There was a question on Family Fortunes a couple of days ago .'Name a famous horse'(this could be any horse fact or fiction, not just racehorses) Red Rum was the top answer with 43 out of 100 people naming him. This question was asked 43 years after his retirement, and 26 years after he passed away. It just underlines what a fantastic legacy Red Rum left on the nation. Rummy was so loved and still is.
His legendary status only increases with every year that passes since his brilliant victories. Forever the King of Aintree, his record will never be broken xxx
Lee Andrews red rum was magical.frm an other place beyond earth.thats why he had such an impact.a charisma.and his.record at the grand national.i love him lots..wat a darling.
"In great style... you've never seen the likes of it in Liverpool." Always make makes me tear up. RIP Red Rum and Peter O' Sullivan. Truly beings of a different and better age.
For me, the best weight carrying performance of a horse ever, including arkle, rummy won this easy and was 12 at the time with 12st on his back. I remember this because I had all my pocket money on him and it paid for the whole family to see jaws at the odeon in Liverpool. Great memories.
@@Eleventhearlofmars Nice response mate. In terms of the Grand National I reckon Crisp giving 23 pounds to a younger red Rum and nearly beating him is the greatest weight carrying achievement. Crisp was such a superbly charismatic horse who jumped like a stag and had the class to win at Cheltenham.
I was 10 years old in 1977. I was suffering a miserable childhood. Red Rum was my hero & saviour. I'm now 56, and I still have to watch this race every year, on Grand National day. From the moment Peter O'Sullevan's voice breaks when Churchtown Boy stumbles at the 2nd last fence, the tears start flowing...I will watch the race later today, but it will never be the same. Thank you, Rummy, for all the memories, they will live with me forever xxx
Totally agree. Always worth watching and listening for inspiration. Every word perfect. "...and he's coming up to the line to win it like a fresh horse in great style... it's hats off and a tremendous reception, you've never heard one like it at Liverpool... Red Rum wins the National..."
great commentator indeed but how on Earth did REDRUM do what he did is beyond me, absolutely amazingly incredible, I think the only horse that comes close to REDRUM after all these many many years is Tiger Roll
@@alitob5911 - he wasn't perfect at the first fence on the second circuit (17th) Boom Rocker refused, and O'Sullivan had a "senior moment" verbally fumbling.
Sebastian is my favourite horse of all time.I went to see him in March 1996...on the Monday...he died on the Friday.I know this sounds weird,but I think of him every day.He won the Scottish grand national soon after,beating rummy...but can I find that race anywhere...no chance.He crossed the line first here anyway...sort of.His jumping in 1978 was awesome and I wished so much him to win ..but Lucius was destined in the end.The 70's National races were glorious,and RIP to the good horses lost.
5 Grand Nationals and only 2 horses ever finished ahead of him. One was L’escargot who had also just won the Cheltenham Gold cup, so a top top horse and the other was Rag Trade who Red Rum was narrowly beaten by. Other than them, he beat every other horse in 5 races. Astounding achievement. There will never be one like it again in the Grand National
And Red Rum was bred to win a flat race (and dead heated with his former stable companion in a flat race at Livepool). But he won the world's longest jumps race.
I am in no way a horse racing fan, but my god, for a brief period in my life, Red Rum made me one, because of his extraordinary and legendary achievements which will never be beaten. What I think is most astonishing of all about that horse was that he just made it look so easy, for what is by far, the toughest horse race in the world, and at a time when the fences were at their highest and toughest. His finish to win his third Grand National always has and always will stay with me, because it really was a miracle. What an astonishing horse, who is much missed. I remember shedding a tear when I heard of his passing, but boy he deserves his well earned rest. RIP Red Rum and thank you.
Why has there never been a movie ... i read the book, this little horse won despite a poor start in life, he was a true champion with the heart of a lion
It's amazing that over 40 years on and we're still talking about the greatest horse that ever graced the Grand National. Still get goose bumps every time I watch this...
I can remember watching this as a Kid(It was quite the tradition in our House& ironic because my "Ol Man" was a obsessed "Mick " from Ireland ☘️ for "Flat Racing"so he never liked this Race) And it was the only "Race" we liked. But yrs later watching one of "Pegasus" Sons " the Legendary "Red Rum" give his usual "Master Class"(1973,Win,1974,Win,1975,Second,1976,Second)at Aintree still sends Shivers down my spine!.. U just run out of Superlatives to describe this Champion"Wonder Horse"☘️👍
I don't care the era or opposition, it is what it was at the time, what a performance off top weight. They might be classier in the national today but none with a bigger heart than this horse. The 3 wins and 2 seconds will hardly be matched.
Helene Millar yeah!!!.my hero frm my childhood!!.makes me tearful to!!.wat a darling dogged powerful..little horse red rum the bookies nightmare!! The housewifes favourite!!haha
I was 9 years old when watching this race,I had my 25pence pocket money on rummy,my dad took my bet cause he said rummy had no chance being top weight and 12 years old!!!.he even gave me 10-1,he was gutted to have give me 2-50..ha.ha.ha..RIP tummy and my dad!!!
Amazing horse always get tears in my eyes as I did when I watched the race all those years ago. Fantastic commentary by Peter O'Sulliven, another racing great.
Absolutely agreed, even if a flustered and confused Peter did manage to omit that Boom Docker, 30 odd lengths ahead refused to jump. Though i think he got a bit muddled up on his pass over commentary to John Hamner.
Red rum simply he is still the best of the best race horse of all time 3 wins and 2nd two times out of 5 runs in grand national had a great jockey on board well done Tommy stack and red. champs.
Remember the race so well I was 8 years old I grew up just a few miles away from the course , my dad got a price of 7-1 for me for my first ever bet ,I remember running around the back garden jumping the hedges whipping my bum with my hand pretending to be the jockey crossing the finish ....great memories ...in 84 I remember RUMMY coming to our school fete as a superstar guest I remember stroking him he had such an incredible aura such a beautiful animal ...great memories thanks
I believe Boom Docker recovered form after being put on a Milk diet, no joke, I had backed him the previous year, Milk had done its trick on its warm up race but 4 miles was beyond it,. I 'made' my wife and kids back Red Rum in 1977.
