Derby disruption fears averted but tension lingers beyond the track | Barry Glendenning

Only one Animal Rising activist trespassed on the course but war of words suggests this dispute has some distance to runIn the end the disruption didn’t amount to much; a solitary protester making it on to the course to down by the furlong pole to jeers and heckles from the grandstand. Luckily, or unluckily for him depending on how much he was channelling his inner Suffragette, the 14-strong field of horses was a mile away at the time and despite leading security a merry but brief dance, c