The BBC Grand National 1977 - Red Rum makes history
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- ....the Grand National of 1977....as covered by the BBC....and Rummy completes his hat-trick.......in comprehensive style.......what a record.....3 wins and 2 seconds in 5 runs....no doubt the King of Aintree.....
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Never get tired of seeing this. The greatest of them all. He jumped those fences tremendously well. He clearly loved Aintree. Even when leading the parade for all these years after you could see he knew where he was. The place lit him up. Will never ever forget him. What an inspiration he was.....No words are fit enough to describe him and the memories he has given us
One of my first sporting memories. I lived up by Southport and Red Rum trained on our local beach, so everybody went nuts when he won.
@@mattday8208 Liverpool quite rightly reveres Bill Shankly (One of the truly Great Managers, Characters and Humans!)and the Beatles of course!
.But Southport has it's own version of Pegasus!.."Red Rum" the Legend!
You're right. I have to watch it every three months or so, and I still get excited.
for some reason i have seen three red rum races here on CZcams this morning..
he seems to come from behind every time..
The magnificent Red Rum.So brave and fantastic jumper.Churchtown Boy was going really well and Rummy looked like he'd given all he could but one slight mistake at the second last and Rummy put 15 lengths between him and Churchtown Boy.It gets better every time I watch it.
I just watched the greatest grand national horse of all time once more ..I'm a grown man and remember visiting my dad in hospital dying of cancer with his radio shouting come on Rummie..still cry everytime I watch that race
God bless so so emotionally moved now
The most beautiful moment in horse racing history. Tears rolling down my cheeks - again!!
I think Andy Pandy would have beaten him ...
I know right, this was the first time i have watched it since my Dad passed and when he jumped that last fence i have never heard a crowd so loud at a race course they literally roared him on, and i can still see my Dad running round the lounge going nuts! Beautiful memories but what a horse for me i dont think there will ever be another.👍🐴🐴🐴
Would tiger roll have made it 3 in a row??small horses with huge hearts
Laura O Brien Hi Laura, yes if it had been on this year Tiger roll would be trying to win it 3 years in a row but who knows he might be back next year not sure yet. They did do the 2020 virtual Grand national and he came 4th what a great horse though!
@@lauraobrien5686 Tiger Roll is a fantastic little horse in the mould of Rummy, but I doubt even he could have achieved what the greatest Red Rum did over those momentous fences all those years ago.
My favorite moment in sports history.
But you cannot beat the commentary which sums it all up.
"The 12 year old RedRum coming along in great style... The crowd willing him along. You've never heard the likes of it at Liverpool..." It is fitting that they buried Red Rum at the finish line at Aintree. Legend.
Yeah, it was a much deserved place for Red Rum to be . The greatest ever around Aintree.
Definitely.
Every time I watch Red Rums national victories I get very emotional. The fences on the Aintree course now are nothing like they were then. I don't think there will be another horse like him. 5 times he ran it and never fell! A true hero, love him.
Boom Docker must have thought "What, you want me to go round again? F**k that" Gold old Rummy - always a treat to watch.
You can see it in his eyes "I'm having this boys, see ya".... Best horse ever. Tears of joy, and it's 2020.
2023
Red rum was a horse that is immortalised in history there will never be a horse like him again
Love how Rummy waggles his ears at the cheer just before he reaches the line!
"...They're willing him home now!" Like Kenneth Wolstenholme's "They think it's all over..." is one of the most iconic commentaries in sporting history. Superb stuff.
Oh my the memories of Rummy & Peter O’Sullivan’s commentary “you’ve never heard anything like like it in Liverpool “ never the likes to be heard again in my lifetime
Look at him prick his lugs up soon as he crossed the line, what a legend that horse was..
I used to love it when Red Rum returned to Aintree after he retired. You could tell he knew exactly where he was.
Rummy was adored by his public and he knew it!! :)
It's happened again.......watching it for the umpteenth time and crying my bloody eyes out for the umpteenth time.
Same here!
I would never forget Red Rum. He was the BEST HORSE ever to have lived.
Except there was never much competition. It was always Red Rum, L''Escargot and Grittar from memory.
