Watch shocking moment Grand National hero Ryan Mania hurls abuse at fox hunt saboteurs
The clip, filmed by protesters, shows the raging ex-jockey calling them 'a bunch of f*****g retards' during a furious rant in Duns, Berwickshire
The clip, filmed by protesters, shows the raging ex-jockey calling them 'a bunch of f*****g retards' during a furious rant in Duns, Berwickshire
THIS is the shocking moment Grand National hero Ryan Mania hurls abuse at fox hunt saboteurs.
The clip, filmed by protesters, shows the raging ex-jockey, 29, calling them “a bunch of f*****g retards” during a furious rant.
And he’s seen yelling at one activist blowing a horn: “Do you want that rammed down your f*****g throat.”
Mania, master of the historic Berwickshire Hunt near Duns, is then accused of deliberately using his mount to squash two saboteurs against a motor.
A voice brands him a “f*****g idiot” as the men scramble clear of his half-ton horse.
When the activists claim he assaulted them, Mania says: “I did what? Get a grip.”
Mania is then accused of leading an illegal hunt and replies: “It’s not drag hunting, you f*****g moron.”
When the saboteurs say they’ll pass the video to cops, fuming Mania says: “Send it. I’ll get the police to f*****g get rid of you.”
Campaigner Kate Louise Powell — who shot the video and put it on Facebook — tonight branded Mania’s antics “dangerous and unacceptable”.
The 22-year-old, of Edinburgh, said: “It felt threatening — he’s not like some huntsmen who try to keep their cool to maintain the gentleman image.
“He gets really wound up and takes things personally.
“I decided it would be more useful to put the video online rather than report it to the police and have Ryan Mania say that we provoked him.”
She claimed: “You can see from the video there’s no excuse for what he’s done.”
Kate said she later saw the rider talking to cops — but no officers approached their group.
There is no suggestion that Mania acted illegally.
He said: “I’m not interested in talking about it.”
A police spokesman said: “We received a report of a protest in the Duns area shortly before 12.30pm on Saturday, February 24.
“Officers attended and no criminality was established.”
Mania triumphed at Aintree in 2013 on 66/1 outsider Auroras Encore and was given a hero’s welcome on his return to Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
He retired at 25 the next year citing trouble maintaining his racing weight and no longer getting a kick out of the sport.
The Berwickshire Hunt is said to be the oldest in Scotland dating back to the 17th century.
Organisers say it is “an effective fox control organisation” for farmers and landowners as well as providing “sport, entertainment and fun”.
The Government is preparing to reveal findings of a consultation on fox hunting laws.
Current legislation allows dogs to be used for flushing out foxes to armed huntsmen.
Celeb animal welfare campaigners including Ricky Gervais, Chris Packham and Bill Odie are among those backing calls to ban all fox hunting.
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