I backed Red Rum I was 7. I think I had 10p each way on him. My Dad put the money on top of the telly. I think I got £1.07 back after tax. Fortunately it didn't turn me into a gambler. I spent the next 2 weeks re-enacting the race running round the garden. @@petergoddard262
A quite remarkable horse: to jump 150 fences, run some 22 and half miles, never fall, rarely falter and carry heavy weights . I witnessed all this and am so glad I did. I truly believe we will never see his like again. Good horses will come and go, occasionally great horses will come and go but there will never ever be one of the calibre of Red Rum. His story is all the more poignant if you consider his quite dreadful history of inept trainers, bad jockeys and pedal bone ossification. Rummy - simply the best .
You said it. To have 3 wins and two seconds in a race where only about 1/3 of the horses finish is incredible. To have raced a hundred times and managed to stay on his feet in all of them is mind boggling. WHAT A HORSE! Feel bad for the horse that fell at fence 6 and looked like it had a spinal injury. They must have had to hustle to get him off the course before the second lap. Red Rum’s trainer disapproved of the changes they made since Tummy’s time to make the course safer . Decreasing the drop after the fence at Becher’s and making some fences smaller. The trainer predicted it would make riders more reckless and the statistics seem to support his position. Kind of like frangible pins in eventing. Designers make trappier combinations because they figure it’ll give way if someone misses (the one study done showed they frequently don’t) and riders think the same thing. Pesky unintended consequences.
Thank you so much for the upload ..even all these years later it still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times i watch ..he made history in so many ways the grand national and aintree were struggling to say the least it needed a miracle to survive and that miracle came in the form of red rum and ginger mcain, he broke tbe track record on his first national (crisp setting the pace throughout the race and what a truly magnificent ride he had)l, rum is the only horse in racing history to win 3 grand nationals( a record he still holds to this day) he is the peoples champion an icon and hero, truly remarkable ,will there ever be another red rum,,who knows ....all thats left for me to say is THANK YOU GINGER FOR BRINGING RED RUM TO OUR HEARTS AND THANK YOU RED RUM :) xx
Red Rum won 3 Races & was 2nd twice. Your Grade 1 enthusiasts are quick to point out the National is a Grade 3 Race - however .... 5 time Gold Cup Winner Golden Miller raced in the National 5 times & finished only once (setting the course record that was shattered by Red Rum decades later) , 2 times Gold Cup winner L'Escargot ran in the National 4 times, falling once and placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd - being beaten by Red Rum twice. 2 other Gold Cup Winners fell badly enough to be put-down. Red Rum never fell in 150 consecutive huge national fences despite carrying 12 stone & being a small horse.
Your words remind me upon many other G1 winners without success as a GN runner: Tidal Bay, Silvinaco Conti, Imperial Commander, Long Run, Lord Windamare, etc. I have to say there have been less and less owners or trainers to risk their G1 heroes into those handicap races such as GN, at least the circumstance has been not quite the same at it was before 1990s.
@@connorhancox7402 thanks for mentioning the up coming new star of the show Tiger Roll but we can never take away what the greatest horse REDRUM ever has done though but I'D love to see Tiger Roll equal the record but from what I read last year not long after Tiger Roll winning the national for the 2nd time it was felt they don't want to put him in the national again
@@David.L291 Tiger Roll is a lovely little horse with great potential, but he can never equal Red Rum's incredible achievements over those staggeringly huge fences and perilous drops, even if he did win a third, which I very much doubt. Red Rum has no equal, now or in the future, in my opinion
i was a kid back then....i STILL ADORE this horse like LOTS of others. back then people would be huddled outside tv shops on a sat afternoon, the atmosphere was GREAT and UPBEAT. its a people,s race etc. every tom dick and harry loved it back then.
Remember this National very well as I had wad of cash on Red Rum to win which was a £1,it was a lot for a 14 yr old back in 77.Memories of by gone age.
It's only really when you look back to these 1970s Nationals that you fully realise how neutered and frankly dull the race now is with tons of loose spruce thrown onto mere hurdles in comparison with these awesomely difficult obstacles. Perhaps such "progress" was inevitable but the truth is that the great race is no more. There is a race called the Grand National but it bears no resemblance to the past.
In those days the race was magical and it's a pity about the change to the fences but there were too many fatalities so if the change prevents horses' deaths then I suppose it had to be. What I really hate is this idiotic avoidance of fences now and not being able to remount. Things have gone too far.
@@johnshort5003 I agree John. It had to be given the politically inspired focussing on the occasional equine fatality. We really see how the fences are changed not so much in the national where big fields still cause some chaos due to refusals and Pulled ups but in the lesser shorter races such as the Sefton and Topham where smaller fields reveal just how neutered to fences have become. fallers at the likes of Becher's and the Chair as rare as hen's teeth. Its actually sad seeing just how toothless and banal Becher's now is.
@@tigerarmyrule If you look through the records available online you'll find a constant occurrence of horse deaths going back decades and I don't like to think it's just for our entertainment. However, I think they've gone too far now with the fences probably easier than on any regular course. They could have left the plain fences at least, and just softened the Chair and Becher's. It's much less of a race now and I loved the old National more than anyone. The truth is the magic came from the danger but we're not Romans in the Coliseum are we?
@@johnshort5003 My angle on it John is that if we are no longer allowed have a race which is built on the thrill of danger ( and I accept in our political climate we can't even though fact is millions me included would love it) then we simply cannot have a Grand National. I know the finances of National Hunt demand it stay as a centrepiece for the second biggest NH festival but for fans it is a shadow. I can't help feeling all the hype is built round a lie....its a long distance handicap now with a big purse which attracts high class handicappers. I'll watch it as i usually do but I will do so with no sense of anticipation or expectation.
It was a great race in those days but a terrible race too. I shed a tear every time I see the beautiful Grey Sombrero falling at the chair and having to be shot in the '73 race. Mixed feelings.
Only time my Dad put a bet on was this race.......he won. Decided to quit while he was ahead!! He died 3 months later. Still brings a lump to the throat.
What Tiger Roll has achieved in winning two Grand Nationals is fantastic but what Red Rum did was unbelievable because it was a far more difficult Grand National back then
Red Rum's record of 3 wins and 2 seconds will NEVER be equalled let alone beaten. If the Grand National is still being run in 200 years time, Red Rum will still be the only 3 time winner of the race.
