Horses run against traffic about noon Tuesday in the eastbound...

Horses run against traffic about noon Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead. (June 22, 2010) Credit: Wayne McCann / Harmonious Images

And they’re off.

Horses raced traffic on the eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead at around noon today.

Officials were on the scene, rounding up the horses.

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