A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse......

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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!

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One of the greatest ever sporting achievements.

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.

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

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".

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!!

Great Question!..The Horse had to be related to the "Greek God"

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.

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

oh great that's a really wonderful time and memory to have

Absolutely 💯 memory of a lifetime 😊

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.

nantes23 me to.makes me cry.

Same here! In tears watching the amazing RR for the zillionth time!

Lee Andrews magical Red Rum.!!🐎

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.

yeah when England was great with many things too

kevin coleman great post.

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?

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.

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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.

1964karlos so true they have taken the challenge out of the course

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

Red rum also won on the flat in his younger days ridden by some unknown jockey Lester piggot Often wonder what happened to him

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.

Hes the greatest Rummy RIP

no probs x

Forever the true kings of Aintree - Rummy and Ginger xx

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

Peerless. Just got his words muddled when Boom Docker refused. Great call to bring Rummy home.

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.

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!!

I cry every time I watch it - and that's a lot :D

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.

Looking at the odds 9/1 20/1 18/1 ...you could have bought the chip shop if the money had gone on the family tricast!!

@@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.

Always and forever xx

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 :)

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

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!!.

A true true champion and missed by all

@@leeandrews2473 Missed, but forever in our hearts and always an inspiration xx

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. @@petergoddard262

Rich LN well written!!!

@@Gervase1970 beautiful memories

Michael Muldowney agreed!!!.dream race this was!!!!!

Fairytale. That's what's makes racing great..that and Frankel and hurricane fly..superstars.

About £8 i think,not bad in the 70s

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,

I think one was Andy Pandy who as very unlucky to come a cropper at Bechers.

i was only 5month old x

Ah! Older than me :) x

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 was born April 77. Lol.

Rummy triumphed purely through courage, tenacity, stamina and sheer skill and not due to other horses falling. After all, isn't that the whole point of the challenge? No other horse, not even the great Manifesto, has won this gruelling race three times. Rummy is a true legend without question.

100 races and Red Rum never fell once. Of the 43 starters only 11 finished in this race alone. If you watch him in the Grand Nationals his jumping was phenomenal. He made those terrible jumps look easy. Carnage all around him and he made it look like a walk in the park. Sure, if other horses hadn't fallen then he wouldn't have won but staying on your feet and keeping going round that horrendous course was what that race was all about in those days!

....and still is today, although not the challenge it was in Rummy's day of course, making his achievements even more breathtaking!