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  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess5501 2 роки тому +25

    One of these days I'm going to watch it and Crisp will hold on.

  • @dlamiss
    @dlamiss 4 роки тому +48

    There are moments in sport you never forget, this 9 minutes is one of those...

    • @freddieclark
      @freddieclark 3 роки тому +2

      I was 12 years old and we had a colour tv of just a year. Never a great fan of horse racing, for some reason this one caught me up and I followed the career of the amazing Red Rum for years.

    • @dlamiss
      @dlamiss 3 роки тому +1

      @@freddieclark I was 8 years of age. it was the same day Pat Jennings saved two penalties at Anfield for my team against Liverpool but for me this moment at Aintree was the saddest sporting event i saw until 36 years and 4 months later Tom Watson failing to par the last at Turnberry to win the Open surpassed it. Easily the two saddest sporting moments of my lifetime. Crisp deserved to win that day

    • @gazowen7310
      @gazowen7310 2 роки тому +1

      @@dlamiss the saddest sporting moment ever Watson losing

    • @julzyboy1973
      @julzyboy1973 Рік тому

      i'm nearly 50. This race was five months before I was born and this is the best horse race ever.

    • @pavolfilo7932
      @pavolfilo7932 Рік тому +1

      Yes . I was 19 years old and I saw this racing on TV at Slovakia. It was fantastic.

  • @davidevans3227
    @davidevans3227 Рік тому +6

    as a child i liked watching the riderless horses carry-on racing, i was always wanting one of them to win!

  • @davidclucas4932
    @davidclucas4932 Рік тому +13

    50 years ago. Remember it like it was yesterday. Surely the greatest horse race in history

    • @MrJohnConstable
      @MrJohnConstable 4 місяці тому

      Definitely, watched it with my grandad. We all loved Rummy. A proper legend in his own lifetime.

  • @gazowenowen250
    @gazowenowen250 4 роки тому +24

    Undoubtedly the greatest horse race ever of both codes without question

  • @MizunoIronMan
    @MizunoIronMan 5 років тому +35

    Great memories, this was when the National was a true challenge for man and horse and the whole country would get involved. No sky tv , no mobile phones, no internet - but we all had the best days of our lives growing up in this era.

    • @redplague
      @redplague 2 роки тому +1

      More challenging for the horse I think.

  • @nigelpeers5631
    @nigelpeers5631 4 роки тому +14

    My old horse Endless Folly ran a great race that day.Such a lovely kind horse,gentle and genuine.

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 3 роки тому +2

      You must be proud that he ran such a great race in possibly the greatest horse race of all time

    • @gazowen7310
      @gazowen7310 3 роки тому +1

      Oh bloody hell how long did he live for

  • @jpmacc94
    @jpmacc94 5 років тому +27

    Still gives me shivers ....the sheer never say die attitude and stomach for a fight shown by Red Rum

  • @eugenekeher978
    @eugenekeher978 Рік тому +6

    We ll all remember Red Rum quite rightly , but what a performance by Crisp who was essentially a two miler , what a jumper and weight carrying performance especially in the light of Red Rum s future Grand National performances , glory and heartbreak in equal amounts , what a great race .

    • @BertSmithLondon
      @BertSmithLondon 8 місяців тому

      If they ran the same race this year, Crisp wins it easily, as the distance of the race is a furlong and a half shorter.

  • @dessiemckenzie9614
    @dessiemckenzie9614 6 років тому +33

    Crisp jumping Beechers Brooke on the second circuit being pursued by Red Rum is one of the greatest sights in Horse Racing history.

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 4 роки тому +5

      Yes it is. A wonderful piece of Horse Racing History. Never tire of watching that part in particular!

    • @davidevans3227
      @davidevans3227 Рік тому

      god the sweat pouring off me just watching..
      red rum approaching is just something else isn it..
      want to say loads..
      the classic commentary, and switching between commentators..
      one minute red rum is ninth moments later he's second!
      imagine being on red rum and thinking i'm going to catch that Crisp!
      then you see crisp get tired...
      ..and i realised how much they are hitting the horses..
      what a race, can't believe how far back red rum was..
      didn't they think it was odd he was so far back?
      maybe this was the start of him making his name
      just had a thought lol
      maybe this is edited

    • @MrStevewoods
      @MrStevewoods 8 місяців тому

      And the brilliant commentary from the legendary race caller Peter o’Sullivan

  • @pix046
    @pix046 5 років тому +35

    "He's been out there on his own for so long."
    What a lovely horse, Crisp.

