichCityFC on Twitter: ( 3:49 pm, Tue 22 Jan 2013)

Happy to report that with the help of @norfolkpolice and #ncfc, runaway horse 'Boo' has been reunited with his owner! http://t.co/pjhg4BLL

From @NorwichCityFC on Twitter: ( 3:59 pm, Tue 22 Jan 2013)

Norwich Police applauded the "community spirit" in the area after a member of the public fed the animal a dinner on the hoof:

Great #community spirit at @norwichcityfc. #runawayhorse captured by member of public using #ncfc scarf whilst another popped to get carrots

From @NorwichPoliceUK on Twitter: ( 4:07 pm, Tue 22 Jan 2013)

• Images are courtesy canaries.co.uk