I also met Rummy on Ainsdale beach. I was just a kid

I met redrum to at Southport,when he was stabled behind the car garage,My mum and Dad took me to see him,A still have the photo of me with Rummy on my fridge,Loved this horse so much dont think there will ever be another to win 3 nationals,And if there is,Rummy will still be the best as they fences back in the day were massive!,❤

No he wouldn’t he hated Cheltenham and the ground was on the soft side of good so he wouldn’t like the ground either

love rummy

......yep.....the Duke had his own ambulance...

What a very ignorant remark. Even with safer fences , it is still the most challenging of all handicaps.

Steven Farrington the best

The BBC lost interest in horse racing

twice

@@martinmalone6324 I cannot watch this race live. Am always more focussed on the debris of horses and riders after the previous fences than who is actually in the lead. The jockeys are paid to urge these animals over dangerous obstacles- my thoughts are always with the horses who trust those who push them to the limit and beyond.

@@martinmalone6324 That's when the fences were huge too!

@@dianeatkinson2015 There were no fatalities in this race. Thank goodness.

Without a doubt, that was the way to win. Very fast ground that day

@@rohansrider could have went around again -- v like tiger roll, small - gr8 jumper and just runs and runs

Paul Gibbons. Can spme1 find extended coverage of 1977 national

Amazingly he actually got around in 8th place.

The Duke of Albuquerque had his quirks. His favourite food were hot dogs. He also loved to keep various amphibians, jumping frog's being his major preference.

why not it makes the race more colourful, useless amateur jockeys and equally bad racehorses up against the elite, better than 40 equal horses today

The Iron Duke was a top class horseman. Represented Spain at the 1952 Olympics. Actually finished 8th in this race wearing a plaster cast on a broken shoulder blade having just had 16 screws removed from his leg!

you are so right

yes Red rum was the greatest ever National horse.But L, escargot. Deserves more credit than he ever got.Don,t forget the snail made Grand National History ,by emulating the great golden Miller,in winning a gold cup and National.

Crisp was a phenomenal horse.

He was actually 16.2 hh but people always thought he was smaller. Very well made horse.

Red Rums first race i believe [whithout looking it up] was a five furlong sprint!!!! In which he dead heated for first!!!!!!!!! and guess where it was raced AT....................LIVERPOOL!!

don't you remember 2001?

Oh wow you are so lucky 🍀 to have touched Red Rum 🍹 - I’ve shook Paul McCartney’s hand ✍️ and if I’d had the pleasure of stroking that fantastic horse 🐎 I would put it right up next to meeting Paul as great things that happened in my life - absolutely ! I just love Red Rum so much. Cheers 🥂

digitaurus Question, why red rum never entered the GOLD CUP? Some1 please comment

I suspect it didn't fit in with in with the preparation for his Grand National exploits usually only 2weeks apart,he did run in the 1971 Mildmay of the Flete Chase over 2 1/2 miles finishing 4th a full 2years before before his first Grand National, another factor could be the ground Red Rum was a good ground horse and in the main the ground at Aintree was predominately good,he didn't win anything with soft in the description,the courses at Cheltenham and Aintree although left handed are quite different Cheltenham is undulating and Aintree is flat.

@@davidmastin416 I remember Fred Winter had a pretty good 3m chaser at the time called Pendil whom most people thought was a a certain Gold Cup winner, maybe that might have had something to do with it. He never did win the gold cup but was a fine horse. I believe they raced against each other once and Pendil was the victor.

Yes totally agree, they have ruined the Aintree National Course and actually made it more dangerous as horses are travelling faster because they have no respect for the fences. A good hurdler could jump these fences now. Also i hate the modern tv coverage. they no longer have the iconic head on camera angle at bechers brook which was one of the most dramatic in sport.

+MsVanorak what I liked about these races are the top class quality at the top of the handicap - better than today and the romantic no hopers at the bottom that just wanted to make it round. Today its 40 identical runners 160 to 140 rather than a range of 170 to 110. The fact I can recall Friendly Henry - a maiden finishing 6th out 9 finishers in 1988 and yet can recall the 5th home this year says it all.

+MsVanorak I know there were qualifications for entry (being weighed) certainly from 1979 but as you said not sure about 1974. For example, in 1981, you had to be a winner of a chase valued at £2,500 (equivalent to £15k) today. Thats pretty classy. 1984's field was a very good one indeed drawn from 141 entries and 80 left at the 5-day decs stage. Today a first season chasing maiden can still run if placed at 3 miles plus and rated 120. Meanwhile a 2 miler can finish a distance 4th in a 3 mile race and still run based on a 2 mile rating. We also know the handicapper is quick to raise weighs and slow to lower a horse leading to weigh inflation over the years. I hear some say this is about 12lbs over the last 25 years. Stephen's Society was the first from the UK to win there in over 50 years. Trained by WA Stephenson, he and Collins were successful with Credit Call in the 70s too. I think Chris Collins is still around in industry today.

+MsVanorak That would be 1970 and Gay Trip's year? That year Derek Scott's ride on Villay - a horse he owned and trained too was real Corinthian spirit. Does Derek Scott still train today? Im sure I saw a D Scott with similar colours to Villay running in 2014-15. It was Josh Gifford's last ride that year too. Of course in 1968, American Tim Durrant rode Highlandie aged 68 to finish. That was the spirit at the time with him and the Iron Duke, John Carden et al just happy to have a go. That said, some of the rule changes are welcome - if only to prevent the likes of David Pitcher riding. I know a little about the late 70s onwards.

Sadly, I no longer feel the excitement I did. Its no longer the special race it was and I dont want to see horses breasting the fences with risky speed. If whats become just another long distance race was scrapped I would not miss it as I would always have my memories and videos of how it was devised to be. The first 6 fences had the job of eliminating 25-50% of the field before 1st Canal. Its lost that job as the powers that be think its better to keep horses running into traffic problems and jumping more fences at speed.