  • @ballysboots6937
    @ballysboots6937 2 роки тому +10

    The determination that Rummy had brings me to tears what a great little horse.

    • @andrewwilliams8712
      @andrewwilliams8712 2 роки тому +2

      Crisp gave away getting on 2 stone greatest national horse ever

    • @ballysboots6937
      @ballysboots6937 2 роки тому

      @@andrewwilliams8712 It was a valiant effort from him too.

    • @neilinely
      @neilinely Рік тому

      @@andrewwilliams8712 It was a lot to concede, but greatest ever - you can't take away from, Rummy's record.

    • @davidevans3227
      @davidevans3227 Рік тому

      amazing red rum
      but crisp got tired?

  • @roberttinsley4484
    @roberttinsley4484 2 роки тому +17

    Every couple of years i come back and watch this race to see if Crisp finally holds on, unfortunately it never happens :( :(

  • @nickgreen5401
    @nickgreen5401 Рік тому +2

    Remember watching this as a schoolboy, and my nanna shouting hysterically at the TV "come on Red Rum" Over and over! It must of had some influence, as I've watched every National since.

  • @richardmalton4985
    @richardmalton4985 3 роки тому +5

    ‘’…& Crisp just wandering off a true line, he’s beginning to lose concentration he’s been out there on his own for so long…” Ever the greatest National, but such was O’Sullevan’s unique gift for dramatic commentary, for extracting & injecting every last drop of emotion & excitement from a close finish, & all with the class & timing of a Rolex, that he almost became as synonymous with the race as the winners he called home. It’s never been quite the same since he retired, at least for me.

    • @julzyboy1973
      @julzyboy1973 8 місяців тому +1

      fully concur with this. Would have loved to have met Peter O'

  • @thegame941
    @thegame941 6 років тому +10

    Best race and winner of all times will never be topped anyway!!

  • @lycangypsypriest3190
    @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому +10

    4 me a red rum gran.national fan.this the greatest national and finish.what a battle.god bless them both!!!!!🎋🎋🦄🦄

  • @petergoddard262
    @petergoddard262 6 років тому +13

    The great RED RUM, what a horse he was and so was Crisp.

  • @TheGlassman63
    @TheGlassman63 4 роки тому +7

    My god, only seems like yesterday. Certainly sends a few shivers down the spine. Brave Crisp, but what a fight from Rummy.

  • @Garyskinner2422
    @Garyskinner2422 4 роки тому +5

    Wow first time ive ever seen this race what an amazing come back by red rum unbelievable

    • @julzyboy1973
      @julzyboy1973 8 місяців тому +1

      His jockey Fletcher never gets the recognition he deserves especially for this race.

  • @Britishrailer
    @Britishrailer 4 роки тому +7

    What a heart that horse had. Three wins/two seconds. Greatest ever!

  • @jonmowat6563
    @jonmowat6563 7 років тому +25

    We'll never see a Horse like Red Rum, ever again! A total one off so he was! 👍🍺😎🙋

    • @raygordonteacheschess5501
      @raygordonteacheschess5501 5 років тому

      I used to call that "the staggers"

    • @joeyy1768
      @joeyy1768 5 років тому +2

      Tiger roll son

    • @STRANGETEXT
      @STRANGETEXT 5 років тому

      @@joeyy1768 TIGER ROLL :)

    • @peace-now
      @peace-now 5 років тому +1

      Absolute bullshit. Did you see the race??? Rigged! Crisp was giving Red Rum a stone and a half! You people make me sick.

    • @ivorscrotumic3556
      @ivorscrotumic3556 5 років тому +5

      @@peace-now How was it "rigged"..?? It's a handicap chase ffs. Look up what that means & stop being an idiot.

  • @drdavid1963
    @drdavid1963 3 роки тому +3

    Great memories! Saw this when I was 9 years old with my family. We alwys had a sweepstakes and I had Crisp so I was gutted when he lost. But it still remains the most dramatic race I've ever seen.

