Call for Grand National ban as two horses die
The animals died during the first circuit of the gruelling four-and-a-half-mile course. Ornais fell at the fourth and Dooneys Gate fell at the sixth, Becher’s Brook. Just 19 of the 40 starters finished the race.
The latest deaths have prompted campaigners to call for an end to the historic race, with some describing it as little more than animal cruelty on the same level as bullfighting.
