It had initially been agreed between the London 2012 Organizing Committee and security firm G4S that over 10,000 guards would be provided for the duration of the Games. However, this figure was more than halved last week and today was reduced to a lone Andalusian mare.
"We were not aware of the extent to which these staffing problems had escalated," said the UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May. "We could have coped with maybe four-thousand or so guards, but today's news has the potential to present serious security concerns."
The horse will be singularly tasked with the job of remaining vigilant throughout the Games, which, in years past, has routinely been pinpointed as a potential target for terrorists.
Despite this, however, Shadow herself remains confident that the Olympics - which was awarded to London one day before the London bombings in 2005 - will be a huge success, insisting "neigh".
"... ", she continued, Monday.