  • @karlpeart1752
    @karlpeart1752 7 років тому +8

    Saw red rum at market rasen race course about a year before he passed away. Lovely horse

  • @rorym1967
    @rorym1967 4 місяці тому +1

    Love the grand nationals of the 70s 80s and 90s

  • @johnmartin9321
    @johnmartin9321 4 роки тому +11

    loved Rummy to death but my heart goes out to crisp who gave his all

  • @traceyhudson2463
    @traceyhudson2463 6 років тому +22

    Crisp got very tired bless him - Red Rum a legend!

    • @lycangypsypriest3190
      @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому +3

      Tracey Hudson god bless red rum.and crisp!!! Wat a battle!!

    • @STRANGETEXT
      @STRANGETEXT 5 років тому

      Crisp with less cargo? weight?

    • @markellwood5868
      @markellwood5868 5 років тому +3

      @@STRANGETEXT l'escargot was another horse in the race

    • @STRANGETEXT
      @STRANGETEXT 5 років тому +1

      @@markellwood5868 yes Legends Mark. I really enjoyed watching that never seen it back in the day I was a nipper. Greatest race

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 5 років тому +1

      They were both extremely tired. Just Red Rum less so than Crisp.

  • @stephensutton4666
    @stephensutton4666 3 роки тому +2

    That was an amazing finish we always watched the grand national my dad was an avid racing fan he would have been 38 then and I was 15 great days where has the time gone .

  • @chatham43
    @chatham43 8 років тому +14

    ...best National ever....thanks....

  • @SuperHans64
    @SuperHans64 4 роки тому +8

    Easily the greatest horse race of all time, flat or national hunt. The Belmont Stakes in the same year may have been more spectacular but nothing compares to the drama of the National that year.

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed. It`s my favourite horse race of all time also!

  • @silenusut
    @silenusut 5 років тому +5

    Two amazing champions of their sport, thanks.

  • @bronwenhabberley5985
    @bronwenhabberley5985 5 років тому +5

    A horse who’s name is to be remembered forever

  • @davidpollard3298
    @davidpollard3298 7 років тому +43

    The fences back then were mountainous.

    • @josephmccomick4679
      @josephmccomick4679 3 роки тому +1

      True lad x

    • @shaunspadah5790
      @shaunspadah5790 3 роки тому +1

      @@josephmccomick4679 no where near as harsh as the 20s to 50s nationals

    • @neilinely
      @neilinely Рік тому +2

      Not to mention the ditches, like the one at the back of Becher's

  • @slavaukraini1991
    @slavaukraini1991 5 років тому +9

    watched this a bunch of times and still can't believe the ground Red Rum made up at the end :o

  • @moosiethestaggie5100
    @moosiethestaggie5100 3 роки тому +5

    I still cant believe Crisp never won.
    That has got to be one of the best performances in National history, just so unlucky.

    • @csb7376
      @csb7376 2 роки тому +3

      As a piece of form, Crisp's run is easily the best in a National. To try and give 23 pounds to Red Rum and only get beat on the line given subsequent events is unreal.

  • @replicas11
    @replicas11 4 роки тому +5

    Even now I still think he wasn’t going to make it, the start of a legend, proper stuff.

  • @tartantrews305
    @tartantrews305 Рік тому +1

    9:00 is such an iconic image, one of the truly great sporting moments.

  • @kepnjem
    @kepnjem 5 років тому +9

    RIP Grey Sombrero. 😢

    • @helenemillar5175
      @helenemillar5175 4 роки тому +2

      Beautiful horse, very sad :'( xx

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 4 роки тому +3

      Yes that was very sad...I always feel that he played a big part in making that race so special.

    • @nathynorthy6916
      @nathynorthy6916 5 місяців тому

      @@SJHUE He had to die to make this race special?

  • @jezzaus2124
    @jezzaus2124 8 років тому +11

    Unbelievable scenes!

  • @kevinthomas9002
    @kevinthomas9002 8 років тому +19

    as an aussie im still proud of crisp he had a go

    • @katex571
      @katex571  8 років тому

      he looked a bit knackered bless him, ....

    • @robin231176
      @robin231176 7 років тому +3

      He had a go mate, you're right there.

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 7 років тому +1

      Red Rum's unbeaten record makes me feel good. That's all I need to make me smile!

