A stolen horse, btw. But it was a short ride, just from the suburbs into Jerusalem, after which they presumably let the colt go home, because he's never heard of again.
As long as there's a sufficient number of ''believers '' the the priests and other ''earthly representatives' will ply their censer smoke and mirrors polished gold. I asked the question about ''testing'' because I was going along with their own idea to see if Bowser believes there's something in it.