Article 6AV3C Calls for jump-racing ban after Grand National horse deaths

Calls for jump-racing ban after Grand National horse deaths

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Animal rights group Animal Aid says change needed after brutal horrors' at Aintree as three horses die during festival

Animal rights campaigners have called for jump racing to be banned and much more stringent" safety measures put in place for the sport after three horses died at the 175th annual Grand National festival.

The third fatality, Hill Sixteen, is said to have suffered a broken neck at the first fence at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool before being put down.

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