Red rums achievements will never be equalled by any horse. The course was much more demanding back then they have made a lot of fences smaller with landing sides levelled off. Never the less all horses and jockeys who tackle the course I wish them well and hope they all come back safe win lose or draw👍
Wen red rum got to the national it was said his nostrels would flair.he sniffed knew the place the fans people energy.he was a showy horse.im sure he said its my time again!!!!show time!!!🎋🎋🎋🐎
Aintree's modern-day course would be a walk in the park for yesterday's steeplechasing stars, the greatest, Red Rum, in particular! No horse will ever equal his magnificent record - forever the king of Aintree and true legend!
and andy pandy has gone round bechers, looks like some jockey at 1st bechers has a little cut, theres a huge tent there and andy pandy wins the national and rummys 2nd for the 3rd time,
Well the name of the game is jumping ... and the national had the hardest fences, at least back then ... so Red Rum was the best jumper ever ... if you want to talk fastest jumper well thats another question ... would Arkle have even got round, we will never know, would Tiger roll have jumped the fences back then, again we will never know ... what we do know is a little horse who had a poor start in life and was like a wet rag in a field when he was saved and went to Southport with bad feet ran the National at its hardest and never fell or looked like it in 5 outings coming 1st 3 times and 2nd 2 times ... winning under top weight of 12st on his 2nd start at Liverpool and never looked tired at the end did get round time and time again ... they count the winners at the end and if you don't finish you can't be counted ... He was a legend then and he is a Legend now ... having read the book of his life and witnessed his wins I can tell you this horse was all heart and class, no silver spoon in his mouth
And he's coming up to the line to win it like a fresh horse in great style. It's hats off and a reception you've never heard quite like it in Liverpool. Red Rum wins the National. Historic commentary.
A lead like Boom Docker’s wouldn’t be surmounted today on the puny fences, takes the edge off a bit if there isn’t the constant real threat of falling on the mountainous fences of the golden age of the National
He was the best Grand National horse,yes,best steeplechaser no.The mighty Arkle changed the rules of racing. making the long weight handicap system so if Arkle pulled out the weights rose making it more fair. otherwise the remaining runners would be carrying virtually the same weight.
@@sindento1942 ... well the name of the game is jumping ... and the national had the hardest fences, at least back then ... so Red Rum was the best jumper ever ... if you want to talk fastest jumper well thats another question ... would Arkle have even got round, we will never know, would Tiger roll have jumped the fences back then, again we will never know ... what we do know is a little horse who had a poor start in life and was like a wet rag in a field when he was saved and went to Southport with bad feet ran the National at its hardest and never fell or looked like it in 5 outings coming 1st 3 times and 2nd 2 times ... winning under top weight of 12st on his 2nd start at Liverpool and never looked tired at the end did get round time and time again ... they count the winners at the end and if you don't finish you can't be counted ... He was a legend then and he is a Legend now ... having read the book of his life and witnessed his wins I can tell you this horse was all heart and class, no silver spoon in his mouth
@@jeanlawley6483 You have to remember the first National winner,Lottery,quite appropriate for what was to come.There's been some massive upsets over the years.Over the last few years the course and fences have been made much safer,and about time.Many owners of top class chasers wouldn't risk their horses in such a race due to how unpredictable it was.You need luck as well has natural ability but none of that counts if some horse comes down and drags you down with it and many horses that ran back then wouldn't be allowed to now,they just weren't good enough. Red Rum was the best horse ever over the National course there's no doubt about that,away from Aintree his limitations were exposed though.
Having the privilege of being around at the time when Rummy was , I cant speak highly enough of what this horse achieved in his career, he was simply a one off , and anyone with the basic knowledge of horse racing should see how he won this race on merit.
The most magical day ..i went with my younger brother he was 13 i was 15 the previous year we had lost our wonderful Dad who had given us our love of racing ..for us the greatest day in sporting history ..loved Rummy ever since what a wonderful horse 😊❤
@@jacktattis143 jump jockeys tend to be heavier as it requires more strength to ride over fences. The 12 stone he was carrying will not of been from the jockey it will be the jockey and sandals weight combined with some artificial weights that they carry to make up the handicap.
I was 14 at the time and my father offered to place £1 on a horse of my choosing. I chose Red Rum and dad refused to place the bet saying Rummy was too old and carrying too much weight to win. I went without a bet, and gave my dad a bit of a hard time later that day! In fairness, he coughed up the winnings out of his own pocket! (And remember, a quid bought you a lot more back then than it does today).
According to Sir Peter O'Sullevan himself, the only remaining ambition in his broadcasting career was to call a perfect commentary. Well, that was pretty damn perfect to my ears.
this is a race where the leader keeps changing, duffle coat leads at the first then falls, sebastian leads till 1st bechers, boomdocker leads to fence 17, andy pandy till bechers 2nd time, then what a buck over bechers for a few seconds and finally red rum
shaun spadah The absolute epitome of the classic Grand National with incidents galore and the greatest achievement in Grand National history to put the cherry on the cake !!
My dad said he didnt stand a chance top weight and too old I still insisted he put all my money on him(I was 14) after the race my dad came home threw the money on the table without a word said I just smiled and took my winnings I didn't know till years later he had backed the second and put win instead of place
I was 14 too and my father offered to put £1 on whichever horse I wanted. When I said Red Rum, he said exactly the same as your dad and refused to place the bet. Boy was I mad and he embarrassed when Rummy won!
I was 17 just started working ,earning £6.00 a week,my boss always did the horses on a Saturday. That week I had read the Radio Times and there was a big feature on Ginger McCain and Red Rum and I decided to back him,come race day and I found a £1 note on my way to work just blowing along the road. So I put £2.00 on it to win with my boss saying "nah he wont win,you should do Crisp each way." I was quite a bit richer on the Monday,and noone else had backed him!
The greatest horse of all time jumping those fences 5 times winning 3 and second twice todays fences are no where near as hard as they were in his day any horse that can beat a gold cup winner has to be a good horse well Rummy put him in his place .
No other horse since Rummy has won the race twice, he will always be the greatest National horse ever. I had the honour of meeting him twice, he knew he was a star
love red rùm .what a horse. a great champion .can not see his record being beat .3 wins and 2 seconds in the grand national.and dont forget he won a scottish national aswell. greatest race horse in my mind.
It was like no mention of red rum until the last couple of fences.yet that was the magic.thn heart in the mouth!!!its red rum!!! Dad dad its red rum!!! Shush ses dad!!! Me mam holding up the Ariel of our blk and white t.v.!!for special occasions!!!
He was actually mentioned lots of times from the 9th fence onwards, and took the lead after the 22nd (out of 30)! Nice memory of watching it though :-)
Andy Pandy went on to win the Whitbread Gold Cup three weeks later when that race was a big event in its own right usually including Cheltenham Gold Cup Class of horses.
