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
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.
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
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"☘️👍
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
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.
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
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.
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 😊❤
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.
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!
"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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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 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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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
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 .
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👍
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
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.
Remember watching this as a child and my dad had let us bet 50p on Red rum, brought tears to my eyes watching it again. When you see now how high those fences were leaves you in awe at the heart of that horse.
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.
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.
Watched this on the tv in 1977 at The London Hospital Whitechapel London when my brother was in with a badly broken leg. Rummey was always a favourite despite coming 2nd in the previous 2 races. He was the people’s horse !!
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.
When asked the best day of their life , some say "The birth of my first child" , I'm afraid that doesn't come close , this is pure gold even 43 years later
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,
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was born a couple of months after this race, i recall the commentators voices as a kid, brought back some memories as my dad always had the racing on. What an incredible horse 🐎
In our house that day, I'd backed Red Rum. My older brother picked Churchtown Boy. My mum had Eyecatcher, and my dad done The Pilgarlic. Even my younger sister picked out Happy Ranger which finished 7th. My dad had put the bets on that morning and staked around £5 with mostly 50p each-way bets. As I had the winner, I pocketed over six quid and all the others got their each-way up. I remember the huge chippy tea we all had that night, covered by a bit of our winnings.
@@jonlahive330 Ha, yeah, imagine that. A £5 straight tri-cast. We could have bought a 4-bed detached house with the winnings. I remember some being built near us and were going for £4,950.
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).
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.🎋🎋🎋🎋
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
I was 10 and had all my pocket money on him at 16/1 if memory serves lol, the winnings ( minus my pocket money stake back) were used to take the family to see jaws at the Liverpool odeon cinema😃
I worked with a man who was a big racing fan, he only used to really bet on flat races (He said that there were enough things to think about without fences if your money was on a horse.) But he went to Aintree every year. He told me two things about that race and Red Rum. He said that year was the only time he saw the track bookies take a real hammering. Everyone was betting heavy on what they fancied to win but also putting a side bet on Red Rum, so if they had £50 on Curchtown Boy they put £20 on Red rum if £500 on another horse £100 on Red Rum. He said that virtually no one there that day had no money on Red Rum to win, just because they wanted him to. The other thing that he said was. "If the National was run over 6 miles over those fences, that horse would have won all 5." Some horse. A British sporting hero.
The size of the fences then to the last few runnings. The difference is undeniable. This horse is a legend and regardless if any other horse wins the National 3 times, it will never equal Red Rums weight carrying and jumping ability.
