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Animal rights activists are enraged and devastated after a horse, Giovinco, died following a fall during the second day of the Grand National Festival.
Giovinco, aged seven, fell during the Mildmay Novices’ Chase, the first race of Ladies' Day at Aintree.
The gelding was three lengths behind the lead and fell at the final fence. He was treated on-track by vets but they were unable to save him.
His tragic death comes just 24 hours before the festival's showpiece event, for which a huge 'ring of steel' has been erected to keep out protesters.
'If the death toll was this "high" in any other sport, it would be banned immediately,' a statement from