Hope it brings many happy memories back for you its why I upload

@@EddieCr Thanks fella.....

She was trying her best to dump her rider. Perhaps she sensed what was to come.

Try saying Princess Camilla misbehaving at the start now and you'll be up The Tower my old son LOL !

@@DutchVanHelsing😂🤣👍👏⁉️🙏🌈Ha,Ha.

Charles Dickens ran a barnstormer

Not true Crisp beat Red Rum at Doncaster’s November Meating Doncaster Patten Chase 7 months after Red Rum beat Crisp and it was a 1 mile and a half shorter and not 2 miles

@@tonyparkes9958 still a lot shorter distance.

@@kevjards Red Rum won 2 races that season before he met Crisp both over 3 miles Carlisle and Ayr

@@tonyparkes9958 Crisp wasn't built for 4 + miles . That year he finished 5th in the gold cup or the year before. Still saying that Crisp was the best jumper that i ever saw. Rummy wasn't bad either .Never fell over 100 races.

He loved to eat hot dogs & kept jumping frogs as pets 👍

I heard lol. Hes some sort of legend that guy. You will never get his like again.

@@Formula1Madx He managed the band Prefab Sprout in the 80s....

@@markperryman1797 🕺

@Richard - (50 seconds in) The Duke wouldn't have been allowed to ride with half his shoulder hanging off these days .... Or Dick Dastardly as he was known as lol, "MUTTLEY DO SOMETHING!!"

Prefab Sprout ?

@@markperryman1797 😁

@@Formula1Madx Lah-lah lah-lah-lah... lah-lah-lah... lah lah lah laaaaaaaahhhhhh I'm the King of Rock n Roll .....

@@Formula1Madx 0:50 The Duke looks like Dick Dastardly, he was later seen giving instructions to Muttley to dig a massive trench on the other side of 'The Chair' and cover it with false sheets of grass......

@@Formula1Madx 1:06 "Duke of Albuquerque passed by the vet" lol .... MUTTLEY DO SOMETHING!!!"

Same here! Would love to see the build up of the 1977 national

So you like watching horses fall and breaking their necks and having to be shot on track? The old style jumps were death traps.

when they started meddling with the fences they caused more fatilities and exausted racehorses, the conditions in the 70s and 80s was just right, the race doesnt exist now

@Richard - all it takes is watching these races to see that horses are falling at almost every jump. Its a surprise to the commentator when all the horses make it over a jump because its so rare.

@Richard - only 14? How is 14 horses getting injured not a bad amount to you? 1 horse getting injured over a jump that's too high is 1 horse too many.

chatham43 all Red Rums 3 wins.

Night nurse was one of my favourite horses from those days.

protarget1 average handicapper, Red Rum was 2nd in the Hennessy a few months prior to this and then won the Scottish Grand National a couple of weeks after this. One of the greatest seasons by any average handicapper 🤔🤔

The hurdle race you refer to was in 1977 not 1974

@@1964karlos Correct and post re-edited to that effect 😉😊

Hardly average! He won the Scottish National the year after this!

He says it "ran" 4 times that season without success.

@@Formula1Madx That makes more sense really.

@@johnshort5003 'run' 4 times this season without success....

no horses died in 1973 but 9 did perish in the 1970s. 2 in the 1960s and 6 in the 1980s

Unbelievable balance

...Dick Dastardly had a better race record...

True, though to his credit, Sir Peter realised and managed to flip the sentence around just in time! Must have been the sheer excitement at the last twisting his tongue!

@@helenemillar7626 And it's Rum Red.....er.....

Usually the name is registered by the breeder and the name can be anything, providing it is 18 letters or fewer (including spaces) and isn't in some way offensive. Often (sometimes) the names are inspired by their parents names. In this case: Red Rum's sire was called QuoRUM, his dam was MaRED. Clever. See also Desert Orchid: sire Grey Mirage, dam Flower Child.

lol Holy shit, it does!

@@DarthCipient Thriller of a race, Michael Jackson walking the course 9:46.....

.....according to an earlier comment he passed away shortly after this race.....

thanks for that chatham, must admit the 74 race was a classic, only those dreadful side angles at bechers spoilt the race, 2nd time around the cameraman doesnt seem to know where to point the camera, they used those angles from 71 to 77, and then brought them back around 2010 thank god the bbc dont film the race anymore

Jimmy Lindley and Richard Pitman took over the Clive Graham role

Races aren't the same without Mr. O'Sullivan calling them... or Red Rum, Crisp & L'Escargot running.

70 and 71 he says. Poor chap Clive Graham died of cancer later that same year.

haha it does so much sound like that, that's so hilarious haha :)))

@@David.L291 L'escargot looked well for a 203 yr old....

Was the jockey at McDonalds all night and quaffing ale also?

Wrong .Rummy was named after his parents.They took the last 3 letters from each name. MaRed and QuoRum

Horse was killed of course just as usual missy. Aren't you an animal lover, or do you love seeing animals put in danger just to support the money gods.

+George Partridge (Bykerbullet) no horse was killed in the 2015 Grand National. Get your facts right, you plank!

That is correct, I was just putting the idiot right about the big race itself! I've always said they should have let the field go in front of the protesters, that would bloody move them!

+George Partridge (Bykerbullet) Now I understand. You are one of those "animal lovers" who do not care about the horses, you just jump on the bandwagon to whine about people who have more money than you. Class warfare, not animal welfare is what you are about. You see, you could have objected to the fact that horses are sometimes killed while racing without mentioning money, but you couldn't help yourself. Your envy of the "money gods" was just too strong. You nasty, envious little man. You do not care about horses at all.