    • @jonmowat6563
      @jonmowat6563 7 років тому

      Helene Millar Check again, he was beaten in the Grand National, a couple of times, 1975 and 76! 👍😎🙋🍺

    • @rc2869
      @rc2869 6 років тому +2

      He would have beat every other horse on that day in every condition imaginable. Anywhere in the history of horse racinf. And on any other day too. There was one horse who wouldn't bow to him. Only one.

  • @Peterpepper69
    @Peterpepper69 6 років тому +15

    Red Rum had longevity over 5 years in one race Crisp was a good horse but the greatest of all is by far Red Rum and his record will never ever be beaten!!!!

    • @Peterpepper69
      @Peterpepper69 6 років тому

      Talk about that Dickie!!

    • @shaunspadah5790
      @shaunspadah5790 5 років тому +2

      tiger roll may disagree with you

    • @CFCliam21
      @CFCliam21 5 років тому

      Crisp was better known as a two-miler, having won the Champion Chase at Cheltenham. He was also giving Red Rum almost two stone in weight. Red Rum was a great, but Crisp had more class, I believe.

    • @johnshort5003
      @johnshort5003 5 років тому

      Not the greatest by far. By half a length and giving a stone and a half. They were used to piling weight on Crisp to give the other horses a chance. And if Tiger Roll wins next year, the record will be equaled.

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому +4

      Red Rum's record will never be equalled. Tiger Roll is a great little horse with wonderful potential, but the GN course of today bears no resemblance to gruelling race it was in Rummy's day.

  • @captpicard6894
    @captpicard6894 3 роки тому +2

    Red Rum or Secretariat, either way they are both the 2 most exceptional and perfect Horses ever to grace the world of racing.

  • @lycangypsypriest3190
    @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому +5

    What a race!!!!!!!!!!

  • @davidmastin416
    @davidmastin416 6 років тому +13

    Easily the classiest ever Grand National field. The first 4 home all broke the course record.

    • @gazowenowen250
      @gazowenowen250 4 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @shaunspadah5790
      @shaunspadah5790 3 роки тому

      @@gazowenowen250 think hurricane rock 100 to 1 no hoper finished 5th smashed the course record by 5 seconds

    • @chrisdowling8094
      @chrisdowling8094 Рік тому

      1934's was classier.

  • @oriel229
    @oriel229 6 років тому +7

    I love that little horse.........

  • @mattylamb9194
    @mattylamb9194 5 років тому +2

    This was three years before I was born. However, this as the first of Red Rum's three Grand Nationals and worldwide celebrity. Yet this day I am sure virtually everyone was willing Crisp to hold on. Ran such a brave, bold race!

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому +2

      Crisp ran brilliantly, but it was Rummy who triumphed in spectacular fashion. He displayed the sheer skill, tenacity and courage that would eventually lead to his future breathtaking and record breaking successes. Brian Fletcher was a very talented jockey too and knew just how to get the best out of Rummy on the day.

    • @cloister-yy7rk
      @cloister-yy7rk 4 роки тому +1

      The 23lbs weight advantage helped a bit......Fletcher rode a great race,switch the jockeys
      and `Crisp` wins by 50 yards.............@@helenemillar7626

  • @paulcarr4523
    @paulcarr4523 4 роки тому +3

    The grwtest race of all time Crisp put up an unbelievable performance under 12 stone and in hindsight he faced a near impossible task giving all that weight to Red Rum always spoilt for me by the death of Grey Sombrero a great horse in his own right.

    • @andylinton9087
      @andylinton9087 2 роки тому +1

      Agree, possibly the best ever national. However when Red Rum won his 3rd national in 77 he too carried 12 stone and was also 12 years old. He just loved Aintree.

  • @Gazowen-qz5xy
    @Gazowen-qz5xy 8 місяців тому +1

    Only 2 sporting moments made me cry this one and watson at turnberry with Gregory not beating Taylor either

    • @steveblack610
      @steveblack610 3 місяці тому

      So that’s 3 moments then? Sounds like Monty Pythons Spanish Inquisition .

    • @Gazowen-qz5xy
      @Gazowen-qz5xy 3 місяці тому +1

      @@steveblack610 oh yes sorry it's three

  • @gazowen7310
    @gazowen7310 3 роки тому +3

    The greatest jumps horse race ever and the greatest performance ever in a grand national when it was a horse race and a test not this cheap immatation it is now

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 3 роки тому +2

    To say lescargot finished a bad 3rd is an understatement

  • @manygate10
    @manygate10 8 років тому +8

    I backed Crisp, so was a bit choked, but what a performance by Red Rum, who turned out to be a legend, whose record in five Nationals will never be beaten!

