A High Court judge on Friday granted the Jockey Club an injunction to prevent animal rights protesters causing Grand National-type disruption at next week’s Betfred Derby meeting.
After causing a delay to the Grand National in April when hundreds tried to get onto the course, Animal Rising has made the Derby their next target. The activists have encouraged supporters to head to Epsom next Saturday with the aim of staging a demonstration on the track.
The Jockey Club, which owns Epsom as well as Aintree, took legal action arguing that a disruptive protest threatened to “compromise the safety of equine and human participants and all racegoers”.
