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Derby disruption fears averted but tension lingers beyond the track
I n the end the disruption didn’t amount to much; a solitary protester making it on to the course to down by the furlong pole to jeers and heckles from the grandstand. Luckily, or unluckily for him depending on how much he was channelling his inner Suffragette, the 14-strong field of horses was a mile away at the time and despite leading security a merry but brief dance, capture by several security staff was inevitable. He was dragged back under the inner rail from where he’d come, then sat upon until the 56 hooves had thundered past and he could be led away.