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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biota"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #d2b48c;color:inherit;">Red Rum</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Rum_at_Castle_Park,_Bristol_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red Rum at Castle Park, Bristol 1980"><img alt="Red Rum at Castle Park, Bristol 1980" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Red_Rum_at_Castle_Park%2C_Bristol_1980.jpg/200px-Red_Rum_at_Castle_Park%2C_Bristol_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Red_Rum_at_Castle_Park%2C_Bristol_1980.jpg/300px-Red_Rum_at_Castle_Park%2C_Bristol_1980.jpg 1.5x, 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-equineline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colour</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bay_(horse)" title="Bay (horse)">Bay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Breeder</th><td class="infobox-data">Martyn McEnery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Noel le Mare</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trainer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ginger_McCain" title="Ginger McCain">Ginger McCain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">100: 24-15-23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earnings</th><td class="infobox-data">£146,409.80</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2b48c;color:inherit;">Major wins</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Grand_National" title="Grand National">Grand National</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Grand_National" title="1973 Grand National">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_Grand_National" title="1974 Grand National">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_Grand_National" title="1977 Grand National">1977</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Grand_National" title="Scottish Grand National">Scottish National</a> (1974)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2b48c;color:inherit;">Honours</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Life-size statue at <a href="/wiki/Aintree_Racecourse" title="Aintree Racecourse">Aintree Racecourse</a><br />Smaller bronze statue inside Wayfarers Arcade, <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Red_Rum_Handicap_Chase" title="Red Rum Handicap Chase">Red Rum Handicap Chase</a> at Aintree</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="color: #555">Last updated on 15 February 2009</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Red Rum</b> (3 May 1965 – 18 October 1995) was an Irish champion <a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred">Thoroughbred</a> <a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)" title="Steeplechase (horse racing)">steeplechaser</a>. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the <a href="/wiki/Grand_National" title="Grand National">Grand National</a> in <a href="/wiki/1973_Grand_National" title="1973 Grand National">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_Grand_National" title="1974 Grand National">1974</a> and <a href="/wiki/1977_Grand_National" title="1977 Grand National">1977</a>, 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 test of a horse’s courage".<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also renowned for his jumping ability, having not fallen in 100 races.<sup id="cite_ref-redruminsider.co.uk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redruminsider.co.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1973 race in which Red Rum secured his comeback victory from 30 <a href="/wiki/Horse_length" title="Horse length">lengths</a> behind is often considered one of the greatest Grand Nationals in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Tele_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tele-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2002 UK poll, Red Rum's historic third triumph in the Grand National was voted the 24th greatest sporting moment of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-poll_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poll-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Red Rum was bred at Rossenarra <a href="/wiki/Stud_farm" title="Stud farm">stud</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kells,_County_Kilkenny" title="Kells, County Kilkenny">Kells</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">County Kilkenny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, by Martyn McEnery. His <a href="/wiki/Horse_breeding" title="Horse breeding">sire</a> was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quorum_(horse)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quorum (horse) (page does not exist)">Quorum</a> (1954–1971), and his dam <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mared_(horse)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mared (horse) (page does not exist)">Mared</a> (1958–1976). Mared was a granddaughter of the broodmare Batika, whose other descendants have included the <a href="/wiki/Irish_2000_Guineas" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish 2000 Guineas">Irish 2000 Guineas</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Turtle_Island_(horse)" title="Turtle Island (horse)">Turtle Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tbl_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbl-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McEnery gave Red Rum his name by taking the last three letters of the names of his dam and sire, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bred to win one-mile races, Red Rum won his National titles over the longest distance, four miles and four furlongs. He started his career in England running in low-value races as a sprinter and dead-heated in his first race, a five-furlong flat race at <a href="/wiki/Aintree_Racecourse" title="Aintree Racecourse">Aintree Racecourse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran another seven times as a two-year-old, winning over 7f at <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Racecourse" title="Warwick Racecourse">Warwick</a>, and over the same distance at <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Racecourse" title="Doncaster Racecourse">Doncaster</a> in the first of his two races as a three-year-old. In his early career, he was twice ridden by <a href="/wiki/Lester_Piggott" title="Lester Piggott">Lester Piggott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comedian <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mack" title="Lee Mack">Lee Mack</a>, then a stable boy, had his first riding lesson on Red Rum.