More than 100 arrested after protesters storm Grand National and delay race

One horse was destroyed after falling at the first fence – the second to die at Aintree on Saturday and the third at the three-day festival.

Members of the police forces remove a protester before the start of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse. Picture: AP Photo/Jon Super

Police arrested 118 people at Aintree Racecourse after a large number of protesters attempted to gain entry to the track – delaying the start of the Grand National, with the figure expected to rise.

Dozens of activists climbed fences at Aintree, with at least two affixing themselves to a jump using glue and lock-on devices, climate and animal rights group Animal Rising said.