Yes you are right, it used to be a top race ending the NH season. Some very great horses have won that, Mr Frisk did it in 1990, having won the GN three weeks earlier.Arkle and Mill House too.
and he didn't collapse, use your choice of words carefully another time he just went off a straight line at the end of the race but a great horse nevertheless but he beat REDRUM later on :)
I was in my teens and saving up to do my nursing course. Had a bet, as my mate Di told me to. Kept the faith, with that lovely horse and cried, when he won, again. Over those five years, won £220. Thanks Red Rum :))
Great memories watching this Andy Pandy , Brown Admiral, Churchtown Boy , The Philgarlck and of course Red Rum what an amazing horse . Great to hear the old commentators too very emotional to watch. Great days .
Piece of useless info Martin Blackshaw once he'd finished racing turned to sculpture and I believe one of his horse statues stands at one of the tracks.
It's actually Philip Blacker (who rode Royal Mail in the 1981 Aldaniti National and was riding Happy Ranger in this race who did the statues not Martin Blackshaw.
Just a thought but supposing the National had been run at level weights. I think then Red Rum might have had 4 wins. He would have lost to Crisp but the 2 times he finished second he was giving lumps of weight to the winners so at level weights he may well have won in 1975 and 1976 too.....
Its why the gold Cup is the most prestigious chase, the national is a Handicap so will never be the grestest. I want to see the best stayer win not aided by handicapping
As a 71 child I've always grown up with the legend of Red Rum..I can't think of a more extraordinary achievement over 5 years....surely one day a movie will be made....this is the real National Velvet!
Has a kid i won every distance race.or 2nd.athletics.i ran thm like red rum.i trained wth him in my mind.up the pennines hills i ran daily.i remember ths race.🎋🎋🎋🎋
There was a question on Family Fortunes a couple of days ago .'Name a famous horse'(this could be any horse fact or fiction, not just racehorses) Red Rum was the top answer with 43 out of 100 people naming him. This question was asked 43 years after his retirement, and 26 years after he passed away. It just underlines what a fantastic legacy Red Rum left on the nation. Rummy was so loved and still is.
His legendary status only increases with every year that passes since his brilliant victories. Forever the King of Aintree, his record will never be broken xxx
Red Rum for me is easily one of the Top 5 race horses of all time. Such a beautiful majestic horse.
Red Rum they dont make them like him anymore that horse will always be a legend he was fantastic. RIP
Lee Andrews magical Red Rum.!!🐎
When i need to shed tears.i watch this great race....memory lane...
Same here my friend i loved that horse what a champion
Lee Andrews red rum was magical.frm an other place beyond earth.thats why he had such an impact.a charisma.and his.record at the grand national.i love him lots..wat a darling.
Awful display of animal cruelty. Red Rum was a great horse but don't forget the carnage
"In great style... you've never seen the likes of it in Liverpool."
Always make makes me tear up.
RIP Red Rum and Peter O' Sullivan. Truly beings of a different and better age.
yeah when England was great with many things too
For me, the best weight carrying performance of a horse ever, including arkle, rummy won this easy and was 12 at the time with 12st on his back. I remember this because I had all my pocket money on him and it paid for the whole family to see jaws at the odeon in Liverpool. Great memories.
You know nothing it was a poor horse in a handicap way below arkle or any gold cup winner
I bow to your superior knowledge
@@Eleventhearlofmars Nice response mate. In terms of the Grand National I reckon Crisp giving 23 pounds to a younger red Rum and nearly beating him is the greatest weight carrying achievement. Crisp was such a superbly charismatic horse who jumped like a stag and had the class to win at Cheltenham.
I was 10 years old in 1977. I was suffering a miserable childhood. Red Rum was my hero & saviour. I'm now 56, and I still have to watch this race every year, on Grand National day. From the moment Peter O'Sullevan's voice breaks when Churchtown Boy stumbles at the 2nd last fence, the tears start flowing...I will watch the race later today, but it will never be the same. Thank you, Rummy, for all the memories, they will live with me forever xxx
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Best of luck to you mate. I had a wonderful childhood.It saddens me when children have a bad time in what should be the happiest time of their lives 😢
@@ianbennett1491 thank you!
It’s 45 years ago but still makes the hairs on my neck stand up .
Sir Peter O'Sullevan CBE .more than a commentator. It was like hearing poetry being read.
Totally agree. Always worth watching and listening for inspiration. Every word perfect. "...and he's coming up to the line to win it like a fresh horse in great style... it's hats off and a tremendous reception, you've never heard one like it at Liverpool... Red Rum wins the National..."
great commentator indeed but how on Earth did REDRUM do what he did is beyond me, absolutely amazingly incredible, I think the only horse that comes close to REDRUM after all these many many years is Tiger Roll
@@alitob5911 - he wasn't perfect at the first fence on the second circuit (17th) Boom Rocker refused, and O'Sullivan had a "senior moment" verbally fumbling.
@@David.L291 tiger roll won 2 overlong stayers races you cant compare him to red rum
@@David.L291 think red rum would probably skip over the jumps these days
Boom docker leaping the fences like a gazelle
Was born in '07. I am 44 years late to this race but I got goosebumps.
Shivers down my spine
Mine too - and tears!
One of the greats
THE great!!
Sebastian - what a horse came close the next year.
Yes, and beat Red Rum in the Scottish National, like Rummy a true 4-miler.
Sebastian is my favourite horse of all time.I went to see him in March 1996...on the Monday...he died on the Friday.I know this sounds weird,but I think of him every day.He won the Scottish grand national soon after,beating rummy...but can I find that race anywhere...no chance.He crossed the line first here anyway...sort of.His jumping in 1978 was awesome and I wished so much him to win ..but Lucius was destined in the end.The 70's National races were glorious,and RIP to the good horses lost.
Bless him , a true legend
Eve the Bookies Were willing him home .
By heck, it was a war of attrition in those days.
Wonder what the betting in running was on Betfair going down to the 2nd last.
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The jockey of red rum.wise cool jockey.at 1 wth the red rum..
Great 👍race , Andy Pandy was rode by my brother in law Barry Brown 👍
Boom Docker?
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5 Grand Nationals and only 2 horses ever finished ahead of him. One was L’escargot who had also just won the Cheltenham Gold cup, so a top top horse and the other was Rag Trade who Red Rum was narrowly beaten by. Other than them, he beat every other horse in 5 races. Astounding achievement. There will never be one like it again in the Grand National
He was penalised by weights too, carrying top weight in them races.
And Red Rum was bred to win a flat race (and dead heated with his former stable companion in a flat race at Livepool). But he won the world's longest jumps race.
