Protestors cause delay to start of the 175th Grand National at Aintree
The race was due to start at 5.15pm.
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The start of the Randox Grand National was delayed by about 15 minutes after a number of protestors made their way on to the track at Aintree.
Animal Rising had threatened to disrupt the four-and-a-quarter-mile race and were protesting from early on Saturday morning outside the track.
As the National runners were in the parade ring, a number of protestors breached security fences around the Liverpool venue and ran on to the course.
The horses were sent back to the pre-parade ring, with the race eventually off at around 530pm.
Corach Rambler, trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox, won the incident-packed race at 8/1.
