A group of people who ran onto the track before the Epsom Derby were removed by police. The female protesters, holding banners and dressed as suffragettes, fell to the ground when officers intervened.
The group laid in the middle of the course about 75 yards from the finish line. Police and security officers dragged them away.
The scene was reminiscent of the 1913 protest at the Epsom Derby by suffragette Emily Davison who threw herself at the king's horse, Anmer, causing the horse and rider to fall. She suffered a fractured skull and died four days later. Suffragettes from across the country attended her funeral.