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 7 років тому +3

      I agree. Crisp ran brilliantly and fought gallantly, but in the end the best horse won. Red Rum. Legend.

  • @teenoso4069
    @teenoso4069 Рік тому +1

    50 years today

  • @kopthelotklopp1523
    @kopthelotklopp1523 4 роки тому +5

    Poor crisp, he was practically running backwards after the last jump.

  • @carlharris2808
    @carlharris2808 5 років тому +5

    hard to believe but red rums first win was over 5 furlongs at Ayr that he could go all the way up to 36 furlongs to win the national is quite a amazing feat.

    • @nickmorrow5216
      @nickmorrow5216 3 роки тому +1

      Not so, Red Rum first ran April 7 at Aintree, in a 5f selling plate, finished 1st in a dead heat

  • @mikepalfrey2695
    @mikepalfrey2695 5 років тому +7

    Heartbreaking but red rum was as hard as nails when the fight came.

  • @martinhill9261
    @martinhill9261 7 років тому +5

    One of craziest but greatest races of all time.Red Rum what a horse.The greatest .

  • @essjaydee4241
    @essjaydee4241 8 років тому +8

    RIP Brian Fletcher.

    • @katex571
      @katex571  8 років тому

      ive only just heard myself

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 7 років тому +1

      A greatly underrated jockey, in my opinion, but one of the very best! RIP Brian Fletcher xx

  • @GreenStreetPlayer1
    @GreenStreetPlayer1 3 роки тому +1

    You still watch it even today and wonder if Red Rum is going to get up. What a horse Crisp was as well.

  • @DarthCipient
    @DarthCipient 7 років тому +17

    Jesus, how did Red Rum catch Crisp?
    Incredible.

    • @ebojfmdboojoh4023
      @ebojfmdboojoh4023 6 років тому +4

      because crisp went off way to fast. Slow and steady always wins the race.

    • @Vinchiamo
      @Vinchiamo 6 років тому +8

      He only caught Crisp because Crisp was carrying 23lb more then Red Rum that day. Taking nothing away from Red Rum as he would later develop into an even better horse in the next few years to become the greatest Steeple Chaser of all time, But had Red Rum carried the same weight as Crisp that day, Crisp would have beat him by 100 meters. The old adage is each extra 1lb carried slows a horse 1/2 length over a mile, so think what 23lbs extra slowed Crisp over the Grand National distance. It's a shame they made Crisp carry the Grandstand that day but he was the best Steeple Chaser in the world at that time, and Red Rum was still a Youngster on the way up.

    • @jamesking8065
      @jamesking8065 5 років тому +2

      red rum run faster

    • @lycangypsypriest3190
      @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому +1

      DarthCipient magic horse.he was the national.

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому +2

      No, the fact remains that Red Rum won because he had more stamina and staying power. Crisp had run an amazing race, but he was exhausted and had run out of steam. It's that simple.

  • @Captainblack710
    @Captainblack710 6 років тому +7

    little rummy was having none of it !

  • @simonpearn479
    @simonpearn479 7 років тому +6

    Red Rum-The greatest Grand National horse of all-time surely?

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 6 років тому +1

      That's actually a fact, so yes!!

    • @ebojfmdboojoh4023
      @ebojfmdboojoh4023 6 років тому +2

      +Helene Millar it depends how you define greatest. Manifesto has 5 top 3 finishes and won the grand national twice in 1897 and 1899. In 1897 he won by 20 lengths which is still the biggest margin of victory. In 1899 he won the race carrying 12st 7 which is way more then red rum ever carried. He also finished 3rd in 1900 carrying 12st 13, and third in 1902 aged 14 carrying 12st 8. He also managed a 4th place in 1895. He took part 8 times in the race which is a record.

    • @simonpearn479
      @simonpearn479 6 років тому +3

      So, how come you never hear about Manifesto's achievements then, in the same way as you do Red Rum?

    • @ebojfmdboojoh4023
      @ebojfmdboojoh4023 6 років тому +3

      +Simon Pearn because it was before the days of TV coverage probably

    • @simonpearn479
      @simonpearn479 6 років тому +1

      I see what you mean Michael.

