Dunedin police spoke to a man who rode his horse through the Octagon on Saturday afternoon.
The 48-year-old man, who was known to police, rode his horse into town from Pine Hill, Acting Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said.
After police spoke to him he jumped back on his horse and returned home, Snr Sgt Bond said.
He was not aware that it was an offence to ride a horse through city streets, but police could use their discretion if the horse was skittish due to other traffic around.
Horse faeces left on the street could be a Dunedin City Council matter, he said.
Sightings of a horse being ridden in central Dunedin have appeared on social media recently.
It is understood the rider last year attracted attention for riding a home-made petrol powered bicycle through the city's cycle lanes.
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Horses should have precedence over cars and bikes on city streets, they were here first. More stupidity from DCC.
Do not worry.. the DCC do not care about horse poo on beaches or streets in the greater Dunedin area.
Go to any coastal area after horse training to see the bottom bio stuff, after all "training" is part of the cycle of the horse economic model, no win = dog tucker/gluepot.
So, yes leave the urban horse alone, if there's an issue slow the traffic down.
While you are at it speed up the mind set of the DCC.
Did I hear clip clop..
So fossil fuel is out, electric cars and scooters are ok but 100% recyclable transport that was standard not that long ago is now not acceptable? So much for looking back in order to move forward. Maybe we should have dedicated horse lanes installed, might be more popular than cycle lanes!