The RSPCA has called on racing authorities to urgently review the deaths of three horses at the Grand National festival as campaigners said it was “just the beginning” of their direct action.
The world’s most famous steeplechase was delayed by 14 minutes when animal rights protesters stormed the track at Aintree on Saturday.
Merseyside police said 118 people had been arrested on suspicion of a range of offences including causing public nuisance and criminal damage.
The protest, in front of 70,000 spectators and a global television audience of millions, came moments before Hill Sixteen died after falling at the first fence of the 175th Grand National.
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