place, and forestall any future defence that an individual was unaware of the order.
Nevin Truesdale, the Jockey Club's chief executive, said after Friday's hearing that its "number one priority will always be to ensure that the safety of all our equine and human participants, racegoers, officials and employees is not compromised." Truesdale added: "We will never tolerate a repeat of the illegal disruption we saw at Aintree on Grand National day and we welcome today's high court ruling, which provides us with an additional layer of security to combat the threat of such dangerous and reckless behaviour. "I urge Animal Rising to abandon any plans to breach security at The Derby Festival and respect the legitimate right of the thousands of people who will join us at Epsom Downs and the millions of people watching at home and around the world to enjoy the sport they love uninterrupted?' Kidby, however, who is the only potential protester identified by name in an order that also applies to any "person or persons unknown", said that Animal Rising would not call off its attempt to stop the Epsom Classic. "Animal Rising remain committed to standing up for horses," Kidby said. "In my view, injunctions are a way for large companies to buy private laws, and an unjust law that is not democratic and denies the right to a jury is not a law. "We're a non-violent movement and as part of that commitment, we will not be going onto the track when there is any danger to ourselves, to horses or to jockeys. It will be in between races and we've made that explicitly clear throughout, both to the Jockey Club and the general public, and to our supporters." Scotsman can make trip to Ireland pay Just one of the 10 runners in the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday has a previous Group One win to its name, but the second, third and fourth horses home in the English equivalent at Newmarket are all in the field to chase what is probably their last chance of a Classic success. Royal Scotsman, third at Newmarket, was not among the original entries but his connections paid €50,000 (E43,400) for a supplementary entry earlier this week, in the hope that he enjoys more luck in running on the Curragh than he did on the Rowley Mile. Having clipped heels in the early stages, Royal Scotsman pulled hard and was then short of running room at a vital stage around two furlongs out, before finiep514 strongly to get within half a length of Hi Royal, the runner-up. 154
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