I am in no way a horse racing fan, but my god, for a brief period in my life, Red Rum made me one, because of his extraordinary and legendary achievements which will never be beaten. What I think is most astonishing of all about that horse was that he just made it look so easy, for what is by far, the toughest horse race in the world, and at a time when the fences were at their highest and toughest. His finish to win his third Grand National always has and always will stay with me, because it really was a miracle. What an astonishing horse, who is much missed. I remember shedding a tear when I heard of his passing, but boy he deserves his well earned rest. RIP Red Rum and thank you.
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One of the greatest ever sporting achievements.
Why has there never been a movie ... i read the book, this little horse won despite a poor start in life, he was a true champion with the heart of a lion
Great Question!..The Horse had to be related to the "Greek God"
It's amazing that over 40 years on and we're still talking about the greatest horse that ever graced the Grand National. Still get goose bumps every time I watch this...
golden miller?
@@williamdudley1054 great horse but not the best at Aintree
And his record will stand forever....course is easier,
and the race is 2 furlongs less!!
I can remember watching this as a Kid(It was quite the tradition in our House& ironic because my "Ol Man" was a obsessed "Mick " from Ireland ☘️ for "Flat Racing"so he never liked this Race) And it was the only "Race" we liked.
But yrs later watching one of "Pegasus" Sons " the Legendary "Red Rum" give his usual "Master Class"(1973,Win,1974,Win,1975,Second,1976,Second)at Aintree still sends Shivers down my spine!..
U just run out of Superlatives to describe this Champion"Wonder Horse"☘️👍
@@beverleymorris167 - Very true Beverley. The fences were monsters back in the 70's! They've considerably reduced in size since then!!
I don't care the era or opposition, it is what it was at the time, what a performance off top weight. They might be classier in the national today but none with a bigger heart than this horse. The 3 wins and 2 seconds will hardly be matched.
In tears here yet again! What a wonderful, doggedly determined little horse Rummy was! Always my hero, a legend forever!
Helene Millar yeah!!!.my hero frm my childhood!!.makes me tearful to!!.wat a darling dogged powerful..little horse red rum the bookies nightmare!! The housewifes favourite!!haha
There will never be another horse like him - legend forever!
Helene Millar and legends never die!!!.
Ginger and Rummy - forever the Kings of Aintree
Helene Millar and tommy stack!!.the jockey of red rum!!😃🐎 p.s.ive subscribed to ya channel.thanks.
I was 9 years old when watching this race,I had my 25pence pocket money on rummy,my dad took my bet cause he said rummy had no chance being top weight and 12 years old!!!.he even gave me 10-1,he was gutted to have give me 2-50..ha.ha.ha..RIP tummy and my dad!!!
Amazing horse always get tears in my eyes as I did when I watched the race all those years ago. Fantastic commentary by Peter O'Sulliven, another racing great.
Absolutely agreed, even if a flustered and confused Peter did manage to omit that Boom Docker, 30 odd lengths ahead refused to jump. Though i think he got a bit muddled up on his pass over commentary to John Hamner.
Red rum simply he is still the best of the best race horse of all time 3 wins and 2nd two times out of 5 runs in grand national had a great jockey on board well done Tommy stack and red. champs.
Just had some tears in my eyes watching this,not seen this in ages!!!
Fires up my emotions everytime I watch this. Never get tired of Rummy and the voices commentary.
nantes23 me to.makes me cry.
Same here! In tears watching the amazing RR for the zillionth time!
Remember the race so well I was 8 years old I grew up just a few miles away from the course , my dad got a price of 7-1 for me for my first ever bet ,I remember running around the back garden jumping the hedges whipping my bum with my hand pretending to be the jockey crossing the finish ....great memories ...in 84 I remember RUMMY coming to our school fete as a superstar guest I remember stroking him he had such an incredible aura such a beautiful animal ...great memories thanks
oh great that's a really wonderful time and memory to have
Absolutely 💯 memory of a lifetime 😊
Still cannot watch it without a tear in my eye
The names are so familiar......Boom Docker, Sage Merlin, Churchtown Boy. But from forty years on it's like watching a story from the age of myth.
I backed Churchtown Boy in this race.
I believe Boom Docker recovered form after being put on a Milk diet, no joke, I had backed him the previous year, Milk had done its trick on its warm up race but 4 miles was beyond it,. I 'made' my wife and kids back Red Rum in 1977.
I backed Red Rum I was 7. I think I had 10p each way on him. My Dad put the money on top of the telly. I think I got £1.07 back after tax. Fortunately it didn't turn me into a gambler. I spent the next 2 weeks re-enacting the race running round the garden.
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Rich LN well written!!!
@@Gervase1970 beautiful memories
A quite remarkable horse: to jump 150 fences, run some 22 and half miles, never fall, rarely falter and carry heavy weights . I witnessed all this and am so glad I did. I truly believe we will never see his like again. Good horses will come and go, occasionally great horses will come and go but there will never ever be one of the calibre of Red Rum. His story is all the more poignant if you consider his quite dreadful history of inept trainers, bad jockeys and pedal bone ossification. Rummy - simply the best .
I can't add anything to that. You have said it all. :-)
Red Rum knew he was at Aintree, he loved the crowd and the atmosphere.
Bperenagadwsawtww
And the first race he ever won was a 5 furlong sprint as a 2 yo..
You said it. To have 3 wins and two seconds in a race where only about 1/3 of the horses finish is incredible. To have raced a hundred times and managed to stay on his feet in all of them is mind boggling. WHAT A HORSE!
Feel bad for the horse that fell at fence 6 and looked like it had a spinal injury. They must have had to hustle to get him off the course before the second lap. Red Rum’s trainer disapproved of the changes they made since Tummy’s time to make the course safer . Decreasing the drop after the fence at Becher’s and making some fences smaller. The trainer predicted it would make riders more reckless and the statistics seem to support his position.
Kind of like frangible pins in eventing. Designers make trappier combinations because they figure it’ll give way if someone misses (the one study done showed they frequently don’t) and riders think the same thing.
Pesky unintended consequences.
