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Red Rum (3 May 1965 – 18 October 1995) was an Irish champion Thoroughbred steeplechaser. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years, 1975 and 1976. The Grand National is a notoriously difficult race that has been described as "the ultimate ...
Red Rum, (foaled 1965), steeplechase horse who won the Grand National at Aintree, England, an unprecedented three times, in 1973, 1974, and 1977. Bought as a crippled seven-year-old, he was reconditioned by his trainer Ginger McCain, who ran him on the sand and in the sea. In 1973, ridden by Brian.
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Jan 5, 2024 · Red Rum’s victory in the 1977 Grand National is one of the most iconic moments in horse racing history. It was extraordinary because it marked Red Rum’s third victory in the Grand National, a feat that had never been accomplished before and has not been replicated since. Red Rum had already secured a legendary status by winning the Grand ...
- Ginger McCain and Noel Le Mare
- Ginger Discovers Red Rum
- The Early Years
- Red Rum’s Grand National Wins
- Retirement and Beyond
- After The National
Eventually, the door of the Prince of Wales swung open, and a single figure stepped onto the steps leading down to the wet pavement where Ginger waited in his taxi. A well-dressed man, dapper in a suit and tie, was leaving the dinner dance that he attended most Saturday evenings. Noel Le Mare had only three ambitions in life: to become a millionair...
When Ginger spotted a horse in the 1972 Scottish Grand National, he made a mental note to speak to Noel about him. The horse had come in fifth, but Ginger’s eye for horses told him that this could be the National winner they were both looking for. The horse was called Red Rum, and Ginger was determined to persuade Le Mare to buy him. He was overjoy...
Red Rum was bred at Rossenarra stud in Kells, County Kilkenny, Ireland, by Martyn McEnery. Bred to win one-mile races, he won his National titles over the longest distance, four miles and four furlongs. “Rummy” started off in life running in cheap races as a sprinter and dead-heated in a five-furlong flat race at Aintree Racecourse. In his early ca...
At the 1973 Grand National, Red Rum beat the Australian chaser Crisp, carrying 23 pounds more, in what was a new record time of nine minutes, 1.9 seconds. Crisp had led the field virtually all the way in that year’s National and, at the last fence, was 15 lengths clear of his nearest pursuer, Red Rum. However, jockey Brian Fletcher made up the grou...
Red Rum was headed for the Grand National once again in 1978 but suffered a hairline fracture in one of his heels shortly before the race. He was retired soon after, but his public life and fame by no means diminished with the end of his career. Red Rum was a national celebrity by this time and traveled all over the country for various engagements....
Plenty of people find their passion in life as casino expect, Jamie Wall, can attest to and Ginger McCain was no different. He ate, drank, and slept Aintree and the Grand National, so much so that he was nicknamed “Mr. Aintree.” With his huge personality, amazing success, and, of course, Red Rum, he almost single-handedly revived the flagging fortu...
Oct 18, 2022 · A further irony was that Tommy had ridden Red Rum without success in the horse’s youth. Tommy partnered Red Rum 26 times between 1969 and 1970, when he was trained by Bobby Renton – the ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Neither the record nor the occasion has ever been equalled. He was not the most gifted horse we've ever seen, but he was the people's horse, a working-class hero who never knew when to quit. The famous Grand National in which Red Rum beat Crisp (right) captured Simon Beccle's imagination in 1973 Credit: PA.
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Jun 11, 2020 · Simon Holt: Monumental achievement. Red Rum's first win was undoubtedly the moment that got me hooked on the Grand National. I was only nine in 1973 and I had this incredible interest in horse ...
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