After this Grand National, Boom Docker was sent to my old Trainer Michael Masson to help coax him back into jumping and I was given the task of schooling him! We just did it quietly by popping him over the some straw bales then over the hurdles and then finally we took him off to Plumpton to school him over the fences and I still get goose bumps when I remember coming up to the first fence and expecting him to put in another couple of strides like all the other horses around me but he just took off into the air and I thought we're not gonna make it but he landed as far the other side as he took off from and all I really had to do was sit tight over the rest of the fences! He was by far the best jumper I ever sat on and will never forget him and will always wonder what might have been had he not refused in 77? But then again if he'd had kept going, I would never have got to ride him!
Hard to say what made him refuse,he was jumping brilliantly,as he obviously did for you.Now the previous year he had been brought down at 2nd bechers but i think if he would have made it that far he would have got a place,i dont think he would have beat Red Rum,hard to say about Churchtown Boy but im sure hed have got 3rd.Shame he refused though,it always leaves you wondering
+burnleyfan11965 I just think he decided that he'd done enough! He wasn't a four miler anyway, but put up a fantastic performance nonetheless! :)
there was a loose horse runnin the other way , might have distracted him causin him to refuse
I backed 2 hoses in the race that year boom docker and red rum
There have been other refusals at that fence. I believe the course stables are nearby and some horses remember.
Sometime in the early 70's, I remember a smoked filled front room, cricket , and my dad screaming for Red Rum to win . Magnificent horse. One of the few joys of the 70's.
I was a Red Rum fun when I was six. I remember sitting at home with with a bottle of dandelion and burdock and a box of maltesers. When Churchtown boy loomed up behind him I was terrified he was going to get beat. He just popped it as if it wasn't there. The crowd Road and I just burst out in tears. There will never be another day like it in sporting history and I wasn't even a racing fan.god bless you tummy. You will always be in my heart
My first ever bet courtesy of dad, 10p wim Red Rum 1976 national, second then 1977 same bet same horse, win.. I was only 11, but it hooked me onto NH racing. What a fabulous horse he was.
I'd actually forgotten about Churchtown Boy, and I live up Churchtown now! Always loved horses, but never be another like Rummy!....3 TIMES!, and he had laminitis!!! What Ginger achieved from that small stable yard was bloody incredible! ..used to see them all going for a gallop on Birkdale beach.... beautiful.
I don't know much about racing and watching largely out of curiosity - but even an untrained eye can see that that horse is absolutely phenomenal.
He's coming home to a tremendous reception you've never heard the likes of it at Liverpool RED RUM WINS the national.tell me that is not the greatest line in sport
"It's hats off for a tremendous reception you've never heard one like it at Liverpool! ... Red Rum wins the National!" Such great commentary saluting such a legendary horse. Both Rummy and O'Sullevan were the best. Unforgettable.
Never be a Horse like Rummy,always will be the best National horse ever. 3 1sts and 2 2nds, Peters commentary, the crowd when jumping the last. always tear in my eye.
+Andy Sutton ..and not forgetting his record-breaking performance in '74 when winning the Grand National AND the Scottish Grand National in just one season!
+Andy Sutton The greatest National horse, yes. You have to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup to be the greatest steeplechaser.
...and yet the Grand National is still held up as the toughest race for a chaser in the world, so I can't agree with your statement, I'm afraid!
Tiger roll on it's way
@@garymacmillan6401 so lord Windermere Norton's coin cool dawn are better than red rum don't think so
Excellent memories from my childhood. You can imagine what Boom Docker was thinking when he refused at the 17th.... "sod this, I ain't going around again" lol.
Sebastian IV (1st time) and Andy Pandy (2nd) both fell at Bechers. Completed the course apart from the last 2 fences which they ran around and led rummy up to the line. A Scottish National and a Whitbread winner as guard of honour?
RIP Sir Peter a true racing legend
He's getting a tremendous reception you've never heard the likes of it at Liverpool RED RUM WINS THE NATIONAL wow makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up what a true legend rummy was
Red Rum.
What a horse!
Stamina, steely determination and a true winner.
Still moved by watching it after all these years
Still the greatest achievement in all sport what he did
The greatest every achievement from a horse ever. A feat that will never be matched
That must be the greatest performance of any horse that ever ran in the nation. 12yrs old.
Every time I watch it,the performance gets more remarkable.The weight he was carrying,his age and general form.But Rummy loved it.He seems to be really enjoying himself and showing them how it's done. Probably the greatest performance of all time.I will never forget Rummy.
