Animal rights protesters have apprehended by police officers as they attempted to invade the race course during the Scottish Grand National today at Ayr Racecourse.

The Animal Rising group quickly took responsibility for the incident on social media while sharing a video of 25 of their supporters storming underneath fencing and taking various positions around the track. 

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Animal Rising activists are apprehended by police officers as they attempted to invade the race course during the Coral Scottish Grand National festival at Ayr Racecourse