Downing Street still refuses to say whether David Cameron rode Rebekah Brooks' horse The Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The only horses I am interested in are the type you can put a bet on. He has never been in an race in which I can back a horse. He said that all the meetings between Mrs Brooks and the Prime Minister were published last year, although he declined to say if there were on horseback at the time. The spokesman said: "Most of the Prime Minister's meetings take place at rooms or at tables, and not on horseback." One of the people claiming Mr Cameron went riding with Mrs Brooks was former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan, who was recorded in an undercover investigation by the New Statesman magazine. He said: "Cameron went horse riding regularly with Rebekah. I know, because as well as door-stepping celebrities, I've also door-stepped my ex-boss by hiding in the bushes, waiting for her to come past with Cameron on a horse . . . before the election to show that - you know - Murdoch was backing Cameron. Scotland Yard also accused Mrs Brooks of returning Raisa, 22, in 2010 "in poor condition," although this was denied by Mrs Brooks" husband Charlie, a renowned racehorse trainer. A Yard spokesman said: "When the horse was returned, Raisa was regarded by officers from the Mounted branch to be in a poor but not serious condition." The horse was rehoused in 2010 and later died "of natural causes." However, Mr Brooks said: "I have been around and looked after horses all my life and I am confident that I know more about caring for them than people at the Metropolitan Police." Mrs Brooks" former boss Rupert Murdoch also leapt to her defence, writing on the Twitter micro-blogging website: "Now they are complaining about R Brooks saving an old horse from the glue factory."