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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.

As the horses and riders swept around Tattenham corner, a vast and otherwise empty straight of lush green grass stretched ahead and Auguste Rodin, under Ryan Moore, led them all home to mark another triumph for trainer Aidan O’Brien. In the aftermath of the race the Animal Rising protest group tweeted that the race had started despite assurances from the Jockey Club that it would not get under way if there were any activists illegally trespassing on the track.

Closer scrutiny proves the starting gates had in fact opened when the law-breaker made his way under the inner rail on the other side of the course.

“Our security teams and the police acted swiftly and decisively to remove an Animal Rising protester who entered the racetrack after the Derby had started and while the race was being run,” said the Jockey Club chief executive, Nevin Truesdale, who added that the “reckless and illegal” behaviour was in breach of a high court order obtained last week.

“Animal rising have repeatedly stated that they would not attempt to disrupt any races while in progress and we utterly condemn their deplorable and mindless actions today.”

Strolling the course ahead of racing on a

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