Fantastic horse his record speaks for it self met him a few times it was a privilege to pat him xx
The best I was there moment in my life. Even though I had backed Andy Pandy.When he fell at bechers the whole crowd sensed it was Red Rums race and the whole crowd roared him home
If he hadn’t fallen at Becher’s then Andy Pandy would have changed history! Remember how far clear he was? And full of running too. His trainer Fred Rimell had earlier said that his mount would win the National if he could jump Becher’s twice. Andy Pandy went on to win the Whitbread Gold Cup a few weeks later at 4/1. I know! I backed him with everything I had!
Seeing Red Rum win his third Grand National brought tears to my eyes
Rummy is an immortal legend, he lives forever in our hearts
red
8:56, probably the loudest roar ever in Liverpool! 😂
Three wins and twice second.
That's what legends are made of.
Rummy was a very special horse, and i believe there will never be another like him, Aintree was his domain he loved the crowds, and they loved him.
He makes me cry everytime, what a horse, love you RED RUM
Look at him finish that race. What a horse he was over that distance and those fences.
What a superb horse he was ,you will never ever see the likes of him again 12st on his back ,he was just relentless, so so special.
Why did I just have goosebumps watching that people and I don't even watch horse racing.
There will never be another horse like red rum 3 firsts and 2 seconds absolutely fantastic.
Greatest national ever.History was made.When fences were fences.
It's interesting if you watch his win in '74, very sparse crowds along the rails on the run-in compared to here. He really did help save the race in it's darkest days.
Watching red rum giving me goosebumps horse racing legend
Red Rum to have runs and wins like he did the 'Grand National'. Red Rum will always be adored and remembered. The time this horse ran that race and course was so much more difficult.
Words can't describe how good this horse was. To achieve what he did in the hardest race in the world.. A true champion 🐴🥇🥇🥇
R.I.P Sir Peter. legend commentary will be missed. Thank you for your commentaries on the races. This was the best. you calling in the best National horse home.
the commentary today is very bland, even on the latest grand national y'day, doesnt sound right without Peter Sullivan.
@@kharding7328 Hello. Yes Peter O'Sullevan was the king of commentators. The best one today to me is John Hunt who works for Radio 5 live
@@philrobinson981he couldn't have long left either school or college in that case.
Good old Rummy. Just like the late Ginger said.... The old lad was MAGIC!
RED RUM IS JUST PHENOMENAL BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK.GREAT RIDE BY TOMMY. BUT WHAT A RACE CALL OF THE FINAL TWO (2)FENCES BY PETER O,SULLIVAN. GOOSEBUMPS..!!😍😍
I'm a huge sports fan but not really horse racing fan but this is the only sporting occasion that leaves me with tears in my eyes. Great commentary as well.
Red Rum for me will ALWAYS be the greatest racehorse off ALL TIME....
Bravery, Skill, Heart and the Love of the nation.....
Simply the best❤️
The greatest Grand National horse ever, he loved the people and the fame. He was at Blackpool and other events. Thousands of people would pay him and he never bothered. RIP Rummy.
Every time I watch that race it brings tears,
Red Rum was ahead of his time (outstanding).
Rochelle,He was ahead of Everyone.......steven
Red Rum, what a star!!!
This brings back happy memories seeing this GN again. Some old favourites in there: The Pilgarlic, Boomdocker, Spanish Steps, etc. Julian Wilson's commentary at Beechers "...and Andy Pandy is down!" is also up there with memorable lines. Used to organise the family sweepstake for the race as a 11 year old. Happy times.
Ageurod it every time 1973 it takes 3 mins 24 seconds before RED RUM is even mentioned he was that far back, incredible horse
The greatest race horse that ever lived and the horse of my childhood x love u redrum
Arkle for me. Red Rum was a tremendous Irish Horse
9:10-9:30
Goodbye "The Voice of Horse Racing". and thank you.
Memorable quote in Grand National History from him.