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 5 років тому +7

    Wonderful duel of course, but the terrible death of the beautiful Grey Sombrero still, for me, casts a pall over the whole race.

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 5 років тому

      He got up as well from the fall. Did he break his leg?

    • @ysgol3
      @ysgol3 3 роки тому

      @@mattylamb9194 Yes - broken leg. (How's that for a quick reply...?)

    • @NeilR4960
      @NeilR4960 2 роки тому +1

      Sad indeed, beautiful horses killed in this manner

    • @annabelladebonnay8320
      @annabelladebonnay8320 8 місяців тому +1

      Actually Grey Sombrero fractured a shoulder and was destroyed by trigger happy vets

    • @ysgol3
      @ysgol3 8 місяців тому

      @@annabelladebonnay8320 Thank you for the information - I saw a documentary which said 'leg' - do you mean that he could and should have been saved?

  • @dessiemckenzie5857
    @dessiemckenzie5857 4 роки тому +3

    Just before he fell Grey Sombrero reacted to Crisp dislodging some twig from a fence and went into that fateful fence unsettled and led to the fall that would sadly cost him his life . Before this he was jumping well and enjoying it

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 3 роки тому +1

      That was so sad. I always felt Grey Sombrero played a major role in the greatest National of all time if that might be any consolation to him bless him

    • @JP1234815
      @JP1234815 3 роки тому +1

      Unlike some falls you see at Aintree - the video shows Grey Sombrero getting up and being led away from the circuit. With advancements in treatment would a horse such as Grey Sombrero be rehabilitated rather than euthanized these days?

    • @dessiemckenzie5857
      @dessiemckenzie5857 3 роки тому

      @@JP1234815 you would like to think he would. And who knows what would have happened had he not succumbed to that fall. Maybe Red Rum would not have won and Aintree may well have been consigned to history as it is largely assumed that Red Rum saved the grand national

    • @JP1234815
      @JP1234815 3 роки тому +2

      I've heard those stories too. Can't just have been Redrum though otherwise the race would have been scrapped 20-30 years ago (there was a lot of lobbying from Animal Welfare groups after the aborted 1993 race)..

    • @1Moodymare
      @1Moodymare 3 роки тому

      @@JP1234815 unlikely, if I recall right he had a broken shoulder and that's a pretty serious injury, you can see how lame he was in the one or two strides he took after getting up.

  • @johnshort5003
    @johnshort5003 5 років тому +6

    Both Red Rum and Crisp kind of laugh at these fences - the way they both skip Becher's second time. Effortless.

  • @daviderrington8224
    @daviderrington8224 4 роки тому +3

    I would like to address a few things from the comments below.
    Many claim Crisp to be the greater horse as he would have beaten Red Rum on level weights. Sadly for Crisp, the Grand National is a handicap race, and although there was a big weight advantage to Red Rum the fact that there was so little between them as they crossed the line shows the handicapper did a fantastic job at assessing the weights (between Rummy and Crisp anyway).
    Others claim the 12 stone Crisp carried was a huge weight that anchored him. I have to point out that Red Rum won easily the following year carrying 12 stone.
    Some accuse Dick Pitman of having a terrible race on Crisp. I really find this hard to believe. I agree he made an error with the whip approaching the elbow, but Crisp blew away a field including top class horses (L'Escarcot and Spanish Steps spring to mind), and was only beaten by the horse with the best Grand National record in history, who had to break the race record to do it. But for coming up against Rummy he would have won easily, and everyone would be saying how well Pitman had ridden Crisp.
    Crisp ran his heart out with sound tactics from the jockey, but was beaten by a horse with more stamina on the handicap.

    • @johnmartin9321
      @johnmartin9321 4 роки тому +2

      summed up to perfection !

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 3 роки тому +2

      Nicely put David!

  • @gazowen7310
    @gazowen7310 2 роки тому +1

    The irony is crisp would of won the national in this era

  • @Apseyboy
    @Apseyboy 5 років тому +1

    I was working as a waiter in the Queens Hotel in Chester,when a lady customer said to me back Red Rum tomorrow,unknown to me it was the horse owners wife Mrs le Mare,they were staying at the hotel on the eve of the National,Red Rums first National win 1973.