Thank you so much for the upload ..even all these years later it still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times i watch ..he made history in so many ways the grand national and aintree were struggling to say the least it needed a miracle to survive and that miracle came in the form of red rum and ginger mcain, he broke tbe track record on his first national (crisp setting the pace throughout the race and what a truly magnificent ride he had)l, rum is the only horse in racing history to win 3 grand nationals( a record he still holds to this day) he is the peoples champion an icon and hero, truly remarkable ,will there ever be another red rum,,who knows ....all thats left for me to say is THANK YOU GINGER FOR BRINGING RED RUM TO OUR HEARTS AND THANK YOU RED RUM :) xx
no probs x
Forever the true kings of Aintree - Rummy and Ginger xx
Red Rum won 3 Races & was 2nd twice. Your Grade 1 enthusiasts are quick to point out the National is a Grade 3 Race - however .... 5 time Gold Cup Winner Golden Miller raced in the National 5 times & finished only once (setting the course record that was shattered by Red Rum decades later) , 2 times Gold Cup winner L'Escargot ran in the National 4 times, falling once and placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd - being beaten by Red Rum twice. 2 other Gold Cup Winners fell badly enough to be put-down. Red Rum never fell in 150 consecutive huge national fences despite carrying 12 stone & being a small horse.
Your words remind me upon many other G1 winners without success as a GN runner: Tidal Bay, Silvinaco Conti, Imperial Commander, Long Run, Lord Windamare, etc. I have to say there have been less and less owners or trainers to risk their G1 heroes into those handicap races such as GN, at least the circumstance has been not quite the same at it was before 1990s.
Greatest ever!
Every time I watch the legend that is red rum I have tears rolling down my cheeks, what a horse, heart of a lion 🐎
Yeah, I always have tears rolling down my cheeks when I think of the miraculous Red Rum - truly an incredible horse.
when he died i felt i had lost a friend
A horse that can never be beaten in guts & stamina, Rummey never again will we see the likes !!
Bronwyn: You never kno, but this WAS a great horse
Not too sure on that. The way Tiger Roll is going, he may just beat him
@@connorhancox7402 thanks for mentioning the up coming new star of the show Tiger Roll but we can never take away what the greatest horse REDRUM ever has done though but I'D love to see Tiger Roll equal the record but from what I read last year not long after Tiger Roll winning the national for the 2nd time it was felt they don't want to put him in the national again
@@David.L291 Tiger Roll is a lovely little horse with great potential, but he can never equal Red Rum's incredible achievements over those staggeringly huge fences and perilous drops, even if he did win a third, which I very much doubt. Red Rum has no equal, now or in the future, in my opinion
@@helenemillar5175but should never doubt him on winning a 3rd though as why would it not be able to do so?
Red rum the housewives favourite.the bookies nightmare.i get very tearful after all these years.the national.with the magic horse red rum.god bless .
You've never heard a roar like it. R.i.p rummy. History
Darrell Heath HISTORY WITH LOVING TEARS!!!!!!!
Darrell Heath god bless ya.have a charmed life!!!!!🐎
i was a kid back then....i STILL ADORE this horse like LOTS of others. back then people would be huddled outside tv shops on a sat afternoon, the atmosphere was GREAT and UPBEAT. its a people,s race etc. every tom dick and harry loved it back then.
Darrell Heath hair tands on end!!.
I never saw a better Steeplechaser in my 54 years than Rummy
Hes the greatest Rummy RIP
Peter O'Sullevan's commentary for the final part of the race was sheer magic. He made a great sporting moment even greater.
Only Sir Peter could have done justice to Rummy's great achievements, by calling him home that momentous day in history RIP Sir Peter
100 per cent agree, legendary sporting commentary from a memory that is immortal.
That line “ Red Rum wins the National”…… goosebumps and tearing up. I was 6 and remember it .
Didn't he just, "Only 2 fences between Red Rum and Grand National history".
Paced the horse.yet was top weight.amazing.god i love that horse.burried at the wining post.well deserved.🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋
Remember this National very well as I had wad of cash on Red Rum to win which was a £1,it was a lot for a 14 yr old back in 77.Memories of by gone age.
It's only really when you look back to these 1970s Nationals that you fully realise how neutered and frankly dull the race now is with tons of loose spruce thrown onto mere hurdles in comparison with these awesomely difficult obstacles. Perhaps such "progress" was inevitable but the truth is that the great race is no more. There is a race called the Grand National but it bears no resemblance to the past.
In those days the race was magical and it's a pity about the change to the fences but there were too many fatalities so if the change prevents horses' deaths then I suppose it had to be. What I really hate is this idiotic avoidance of fences now and not being able to remount. Things have gone too far.
@@johnshort5003 I agree John. It had to be given the politically inspired focussing on the occasional equine fatality. We really see how the fences are changed not so much in the national where big fields still cause some chaos due to refusals and Pulled ups but in the lesser shorter races such as the Sefton and Topham where smaller fields reveal just how neutered to fences have become. fallers at the likes of Becher's and the Chair as rare as hen's teeth. Its actually sad seeing just how toothless and banal Becher's now is.
@@tigerarmyrule If you look through the records available online you'll find a constant occurrence of horse deaths going back decades and I don't like to think it's just for our entertainment. However, I think they've gone too far now with the fences probably easier than on any regular course. They could have left the plain fences at least, and just softened the Chair and Becher's. It's much less of a race now and I loved the old National more than anyone. The truth is the magic came from the danger but we're not Romans in the Coliseum are we?
@@johnshort5003 My angle on it John is that if we are no longer allowed have a race which is built on the thrill of danger ( and I accept in our political climate we can't even though fact is millions me included would love it) then we simply cannot have a Grand National. I know the finances of National Hunt demand it stay as a centrepiece for the second biggest NH festival but for fans it is a shadow. I can't help feeling all the hype is built round a lie....its a long distance handicap now with a big purse which attracts high class handicappers. I'll watch it as i usually do but I will do so with no sense of anticipation or expectation.
It was a great race in those days but a terrible race too. I shed a tear every time I see the beautiful Grey Sombrero falling at the chair and having to be shot in the '73 race. Mixed feelings.
Only time my Dad put a bet on was this race.......he won. Decided to quit while he was ahead!! He died 3 months later. Still brings a lump to the throat.
3 months after the race ? sorry to hear about that mate
@@Mulberry2000 Thankyou.
Omg that's sad but maybe your dad knew he would win again magnificent memories sorry about your dad
Tears here too, every time, Red Rum was a hero to this little 6 year old as I was then, simply sublime memories!!!! ♥️
That gave me goose pimples watching that...the greatest horse ever!!!!!!!!!
Over the National course yes, no doubt about that.
Amazing looking back at these great times I was 6 years old in 73
It still sickens me to see such beautiful creatures fall and die where they lay. I don’t watch any jump racing any more, 50 years!!