Something special about these creatures called horse super super go red rum a legend forever never to be forgotten timeless will always live deep in our hearts, A brave and courageous beautiful horse that only comes once in a lifetime 5 times he ran the National wining 3 what an amazing achievement even till this day we are amazed by him really glad able to see him on youtube and appreciate what a wonderful horse he was
What a fabulous beast. !! And a tremendous moment that brings tears to ones eyes. An historic victory - for an amazing (g)race horse. Redrum - A True Legend !! Peace !! Rxx
I've just watched this for the second time in my life, the first time was 1977 on the day, I was a 9 year old boy and remember the talk of rummie winning, I'll never forget the roar of the crowd when he cleared the last fence, rummie was a real one off, a legend never to be forgotten.
The roar at the last fence
+James Rossiter Makes me teary every time. Such a wonderful moment in racing history! Simply the best horse ever....darling Rummy xxx
what a legend won it three times from australia hes a legend
This is the greatest horse of all time in any race in any era! We are privilege. He beat over 200 horses in 5 races and finished second twice on ground he didnt like! We will never see his like again! It is quite simply remarkable! For people who question him he beat a dual gold cup winner and one of the greatest horses of all time receiving two stone then giving the same back! this will never be ever repeated in our lifetime Red Rum is immortal forever!
Boom lad totally true the national should be called the red rum national he earns it
Tiger roll
Aint you forgetting the likes of Shergar, Frankel, Secretariat.. all are phenomenal runners...
Would he of won a gold cup? I doubt it but take nothing away from red rum he's hands down the greatest national horse
@@Baba_Yaga_87 they are flat horses
A historic achievement from a legend of a horse accompanied by words William Shakespeare would have been proud of from a master commentator. Together they bring a tear to my eye every time I see it.
Just got myself a photo of Tommy and Rummy going over the final fence in the the 77. Used to have some photos which Billy Ellison, one of the stable lads gave me, but sadly , lost them during one of my many house moves😢 Got a Rummy t shirt in the mail soon as well ✊💙Loved that horse, and love the National!!!
Rummy was special, wasn't he?! He had the biggest heart of any racing horse, and he loved hearing the crowd. Many of those whom don't bet always follow the national, and Rummy played his part in that. There's not many who don't know about the great horse in the UK. He set a record never to be broken.
Rummy's triumphs re-ignited the public's interest in Aintree and actually saved the future of the racecourse! The best loved racehorse in history!
Helene Millar Most definitely! No racehorse is more loved, and he loved his crowd back. I loved the way he'd prick his ears on the final straight, Rummy knew he was special and well loved. I went to 2011 National, and standing near his grave while seeing Ballabriggs romp home and imagining Rummy gave me chills. His aura is still felt there after all these years. Not to discredit other legendary horses, but I suppose it's that reason as to why Aintree has the privilege of being the burial place of the only, and its most valued, racehorse.
I've yet to have the honour of visiting Rummy's final resting place, but it's definitely on my 'to-do' list for next year! As you say, a very fitting place for such a well-loved and most illustrious Aintree performer to be buried, his head of course, facing the winning post. God bless the King of Aintree!
Of 3 horses that stick in my mind with there story's simula styles, red rum and Seabiscuit match up as they both inspired hope to a nation and had some sort of foot/leg complaint and were slightly smaller than the average horse, and secretariat and red rum share a unbelievable race record and there poseing ability and charisma and grace all 3 match in simula ways regardless of debate the only difference is red rum would of really given the two Americans a run for there money because the two Americans did not have jumps rummy did have jumps
Watched this loads - as he approaches the lasts few lengths as the crowd cheers it always brings tears to my eyes. Something about Red Rum evoked so much love. He was a beautifully special race horse - and a True Hero. God bless that splendid gee gee !! Greatest National winner ever !! God loves him. May he rest in peace. Rxxxxx
Riki Newton ...the most popular National judging by the number of hits.....had my picture taken with Rummy when he opened a local bookies.....
+Riki Newton Same here, Riki! However many times I watch, I'm always bawling by the penultimate fence! The unforgettable Rummy.His amazingly brilliant victories will never likely be equalled, let alone surpassed! :)
+Riki Newton Spot on. Best sportsman ever. Better than ones with 2 legs. He was perfect.
+Riki Newton I was about to post exactly the same sentiments...but you said it perfectly. Thank you.
+Riki Newton Yes it makes me cry a bit too. And yet I'm not a horse racing fan or expert. It was just one of those moments of British sporting magic.