  • @gazowen7310
    @gazowen7310 3 роки тому +2

    What isn't talked about is how far back lescargot came from. To get a place

  • @1964karlos
    @1964karlos Рік тому +2

    Not just the greatest ever National (back in the days when it was a proper test) but quite possibly the greatest ever horse race.

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 8 місяців тому +1

    I just replied to a comment here and something just occurred to me - peter O'Sullivan still seems so remarkable, reeling off all those names he presumably memorised along with their colours of course - but how do we know he didn't just name the leaders then just read out the others randomly??

  • @SteveNinetyski
    @SteveNinetyski 5 років тому +3

    Crisps finish reminded me of the last 200 metres of my first mile I ran as an 11 year old🤣 Went off at 400 metre pace and died

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 5 років тому

      Don;t you mean you went off at 100metre pace?

  • @Eurovisionmad
    @Eurovisionmad 7 років тому +6

    The days when the betting was more predictable :)
    I love red rum but i did feel bad for Crisp tho. He reminded me of might bite this year a bit tipsy :) at the end :)

  • @nickmorrow5216
    @nickmorrow5216 Рік тому +1

    1969 was the first one in colour. ..

  • @brianfoskett3055
    @brianfoskett3055 Рік тому +2

    Red rum 3 wins 2 2nds in five nationals will never be beating amazing horse i backed in all 5 nationals

  • @STRANGETEXT
    @STRANGETEXT 4 роки тому +2

    The most exciting Grand N poor crisp got tired

  • @lawrencebennett9890
    @lawrencebennett9890 7 років тому +4

    Brilliant memories, the weight crisp had told in the end.

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому

      Not the weight, staying power and stamina! Crisp ran out of petrol. Simple!

    • @cloister-yy7rk
      @cloister-yy7rk 4 роки тому

      @@helenemillar7626This nonsense should stop,of course it was the weight,it`s a handicap isn`t it.This refusal to
      accept the obvious is embarrassing to all of us who love the sport

  • @bronwenhabberley5985
    @bronwenhabberley5985 5 років тому +2

    R.IP Brian Fletcher3 wins on Rummy & Red Alligator

  • @eryan37
    @eryan37 6 років тому +2

    Sad for Crisp a great horse over laden with weight, but there's no getting away from it the local boy done good! Red Rum loved the National it was and still is his race

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому

      Why doesn't anyone here droning endlessly on about Crisp and the weight issue, just click on to Crisp's jockey Richard Pitman's insightful interview where he discusses exactly what happened on that fateful day. Do us all a favour!

    • @TheLawrieP
      @TheLawrieP 5 років тому

      @@helenemillar7626 You know it's pretty understandable to feel sorry for Crisp as he was so close to winning right? That's all most people are saying and you seem to be the one endlessly droning about how weights don't matter, when they clearly do, or else they wouldn't have been an integral part of horse racing for as long as they have been. That said, it obviously doesn't take anything away from Red Rum's remarkable, so far unmatched, achievements in the national.

    • @helenemillar7626
      @helenemillar7626 5 років тому

      As far as I can see, the only ones endlessly droning are you lot talking about how sad it was that Crisp didn't win! It was 46 years ago, for God's sake. let it go. I didn't say weights didn't matter, only they were not the main reason that Crisp failed to triumph ultimately. Watch the interview with Crisp's jockey on the day, Richard Pitman and all will become clear.

    • @cloister-yy7rk
      @cloister-yy7rk 4 роки тому

      No need for an interview,Pitman has made several down the years. At Doncasrer after he easilly beat `Red Rum` in the rematch,Pitman declared `I think that proves who was the better horse...Anyway,ater the Hennessy in 1973`mwhen `Red Candle` beat `Red Rum` who was only given `

  • @arrenthomas7963
    @arrenthomas7963 6 років тому +2

    the best grand national I have seen crisp was the best but red rum was the best on the day!

    • @davidmastin416
      @davidmastin416 4 роки тому

      I agree, Crisp was the better horse, reflected by the weight difference in the handicap, Red Rum was the superior horse on the day. Crisp reversed the form to the tune of 6 lengths in a match race at level weights at Doncaster over 3 miles on Great Yorkshire chase day the following November.

