The group who disrupted the start of the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday are only just getting started, according to one of their leading protagonists.
Just moments before the race was due to get underway at 5.15pm on Saturday, police were forced to deal with protestors from Animal Rising trying to scale the fence and break onto the course. They later took their protest onto the motorway, with the M57 briefly closed while officers removed people who were sitting down on the road.
Merseyside Police confirmed on Saturday night that had 118 arrests had been made, and by the following day 65 people remained in custody. And the activists received scathing criticism from leading racing figures while trainer Sandy Thomson, whose horse Hill Sixteen fell and died during the race, argued their behaviour disrupted the animals and inadvertently contributed to the fatality.
