The 32-year-old is due to appear in court after animal rights protesters targeted the horse race.
A man has been charged after a protester ran onto the racecourse during the Epsom Derby on Saturday.
Ben Newman, 32, from Hackney, east London, has been charged with causing public nuisance, Surrey Police said.A man was seen being bundled to the floor by police and security guards during the opening seconds of the prestigious race.The protest went ahead despite the Jockey Club, which runs the event, being granted a court injunction prohibiting the group Animal Rising from disrupting it.
Mr Newman was one of 31 people arrested in connection with the planned protests, including 12 on the racecourse grounds and 19 during a pre-emptive operation in the hours before it began.
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