  • @STRANGETEXT
    @STRANGETEXT 4 роки тому +2

    Well done all them horses

  • @rc2869
    @rc2869 6 років тому +5

    It is the way Crisp trots over Beechers 2nd time as if it is not there. And even over the 2nd last he is so far ahead - the greatest horse race of all time. 45 years later

    • @lycangypsypriest3190
      @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому +1

      Agreed!!

    • @vireshpatel2349
      @vireshpatel2349 4 роки тому +1

      So great, he didn’t win a single national!!..but would have won 2 or 3 if there was no red rum.. u can see in the race’s there’s only two of them in the end the others are way back

  • @chatham43
    @chatham43 6 років тому +3

    ....1969 was the first BBC transmission of the race in colour...

  • @somersetfan1
    @somersetfan1 5 років тому +2

    L'Escargot had a very strange ride. Pretty much at the back of the field until the final stages. Almost like he had tack problems or was nursing him round.

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 5 років тому

      Well, they did go a very quick pace up front. Normally works holding your horse up in that scenario. Perhaps L'Escargot was a hold-up horse too?

  • @teenoso4069
    @teenoso4069 2 роки тому

    I just ran this race over today's National distance and Crisp wins by 15 lengths. He returns for the 1974 where he is allocated 13st 4lb. Red Rum, Crisp 12st, L'Escargot 12st and Spanish Steps 11st 13lb - there ever been a better collective 1-2-3-4?

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess5501 5 років тому +3

    giving 1.5 stones over four miles cost Crisp the race.

  • @George-nh4fc
    @George-nh4fc 3 місяці тому

    No matter how many times I watch it......I still think Crisp is going to hold on LOL

  • @michaelb1716
    @michaelb1716 2 роки тому +2

    Each time I watch this great race I think Crisp is going to win this time! What an effort in defeat. Worth remembering that he put the record straight the following season off level weights at Doncaster

  • @mervyncharter
    @mervyncharter 7 років тому +4

    L`escargot must have made up about 40/50 lengths on Spanish Steps from 2nd Bechers to beat him for third.

    • @ElizabethCoral
      @ElizabethCoral 5 років тому

      Not true. L'Escargot's last race was in the 1975 Whitbread Gold Cup, after which he was retired. It was Rag Trade who died in the 1978 National.

    • @tonymahoney609
      @tonymahoney609 5 років тому

      Watched L'escargot for the whole race...came from miles behind.

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 5 років тому

      @@ElizabethCoral = so he retired the same season he won the National

  • @nellafella
    @nellafella 8 місяців тому

    Richard Pitman is the absolute gentleman.

  • @rc2869
    @rc2869 6 років тому +4

    Princess Camilla - how prophetic. Just the 32 year wait.

    • @jamesking8065
      @jamesking8065 5 років тому

      he was havin a go at her then , she wasnt bad when she was young

    • @andycross9840
      @andycross9840 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, from a Princess Camilla with 4 legs to one with 2......and both similar in appearance!!!!!!!!

    • @mrchainsaw-face.141
      @mrchainsaw-face.141 3 роки тому

      What's wrong with looking like 🐎

  • @uwotm8
    @uwotm8 5 років тому +1

    2:40 Horse does a roly poly and gets straight back up.

  • @markkirby2282
    @markkirby2282 5 років тому +1

    remember crisp made the legend that was red rum

  • @jamesdoyle3885
    @jamesdoyle3885 9 місяців тому +1

    Red rum the horse with aintree running through his veins

  • @tankc6474
    @tankc6474 8 місяців тому

    Brilliant 👏

  • @CliveHolland-f9c
    @CliveHolland-f9c 18 днів тому

    So unfair that weight disadvantage. 23 pounds was a horrendous handicap for any horse. Crisp deserved to win.

  • @davidedwards6807
    @davidedwards6807 3 роки тому +1

    How can you call it the national now it’s over hurdles

  • @zeejimi4044
    @zeejimi4044 2 роки тому

    In my view the best horse race of all time, even if the better horse didn‘t win because the weight handicap was just too much..🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 3 роки тому

    Did Wilson overrun his 2nd commentary hanmers final commentary barely 20 seconds

  • @oriel229
    @oriel229 5 років тому +5

    I LOVE THAT LITTLE HORSE BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT RUMMY'S VICTORY WAS CRISP'S TRAGEDY.

  • @christianuk73
    @christianuk73 2 роки тому

    The year I was born....