Environmental and animal rights group Animal Rising managed to delay the start of last year's Grand National by 14 minutes, as protesters made it onto the Aintree site
All eyes will be on Aintree this Saturday for the Grand National - with attention on and off the circuit.
They were spotted trying to climb over fences and gain access to the grounds, as well as getting onto the grass ahead of the race. Just before the Grand National was due to get underway, people with ladders were seen attempting to enter the racecourse, while other protests made an effort to glue or lock themselves to jumps on the track.
If there is, Animal Rising aren't expected to be responsible. The organisation has confirmed that it has no plans to repeat their protest, having issued a statement earlier this month. A spokesperson, Nathan McGovern, also told the Guardian : "We won't be there and the reason for that is that as far as we can see, last year there was a huge public conversation on the back of the Grand National, Epsom et cetera, and it would appear that the public have in large part been convinced that they don't want racing to be part of the fabric of British culture going forward.
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