What Tiger Roll has achieved in winning two Grand Nationals is fantastic but what Red Rum did was unbelievable because it was a far more difficult Grand National back then
Very true.think rummy would skip over the fences of today
Better quality fields too when Rummy won, real high end chasers. it’s not comparable at all.
what they dont tell you that Churchtown Boy run 2 days before in the fox hunters and won it , what a horse.
nicky henderson as in the race horse trainer?
@michael wills I don't think it matters they could weigh down REDRUM with 10 tons of coal and he'd still win ha :)
Red Rum's record of 3 wins and 2 seconds will NEVER be equalled let alone beaten. If the Grand National is still being run in 200 years time, Red Rum will still be the only 3 time winner of the race.
tiger roll might put that to bed he might win 3 but the 2 seconds I cant see it, but who knows Rummy was my hero
@michael wills Not forgetting much heavier weights in those day! Twelve stone not allowed now, making Rummy's achievements all the more incredible :)
Red rums achievements will never be equalled by any horse. The course was much more demanding back then they have made a lot of fences smaller with landing sides levelled off. Never the less all horses and jockeys who tackle the course I wish them well and hope they all come back safe win lose or draw👍
Wen red rum got to the national it was said his nostrels would flair.he sniffed knew the place the fans people energy.he was a showy horse.im sure he said its my time again!!!!show time!!!🎋🎋🎋🐎
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......Good old Rummy...what a legend.....thanks for the upload....and great quality vid....
your welcome x
if they ran this race today you would have had sebastian and andy pandy fighting out the finish, boomdocker an exausted 3rd and rummy about 15th
...Sage Merlin might have been up there too...
Aintree's modern-day course would be a walk in the park for yesterday's steeplechasing stars, the greatest, Red Rum, in particular! No horse will ever equal his magnificent record - forever the king of Aintree and true legend!
and andy pandy has gone round bechers, looks like some jockey at 1st bechers has a little cut, theres a huge tent there and andy pandy wins the national and rummys 2nd for the 3rd time,
Well the name of the game is jumping ... and the national had the hardest fences, at least back then ... so Red Rum was the best jumper ever ... if you want to talk fastest jumper well thats another question ... would Arkle have even got round, we will never know, would Tiger roll have jumped the fences back then, again we will never know ... what we do know is a little horse who had a poor start in life and was like a wet rag in a field when he was saved and went to Southport with bad feet ran the National at its hardest and never fell or looked like it in 5 outings coming 1st 3 times and 2nd 2 times ... winning under top weight of 12st on his 2nd start at Liverpool and never looked tired at the end did get round time and time again ... they count the winners at the end and if you don't finish you can't be counted ... He was a legend then and he is a Legend now ... having read the book of his life and witnessed his wins I can tell you this horse was all heart and class, no silver spoon in his mouth
Nice one, Jean :) Couldn't have put it better myself!
And he's coming up to the line to win it like a fresh horse in great style. It's hats off and a reception you've never heard quite like it in Liverpool. Red Rum wins the National. Historic commentary.
A lead like Boom Docker’s wouldn’t be surmounted today on the puny fences, takes the edge off a bit if there isn’t the constant real threat of falling on the mountainous fences of the golden age of the National
When you look how difficult those fences were them days , this is an unbelievable feet of sporting magnitude between horse and jockey !
Red Rum is a Mega Sporting Superstar and Icon!!
Red Rum, you were beautiful.
You still are................................................................
Always and forever xx
Remember my Gran crying when he won again, the best and most exciting horse I have ever seen ❤
Red Rum will always be the greatest of all time.
Marvellous now this was endurance 4 miles and at 12 years old. Some have stated Secretariat had stamina. Speed yes Stamina Not so much
I was 12 when Rummy won his Third National. To this day, he is the BEST Steeplechaser I ever saw
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i was nearly ten......i was nearly crying watching this........after all these years WOW WOW and more WOW. A TRUE LEGEND.
He was the best Grand National horse,yes,best steeplechaser no.The mighty Arkle changed the rules of racing. making the long weight handicap system so if Arkle pulled out the weights rose making it more fair. otherwise the remaining runners would be carrying virtually the same weight.
@@sindento1942 ... well the name of the game is jumping ... and the national had the hardest fences, at least back then ... so Red Rum was the best jumper ever ... if you want to talk fastest jumper well thats another question ... would Arkle have even got round, we will never know, would Tiger roll have jumped the fences back then, again we will never know ... what we do know is a little horse who had a poor start in life and was like a wet rag in a field when he was saved and went to Southport with bad feet ran the National at its hardest and never fell or looked like it in 5 outings coming 1st 3 times and 2nd 2 times ... winning under top weight of 12st on his 2nd start at Liverpool and never looked tired at the end did get round time and time again ... they count the winners at the end and if you don't finish you can't be counted ... He was a legend then and he is a Legend now ... having read the book of his life and witnessed his wins I can tell you this horse was all heart and class, no silver spoon in his mouth
@@jeanlawley6483 You have to remember the first National winner,Lottery,quite appropriate for what was to come.There's been some massive upsets over the years.Over the last few years the course and fences have been made much safer,and about time.Many owners of top class chasers wouldn't risk their horses in such a race due to how unpredictable it was.You need luck as well has natural ability but none of that counts if some horse comes down and drags you down with it and many horses that ran back then wouldn't be allowed to now,they just weren't good enough.
Red Rum was the best horse ever over the National course there's no doubt about that,away from Aintree his limitations were exposed though.
Having the privilege of being around at the time when Rummy was , I cant speak highly enough of what this horse achieved in his career, he was simply a one off , and anyone with the basic knowledge of horse racing should see how he won this race on merit.
The most magical day ..i went with my younger brother he was 13 i was 15 the previous year we had lost our wonderful Dad who had given us our love of racing ..for us the greatest day in sporting history ..loved Rummy ever since what a wonderful horse 😊❤
12yrs old with 12 stone and won like a one miler, what a horse he was and what an english hero rip big lad.x
and a TOUGHER COURSE.
mrtopogigio 000: Why are the jockeys so much heavier in this race?
@@jacktattis143 because they eat too many pies leading upto the event lol idk
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@@jacktattis143 jump jockeys tend to be heavier as it requires more strength to ride over fences. The 12 stone he was carrying will not of been from the jockey it will be the jockey and sandals weight combined with some artificial weights that they carry to make up the handicap.
3 grand national wins & 2 runners up..phenomenal achievement by Red Rum
A true true champion and missed by all
@@leeandrews2473 Missed, but forever in our hearts and always an inspiration xx
Rummy at his best, and total legend 😊
Now he was a legend.
