British Horseracing Authority condemns Grand National protests and announces analysis of horse deaths
The BHA says it will analyse the races to understand what caused the deaths.
Four horses died at the Aintree meeting last year, including two injured in the Grand National, which is the climax of the annual race meeting. And on the first day of the meeting on Thursday, Envoye Special died after a fall when running loose over the Grand National fences in the Foxhunters' Chase.The National started 14 minutes later than its scheduled start time of 17:15 BST because of protesters who gained access to the track.
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