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"They haven't thought this through" | Sandy Thomson criticises Grand National protesters

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Sandy Thomson has reiterated his stance against animal rights activists who disrupted the 175th running of the Grand National on Saturday.


Hill Sixteen, trained by the Berwickshire handler, suffered a fatal injury after falling at the first fence in a race that was delayed by almost 15 minutes after protestors got on to the Aintree course and attempted to secure themselves to railings and fences.


The 10-year-old had never fallen in his 26-race career and Thomson felt the delays and the rushed preparation caused by the protestors were a major reason for the race’s total of three fallers, along with five unseated jockeys, over the first two fences.


Hill Sixteen had previously raced over the National fences twice, finishing second in the 2021 Becher Chase and seventh in this season’s running of the same race.


Having been walked in the parade ring with a red hood, along with others he was taken back to the pre-parade ring as the authorities attempted to quell the protests.


In the aftermath of the fatal fall, Thomson was adamant that much of the blame lay with the protestors, and spoke to Sky Sports Racing about the incidents on Saturday.
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