2014 Becher + Sefton, 41 runners, 6 miles, 39 fences, 1 faller and regrettably 1 fatality with a flat injury. As the late Josh Gifford said, "they have ripped the guts out of the fences".
Brilliant commentary rip sir Peter osullivan and rip Julian Wilson.. There virtually the only ones left in the 1977 grand national no one will ever witness such a great grand national only will ever be one red rum the greatest horse and the greatest commentator sir p osullivan
Red Rum is the only racehorse in history to have won at 5 furlongs and 4 and half miles and both at the same track !! His first race ever was a 5 furlong seller on the flat at Aintree which he won and then he switched codes and eventually won the national three times :)
Look at how he jumps no big leaps just popping them
Loved the commentary the bbc had from 1973-1992! Peter O’Sullivan, Julian Wilson and John hamner!
..reached over 100K views....thanks for all your comments regarding this piece of British racing history...long live the memory of this iconic horse...
Loved that horse! My great granny lived round the corner from Ginger's yard, so I used to go round there a lot. Rummy was quite a cocky horse, but liked people and mints. I was on Aughton Road for all his home comings .
Thank you for sharing this. My dad was on eye catcher who came third. I don't think I've ever seen this race before, and it means a lot to me :)
Eyecatcher (a filly, I think) was also third in 1976 and, then, ridden by three times National winner Brian Fletcher. If I recall rightly your dad was called Chris Read?
If memory serves your dad rode Churchtown Boy to victory on the Thursday in the Topham at 9/1. That was quite a week for him.
Sk Ks
Yeah Eyecatcher was a mare,excellent jumper.Brian Fletcher said she never even clipped a single fence
burnleyfan11965 She was an aintree regular running 3rd in the 76 and 77 Nationals. She started in the 73 Foxhunters with a 6th. In the 74 and 75 Tophams she fell and unseated and came back in for the 78 topham but was brought down.
Richard B
Obviously preffered to go round twice lol.great record in the actual national.Brian Fletcher meant the 76 national
5 races.....3 1st places and 2 2nd places.....a legend...the best ever.
When Red rum jumped the last fence Peter o Sullivan’s commentary was fantastic I will never forget that.
Red Rum brought tears to my eyes what an athlete
Memories to last a lifetime. Tears of great joy flowing down face too!!!! ♥️
7:55 jockey on Church town boy looking round for dangers thinking he had Big bad Rum covered 🤣
I also have tears when watching it, not sure why, just something unlike all other horses winning. I think it must be the rags to riches and the little horse who could melded in with our childhoods.
A fairytale ending, like in the movies! Perfect conclusion for the perfect horse!
Red Rum's achievement will never be equalled.He really was the most magnificent Aintree horse.Everything about the National better back then.The fences,the commentary and the race as a spectacle was so much better.
Thank you Sir Peter, you were the best. What a brilliant commentary and a wonderful evocation of a historic third win for Rummy
Rummy you were the greatest xx
....and is still the greatest to this day, his record never to be broken! A legendary horse indeed
Still get emotional watching this not only for the great Red Rum winning his 3rd Grand National but Sir Peter O' Sullevan commentry as well sends chills down my spine
1 second before the finish line, i swear red flicks his ears as if to say he was listening. 9.28
How could a twelve year old not fall in love with national hunt racing after witnessing such an epic achievement, eh?
He only took 30 seconds from jumping the last to the winning line a record time!
A true legend..........to "this" day etc.........I was nearly 10 when he won his 3rd GN........Everyone "around" the TV Shop window..."Glued" to it.....Cheers at the end of race "Well deserved". When people talk about him even "now"..Every time....Its "he was-brilliant"........He "certainly has "never" been forgotten in any shape or form...Good for him. x x x x
The Greatest Horse ever.
Always have a tear in my eye when I watch Red Rum win this race, what a magnificent horse, so much respect for him and Tommy Stack who respected him by not using the whip.
The one and only red rum
Red Rum. Never forgotten.
This is the only race I ever bet on and I had my biggest bet ever on Andy Pandy, and was gutted when it fell while coasting it. But I still roared Red Rum home with a tear in my eye. What a legend.
The stamina of this horse was incredible. Seemed to keep accelerating after the last fence and left the others in his wake. Never see his like again.
Love how sage merlin s rider releases the horse to safety :) poor boom docker what a fight
Majestic Red Rum , the greatest there ever was.