Only one thing beats winning a Gold Cup: WINNING A GRAND NATIONAL UNDER TOP WEIGHT !! Red Rum remains the last horse to do it, and he did it twice including a victory over a double Gold Cup winner ! Let's be grateful that we still have both races, and hope that the National remains a true test with no more softening or lowering of the fences.
The Grand National is diminished ... easier fences and a reduced field by 8 from this year ... Never will Red Rum be beaten 3 wins 2 seconds in 5 starts, when The National was at its hardest ... when oh when will we have a Red Rum movie ... The horse was almost human, the world was stacked against him, left to rot in a field, bad feet, but he fought like a lion and won ... if you have not read his book then you should, but make sure you have a big box of tissues to hand ... The wee horse had a massive heart and never fell in over 100 races, remarkable