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being passed from training yard to training yard, he found his footing when Southport car dealer <a href="/wiki/Ginger_McCain" title="Ginger McCain">Ginger McCain</a> bought him for his client Noel le Mare and famously trained the horse on the sands at <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, England.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSport_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Galloping through sea water may have proved highly beneficial to Red Rum's hooves.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain reportedly took Red Rum for a therapeutic swim in the sea off Southport before his first National appearances to help treat the horse's <a href="/wiki/Pedal_osteitis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedal osteitis">pedal osteitis</a>, a debilitating, incurable bone disease in his <a href="/wiki/Hoof" title="Hoof">hoof</a>. McCain also won the Grand National in 2004 with <a href="/wiki/Amberleigh_House" title="Amberleigh House">Amberleigh House</a>, 31 years after his first victory with Red Rum.<sup id="cite_ref-National_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grand_National_record">Grand National record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Grand National record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>The crowd are willing him home now. The 12-year-old Red Rum, being preceded only by loose horses, being chased by Churchtown Boy... They're coming to the elbow, just a furlong now between Red Rum and his third Grand National triumph! It's hats off and a tremendous reception, you've never heard one like it at Liverpool – Red Rum wins the National! </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Commentator <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Sullevan" title="Peter O'Sullevan">Peter O'Sullevan</a> describes the moment Red Rum sealed his third Grand National title<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1973_Grand_National" title="1973 Grand National">1973 Grand National</a>, Red Rum beat the Australian chaser <a href="/wiki/Crisp_(horse)" title="Crisp (horse)">Crisp</a>, which was carrying 23 pounds more, in a new record time of nine minutes, 1.9 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCarticle_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCarticle-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crisp led the field virtually all the way in that year's National in which he was 30 <a href="/wiki/Horse_length" title="Horse length">lengths</a> clear, and at the last fence was 15 lengths clear of Red Rum, his nearest pursuer. Red Rum and jockey <a href="/wiki/Brian_Fletcher" title="Brian Fletcher">Brian Fletcher</a>, however, made up the ground on the final stretch and, two strides from the finishing post, pipped the tiring Crisp to win by three-quarters of a length in what is often considered one of the greatest Grand Nationals in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Tele_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tele-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crisp's jockey <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pitman" title="Richard Pitman">Richard Pitman</a> later stated: "I still dream about that race, of Crisp running so strongly and jumping so fearlessly, and then the sound of Red Rum's hooves as he got closer and closer at the end."<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added: "I felt as though I was tied to a railway line with an express train thundering up and being unable to jump out of the way."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, Red Rum retained his title at the 1974 National, carrying 12 stone.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (He followed that with victory in the Scottish Grand National, and remains the only horse to win both in the same season.) </p><p>Red Rum came second in 1975 and 1976; <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Stack" title="Tommy Stack">Tommy Stack</a> replaced Fletcher as jockey in the 1976 race after Fletcher angered trainer <a href="/wiki/Ginger_McCain" title="Ginger McCain">Ginger McCain</a> by telling the press the horse no longer felt right after a defeat in a race away from Aintree. Again, Red Rum saved his best for Aintree but was held off by Rag Trade. The following year, Stack rode the 12-year-old Red Rum to his record third Grand National triumph, in what is regarded as one of the greatest moments in horse racing history.<sup id="cite_ref-National_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCarticle_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCarticle-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Red Rum was prepared for a sixth attempt at the Grand National the season following his 1977 win, but suffered a hairline fracture in the lead up to the 1978 race. Following a canter at Aintree Racecourse the day before the 1978 Grand National he was retired. The news of Red Rum's retirement was the lead story on that night's <i>Nine O'Clock News</i> on BBC1<sup id="cite_ref-BBCarticle_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCarticle-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was also front-page news of the following morning's newspapers. </p><p>Red Rum had become a national celebrity, opening supermarkets and annually leading the Grand National parade for many further years. His likeness graced playing cards, mugs, posters, models, paintings, plates and jigsaw puzzles. Several books have been written about Red Rum by his trainer, sculptor, jockeys and author Ivor Herbert; a children's story about his life was also written by Christine Pemberton. The horse helped open the <i><a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(Blackpool)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steeplechase (Blackpool)">Steeplechase</a></i> rollercoaster at <a href="/wiki/Pleasure_Beach_Blackpool" class="mw-redirect" title="Pleasure Beach Blackpool">Blackpool Pleasure Beach</a> in 1977. He also switched on the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Blackpool Illuminations</a> that year.