I was 14 at the time and my father offered to place £1 on a horse of my choosing. I chose Red Rum and dad refused to place the bet saying Rummy was too old and carrying too much weight to win. I went without a bet, and gave my dad a bit of a hard time later that day! In fairness, he coughed up the winnings out of his own pocket! (And remember, a quid bought you a lot more back then than it does today).
According to Sir Peter O'Sullevan himself, the only remaining ambition in his broadcasting career was to call a perfect commentary. Well, that was pretty damn perfect to my ears.
Peerless. Just got his words muddled when Boom Docker refused. Great call to bring Rummy home.
There can never be another Red Rum because the course has so fundamentally changed from his day
1964karlos so true they have taken the challenge out of the course
this is a race where the leader keeps changing, duffle coat leads at the first then falls, sebastian leads till 1st bechers, boomdocker leads to fence 17, andy pandy till bechers 2nd time, then what a buck over bechers for a few seconds and finally red rum
shaun spadah The absolute epitome of the classic Grand National with incidents galore and the greatest achievement in Grand National history to put the cherry on the cake !!
My dad said he didnt stand a chance top weight and too old I still insisted he put all my money on him(I was 14) after the race my dad came home threw the money on the table without a word said I just smiled and took my winnings I didn't know till years later he had backed the second and put win instead of place
I was 14 too and my father offered to put £1 on whichever horse I wanted. When I said Red Rum, he said exactly the same as your dad and refused to place the bet. Boy was I mad and he embarrassed when Rummy won!
I was 17 just started working ,earning £6.00 a week,my boss always did the horses on a Saturday. That week I had read the Radio Times and there was a big feature on Ginger McCain and Red Rum and I decided to back him,come race day and I found a £1 note on my way to work just blowing along the road. So I put £2.00 on it to win with my boss saying "nah he wont win,you should do Crisp each way." I was quite a bit richer on the Monday,and noone else had backed him!
Those two loose horses at the end proved to be perfect 'pacesetters' for Red Rum to chase!
I think one was Andy Pandy who as very unlucky to come a cropper at Bechers.
The roar of the crowd when he jumped the last!
The greatest horse of all time jumping those fences 5 times winning 3 and second twice todays fences are no where near as hard as they were in his day any horse that can beat a gold cup winner has to be a good horse well Rummy put him in his place .
Aintree legend Rummy,he had it all.RIP
No other horse since Rummy has won the race twice, he will always be the greatest National horse ever. I had the honour of meeting him twice, he knew he was a star
OldiesAl actually he won it 3 times!!73, 74, , 77.
horse racing icon, quite simply the best of all time.rip big fella
Yes I know he did, this was his 3rd win, what I said was no other horse since him has won it twice.
@@OldiesAl people can't read but can act clever !
OldiesAl nice!! Yea he knew he was magical!! God i wish i had met red rum.a pat .gosh.
love red rùm .what a horse. a great champion .can not see his record being beat .3 wins and 2 seconds in the grand national.and dont forget he won a scottish national aswell. greatest race horse in my mind.
Red rum also won on the flat in his younger days ridden by some unknown jockey
Lester piggot
Often wonder what happened to him
It was like no mention of red rum until the last couple of fences.yet that was the magic.thn heart in the mouth!!!its red rum!!! Dad dad its red rum!!! Shush ses dad!!! Me mam holding up the Ariel of our blk and white t.v.!!for special occasions!!!
He was actually mentioned lots of times from the 9th fence onwards, and took the lead after the 22nd (out of 30)! Nice memory of watching it though :-)
You must have been pissed, he was mentioned before halfway!😂
Andy Pandy went on to win the Whitbread Gold Cup three weeks later when that race was a big event in its own right usually including Cheltenham Gold Cup Class of horses.
Yes you are right, it used to be a top race ending the NH season. Some very great horses have won that, Mr Frisk did it in 1990, having won the GN three weeks earlier.Arkle and Mill House too.
You name me a National winner who won by hands and heels?. The best ever
L'Escargot in 75
Mr What - 1958.
@@garrywilson7327 haha no way lol
Tiger Roll
Cloister won by 40 lengths in 1893 carrying 12-07.
Does anybody remember red rum beating crisp.who led the whole race.yet red rum beat him.crisp collapsed down the home stretch.god bless
Yes Crisp was a 2 miler specialist in a 4 mile race carrying 12st and ran out of legs.
and he didn't collapse, use your choice of words carefully another time he just went off a straight line at the end of the race but a great horse nevertheless but he beat REDRUM later on :)
@@David.L291 Not in the Grand National he didn't, and that's what counted. Red Rum was a legend - always and forever!
If that ending doesn't bring a tear to your eye then nothing will🏇😪.
Rummy captured so many hearts 💓💓 ( he was still full of running at the finish )
I remember when he did this. I was watching from across the pond.. What a great animal!
I was in my teens and saving up to do my nursing course. Had a bet, as my mate Di told me to. Kept the faith, with that lovely horse and cried, when he won, again. Over those five years, won £220. Thanks Red Rum :))
Great memories watching this Andy Pandy , Brown Admiral, Churchtown Boy , The Philgarlck and of course Red Rum what an amazing horse . Great to hear the old commentators too very emotional to watch. Great days .
Piece of useless info Martin Blackshaw once he'd finished racing turned to sculpture and I believe one of his horse statues stands at one of the tracks.
Brilliant.never be fine again
Martin Blackshaw's beautiful sculpture of Rummy stands proudly at Aintree Racecourse
It's actually Philip Blacker (who rode Royal Mail in the 1981 Aldaniti National and was riding Happy Ranger in this race who did the statues not Martin Blackshaw.
Just a thought but supposing the National had been run at level weights. I think then Red Rum might have had 4 wins. He would have lost to Crisp but the 2 times he finished second he was giving lumps of weight to the winners so at level weights he may well have won in 1975 and 1976 too.....
Its why the gold Cup is the most prestigious chase, the national is a Handicap so will never be the grestest. I want to see the best stayer win not aided by handicapping
@@rneoman Red Rum wasn't aided by handicapping, quite the opposite! He still won. Three times.
As a 71 child I've always grown up with the legend of Red Rum..I can't think of a more extraordinary achievement over 5 years....surely one day a movie will be made....this is the real National Velvet!
Has a kid i won every distance race.or 2nd.athletics.i ran thm like red rum.i trained wth him in my mind.up the pennines hills i ran daily.i remember ths race.🎋🎋🎋🎋
By God that horse can jump.... Unbelievable..