Stunned staff tried to shepherd the man and his horse out of The Sir Henry Newbolt pub, in Bilston.

People enjoying a quiet drink suddenly heard hooves only to turn around and see the horse among the tables.

As people craned to get a better look, others tried to pose for pictures with the animal inside the High Street pub.

Footage on Facebook has been viewed more than 430,000 times showing the commotion which happened at around 4.40pm on Friday.

WATCH the horse appears inside the pub

Warning: strong language

Man walks into Bilston Wetherspoon pub with horse

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One member of staff is shown speaking to the man, called Tommy, asking him to leave with the horse.

When he tells the man why, he says: "[It's because] It's an 'oss in the pub."

Meanwhile a drinker shouts out: "Horses for courses."

And another man tries to offer the horse a drink but staff intervene and tell them to hoof it.

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Kerry Ashfield, from Bilston, had been on a day off from work and went to meet friends in the pub.

Later she captured the moment the horse appeared inside the pub on her mobile phone.

"I couldn't believe it. I was only having a drink with some friends and all of a sudden the horse was there," said the 40-year-old who works at Elite Tanning, in Bilston high street.

"It was when the worker said 'It's an 'oss in the pub' - it just made me laugh. Only in Bilston."

The video clips have been shared more than 5,000 times on Facebook.

It has been likened to a well-known scene in hit Peter Kay comedy Phoenix Nights when a Wild West night gets out of hand and a horse is brought into the Phoenix Club.

One poster on Facebook said: "It's like something out of Phoenix Nights. Peter Kay would be amazed! Incredible."

A worker at the Wetherspoon pub said: "Yes, there was a horse in the pub. It was unbelievable."

The horse was inside the pub for around five minutes. The man was spotted leading the horse down the high street minutes later.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said : "This is one of the more extraordinary things to happen in a Wetherspoon pub.

"There has been a lot of media coverage in recent weeks about Wetherspoon banning dogs from its pubs but now we might have to consider banning horses too!"