British pop hunk (and lately, bit of a boozer/loser?) ROBBIE WILLIAMS has been banned from holding a concert at a Dubai racecourse - because his last gig scared the ruling Sheikh's thoroughbred horses.

The singer was paid USD $2 million for a sell-out concert at the Nad Al Sheba racecourse in April last year, (ah, we remember it well) but the noise of the concert scared Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Arabian mares.

Dubai Racing Club chief Frank Gabriel says, "It affected their state of mind and their performance. That will never happen again."

What do you think scared them the most? Angels, Millennium, or an impromptu performance of Never Forget? We're betting on the first one, it was awesome, wasn't it! In fact, forget the pretty ponies, it affected us too. In quite a different way...