Police must unveil their report into the Harbour Nights horse stampede as a matter of urgency to provide much-needed answers, event organisers have said.

Nineteen people were injured at the popular tourist event on April 25, some seriously, when two spooked horses crashed through a barrier and dragged their unmanned carriage into the crowd on Front Street. Earlier this week, Mayor of Hamilton Sutherland Madeiros said the Corporation wished to view the official findings before making a decision on whether horses and carriages should be banned from the City.

Adding her voice to the calls, Diane Gordon, executive vice president of Harbour Nights organisers the Chamber of Commerce, said: "We are still waiting to hear as well. Several months have gone by and there's a number of people who are waiting to get a report or an outcome as to the incident.

"I would like to see closure to this and we are concerned for all of those people who were injured, just to ensure that they have closure."

The stampede involved horses belonging to Ray Bean, a Dockyard-based carriage operator. Mr. Bean was said to have chased his runaway horses and calmed them down, despite suffering rib injuries when they first ran out of control.

Speculation about the cause of the horses getting spooked has ranged from an exploding firecracker and noise from a children's train to a bridle plume sweeping one of the animals in the head. Mrs. Gordon said: "It's really sad we are stuck in this rumour mill but that's normal. Because people don't have a concrete report in front of them, we are guessing."

The most seriously injured victim, Lucille Moniz who was visiting from the US -suffered two broken arms, a broken leg and a badly damaged ear. According to Mrs. Gordon she is out of hospital but has been unable to return home yet because of her injuries.

"We're concerned about her. The victims must be feeling frustration and wondering," she said.

However, she added: "I don't want to bash the Police at all. There were so many people they had to get reports from, they're really trying to get accurate assessments from everyone because there's been a lot of rumours. They are doing their due diligence, getting all the accurate information possible, before doing anything."

Mr. Bean, from Somerset, did not wish to speak in detail, telling The Royal Gazette he had given a statement to the Police and met with his insurers, and been advised not to speak to the media. He confirmed he was insured in relation to the incident, and said of the pending Police report: "I want to follow up on that with them myself. I would have thought by now it would have been made public."

A Police spokesman said: "The investigation is ongoing and in its advanced stages." He declined to comment on when the results would be revealed.