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Please Enjoy These Photos Of Drunk People At An English Horse Race

Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
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Not unlike the cyclical rhythms of animal migratory patterns, every so often we are given the opportunity to watch some extremely drunk, extremely dressed-up English people embrace the hallway food mentality of "eat trash, be free." This is often done somewhere with horses. I know what you're thinking: I've seen that Footy Scran account enough to understand that English people are usually eating trash. This is true, but fails to account for the fact that doing such a thing in a place with horses elevates the entire exercise. Bear witness to this weekend's Grand National at Aintree, outside of Liverpool.

A racegoer sits on the floor, bowtie atop his head, at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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A racegoer stands tall among the trash, alcohol in hand, at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers in front of a trash can at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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One racegoer places another inside a trashcan at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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A racegoer sits in a bin at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers on day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool. One has cigarette in mouth, a drink in each hand, a heavy gold chain, and a mesh shirt.
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Racegoers at the end of day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
Photo: Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images
Racegoers take shelter from the rain on day three of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers enjoy themselves whilst taking shelter from the rain on day three of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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A racegoer wearing a horse mask on day three of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers on day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers laughing together on day two of the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
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Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024.
Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024.
Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024.
Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024.
Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

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