Amusing moment police politely tried to pull over a runaway HORSE galloping down a busy highway

This is the amusing moment police politely tried to pull over a runaway HORSE galloping down a busy highway before it was finally 'detained' by SIX officers.

Officers believe the horse was spooked by a coyote or a BEAR living in a wildlife reserve near its paddock home in Florida, US.

In funny footage viewed more than 213,000 times on Facebook, officers are seen driving slowly alongside the animal.