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, a song entitled "Red Rum" was issued as a tribute to him by a group named Chaser, on Polydor 2058 564. It was written by Steve Jolley, Richard Palmer and Tony Swain. In 2010 the name of the racecourse bar, formerly called "The Sefton", was changed to "The Red Rum". </p><p>In 1977 Red Rum appeared as a studio guest at the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" title="BBC Sports Personality of the Year">BBC Sports Personality of the Year</a> awards ceremony. Viewers were delighted when the horse seemed to recognise the voice of his jockey Tommy Stack, who was appearing by video link from another location.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Red Rum's feats, of three Nationals and two seconds, are legendary. They will never be equalled, let alone surpassed. They say records are there to be broken, but Red Rum’s at Aintree is one which will stand the test of time. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—20-time champion jockey <a href="/wiki/Tony_McCoy" title="Tony McCoy">Tony McCoy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg/250px-Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg/375px-Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg/500px-Red_Rum%27s_Grave_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Red Rum's grave at Aintree</figcaption></figure> <p>Red Rum died on 18 October 1995, aged 30. His death was one of the lead items in television news bulletins and also made the front pages of national newspapers the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCarticle_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCarticle-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was buried at the winning post of the <a href="/wiki/Aintree_Racecourse" title="Aintree Racecourse">Aintree Racecourse</a>, which is still a destination for his fans. The <a href="/wiki/Epitaph" title="Epitaph">epitaph</a> reads<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>Respect this place</dd> <dd>This hallowed ground</dd> <dd>A legend here</dd> <dd>His rest has found</dd> <dd>His feet would fly</dd> <dd>Our spirits soar</dd> <dd>He earned our love</dd> <dd>For evermore</dd></dl> <p>Eleven years after his death, a survey found he remained the best-known racehorse in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked to name an equine animal, Red Rum was named by 45% of Britons, with <a href="/wiki/Black_Beauty" title="Black Beauty">Black Beauty</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Anna_Sewell" title="Anna Sewell">Anna Sewell</a>'s novel) in second with 33%.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002 the UK public voted Red Rum's third Grand National win #24 in the list of the <a href="/wiki/100_Greatest_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="100 Greatest (UK TV series)">100 Greatest Sporting Moments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-poll_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poll-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Rum_statue,_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg/250px-Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg/375px-Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg/500px-Red_Rum_statue%2C_Southport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1350291.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Red Rum statue in Southport</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1970s, the future running of the Grand National was uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The emergence of Red Rum and his historic triumphs captivated the nation, and ensured huge public support for the fund to buy Aintree and put it in the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Jockey_Club" title="Jockey Club">Jockey Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 September 2011, Red Rum's trainer <a href="/wiki/Ginger_McCain" title="Ginger McCain">Ginger McCain</a> died aged 80.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSport_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grand_National_record_2">Grand National record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Grand National record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Grand National </th> <th>Position </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Jockey" title="Jockey">Jockey</a> </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Weight </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Starting_price" title="Starting price">SP</a> </th> <th>Distance </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_Grand_National" title="1973 Grand National">1973</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fletcher" title="Brian Fletcher">Brian Fletcher</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>10–5 </td> <td>9/1 JF </td> <td>Won by ¾ Length </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Grand_National" title="1974 Grand National">1974</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>Brian Fletcher </td> <td>9 </td> <td>12–0 </td> <td>11/1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_Grand_National" title="1975 Grand National">1975</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Brian Fletcher </td> <td>10 </td> <td>12–0 </td> <td>7/2 F </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976_Grand_National" title="1976 Grand National">1976</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Stack" title="Tommy Stack">Tommy Stack</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>11–10 </td> <td>10/1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Grand_National" title="1977 Grand National">1977</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>Tommy Stack </td> <td>12 </td> <td>11–8 </td> <td>9/1 JF </td> <td>Won by 25 lengths </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commemorations">Commemorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commemorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Rum_Close,_Liverpool_(7).