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THE JOCKEY CLUB APPLIES FOR INJUNCTION IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT "ILLEGAL AND RECKLESS" DISRUPTION OF THE DERBY FESTIVAL AT EPSOM DOWNS
Press Release 22nd May 2025
The Jockey Club, which runs Epsom Downs Racecourse, has today lodged an application to the High Court seeking an injunction to prohibit acts intended to disrupt The Derby Festival. British racing's largest commercial operator and employer said it had been forced to take the decision because protesters from Animal Rising continue to make it "explicitly clear" that they intend to breach security at the Surrey racecourse to stage a disruptive protest, which may compromise the safety of equine and human participants and all racegoers.
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