Gordon Elliott trained horse Galvin has suffered a nasty cut after colliding with one of the ladders thrown by Grand National protesters.
Animal rights activists had been using the ladders in an attempt to gain entry to Aintree and prevent the World's most famous steeplechase from taking place.
After a short delay, the race began. Galvin, whose jockey was Davy Russell, was one of the numerous horses to fall at the first. As the horse made its way back to the paddock, it stumbled over a ladder that had been thrown over a fence and suffered the injury.
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Appearing on Racing TV's Luck on Sunday, recently re-retired Russell spoke about the Galvin situation.
"We believe that your horse Galvin has actually cantered off into an area where some ladders were left and has actually cut himself on one of those ladders," begins host Nick Luck.
"Yeah, and that's the other side of it with horses, everything has to be secure," said Russell, "They need to be in an area where they can't do any harm to themselves and that area was tainted.
"He got a nasty cut...he had a nasty cut on him but hopefully the vets will sort him out."
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