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG/220px-Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG/330px-Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG/440px-Red_Rum_Close%2C_Liverpool_%287%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Sign for Red Rum Close, Fazakerley</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Rum_Handicap_Chase" title="Red Rum Handicap Chase">Red Rum Handicap Chase</a> at Aintree.</li> <li>There are statues of Red Rum at Aintree Racecourse, in Southport and at Ayr Racecourse.<sup id="cite_ref-National_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merseyrail" title="Merseyrail">Merseyrail</a> named one of its trains in Red Rum's honour in 2008 as part of a <i>Merseyside Legends</i> programme.</li> <li>There used to be two pubs named Red Rum. <ul><li>One was next to Aintree Racecourse; it is now a <a href="/wiki/Tandoori" class="mw-redirect" title="Tandoori">tandoori</a> restaurant.</li> <li>One was in <a href="/wiki/Croxteth" title="Croxteth">Croxteth</a>, but closed some time in the mid-2000s and was demolished in 2010</li></ul></li> <li>Southport Fire Station took delivery of an engine they named Red Rum in 1979</li> <li>Red Rum Drive in Ashburn, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. (part of the area referred to as the silicon valley of the east), is named after the famous racehorse, due to the land developer being an avid horse racing fan.</li> <li>Red Rum Close in <a href="/wiki/Fazakerley" title="Fazakerley">Fazakerley</a>, Liverpool.</li> <li>Market Rasen Racecourse have a Bar & Lounge named Red Rum</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pedigree">Pedigree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pedigree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="clear:both; margin:0em auto;"> <caption style="padding-bottom:0.4em;">Pedigree of Red Rum (IRE), bay gelding, 1965<sup id="cite_ref-equineline_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-equineline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="8">Sire<br />Quorum (GB)<br />1954 </th> <td rowspan="4">Vilmorin (GB)<br />1943 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Bridge_(horse)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gold Bridge (horse) (page does not exist)">Gold Bridge</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Golden_Boss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golden Boss (page does not exist)">Golden Boss</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flying Diadem </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Queen of the Meadows </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairway_(horse)" title="Fairway (horse)">Fairway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Queen of the Blues </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Akimbo (GB)<br />1947 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bois_Roussel" title="Bois Roussel">Bois Roussel</a> </td> <td>Vatout </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Plucky_Liege" title="Plucky Liege">Plucky Liege</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Bulolo </td> <td>Noble Star </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pussy Willow </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="8">Dam<br />Mared (GB)<br />1958 </th> <td rowspan="4">Magic Red (GB)<br />1941 </td> <td rowspan="2">Link Boy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pharos_(horse)" title="Pharos (horse)">Pharos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Market Girl </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Infra Red </td> <td>Ethnarch </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black Ray </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Quinta (GB)<br />1953 </td> <td rowspan="2">Anwar </td> <td>Umidwar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stafaralla </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Batika </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blenheim_(horse)" title="Blenheim (horse)">Blenheim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brise Bise (Family 25)<sup id="cite_ref-tbl_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbl-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Rum&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See 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BBC Sport. 25 November 2000. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031124120220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/sports_personality/1022955.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 24 November 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/2018_Grand_National" title="2018 Grand National">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Grand_National" title="2019 Grand National">2019</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="color:gray"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_Grand_National" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Grand National">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Grand_National" title="2021 Grand National">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Grand_National" title="2022 Grand National">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Grand_National" title="2023 Grand National">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Grand_National" title="2024 Grand National">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Grand_National" title="2025 Grand National">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#77dd77;;width:1%;background:#ddeedd;">Course</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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