Horse trainer Sandy Thompson blames death of his Grand National horse Hill Sixteen on animal rights protestors

A horse trainer has called protestors who interrupted the Grand National “ignorant”. Sandy Thomson has said that the protestors were to blame for the death of a horse at the prestigious event.

The start of the race was delayed by 14 minutes after around 100 protestors from animal rights group Animal Rising made their way to the outskirts of the track. Many were able to get onto the course and had to be forcibly removed by police.