Red rums trainer charts the extraordinary career of the horse who won three grand nationals. Now aurum follows its successful reissue of ivor herberts classic biography of arkle with his equally classic book on the career of red rum. View results and future entries as well as statistics by course, race type and prize money. Red rum, a threetime grand nationalwinning racehorse. I took these mostly unseen and unpublished images in 1974. The story of ginger mccain and his legendary horse first thus by ivor herbert isbn. Red rum full and extraordinary story of a horse of courage. I did find this book interesting, i knew nothing about red rum apart from that he had won the national 3 times. Legendary horse red rum on the beach with his trainer ginger mccain. Yes red rum has a few young stock but they are grown up now so it is quite important that we try and make more foals that are related to red rum. Red rum book by ivor herbert 1 available editions half. The british racehorse abebooks abebooks shop for books. Red rum, foaled 1965, steeplechase horse who won the grand national at aintree, england, an unprecedented three times, in 1973, 1974, and 1977. The chipboard panelling has been made from recycled materials, and is a unique feature in some of the top bars in cities around the world.
But the charismatic mccain is best known for training one of the greatest racehorses ever. Red rum was 91 joint favourite when he first won the grand national in 1973. He was fourth, carrying 11st, giving red rum 22ibs, in the 73 national. Chase and was 2nd in a king george and placed in cheltenham gold cups. Includes stable tours, interviews and details of horses to follow. Red rum was a national celebrity by this time and traveled all over the country for various engagements. The british racehorse, september 1960 and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Rummys record is all the more astonishing when you consider that a crippling bone disease almost ended his career.
The 1977 grand national known as the news of the world grand national for sponsorship reasons was the 1st renewal of the grand national horse race that took place at aintree racecourse near liverpool, england, on 2 april 1977 the race is best remembered for being red rum s third grand national win, a record that still stands today. A pictorial look back at red rum and ginger mccain liverpool echo. Feb 09, 2018 the twoyear budget deal unveiled by senate leaders contains tax breaks for rum, racehorses and nascar track owners. Red rum is part of southports and the grand nationals heritage and it was a privilege to paint such an iconic horse as part of seftons borough of culture celebrations in such a prime. Originally published in the britannica book of the year. Mar 29, 2004 ironically, red rum was the villain of the piece in his first victory in a race that witnessed one of the classic grand national finishes. Horse fly horse riding beautiful horses animals beautiful pretty horses virtual horse racing horse race game sport of kings sport inspiration. Grand national legend red rum at home in southport for 44 years, travel photographer jeremy hoare has finally published them in a book. Entitled simply red rum, this book produced by photographer jeremy hoare contains around 85 unseen and mostly unpublished glorious photographs of the famous racehorse, taken after he. The runaway racehorse a to z mysteries by ron roy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Red rum the greatest racehorse of the 20th century. Red rum horse for sale in uk 62 used red rum horses. He was buried at the winning post of the aintree racecourse which is still a destination for his fans today. A unique 50th anniversary commemorative collection tribute to horse racing, red rum and other horse racing legends, exclusive to the bradford exchange red rum raced into the history books and the hearts of the nation when he became the only horse ever to win the grand national race three times.
Apr 02, 2014 red rum is probably the most famous racehorse ever not only for exploits on the track but also in contributing to save the most iconic horse race in the world. Tilly redbrow doesnt just love horses she lives, breath. Bbc sport special events 2001 grand national red rum. This is the illustrated biography of arguably one of the most famous horses in racing history.
Rum n raisins racehorse profile, stats, form guide, news. Jul 02, 2014 red rum started the race as third favourite at 111 but won easily by seven lengths with brian fletcher in the irons who had also steered him to victory in his first grand national win. Free online magazine for racing, betting and breeding. The truth about shergar racehorse kidnapping telegraph. Television episodes red rum, on the mentalist redrum, on crime scene investigations redrum the xfiles other. The day before the race whirlaway, the racehorse, gets out of the barn and runs away. Bred as a sprinter he won over 7 furlongs as a 2 year old. Weve seen a real piece of sporting history made here, with red rum becoming the first horse to win the grand national three times. No guides or riding improvement books and no fictional books. He is an equine star who like a human athlete captured the publics imagination during the mid seventies and is still remembered with other sporting celebrities of past decades such as kevin keegan, mohammed ali and ian botham. But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitutefor horses. With two grand national victories under his belt, red rum was aiming to put himself on the famous race horse map with a third grand national victory, but would he succeed. Discover book depositorys huge selection of racehorse publishing books online.
There is also a statue of him in lord street merseyside. The runaway racehorse is a good book about three young children. Red rum this book is my personal view as a photographer behind the scenes of a racehorse which maybe should never have raced and a trainer and secondhand car salesman who together won three grand nationals, entered racing history, saved aintree and made red rum the greatest racehorse of the 20 th century. Redrum, a virtual drummachine in the music application reason.
Schorsch, june 1977, kukla pr edition, paperback in english. Red rum ivor herberts full and extraordinary story of a horses. View the horse profile of rum rebellion including all the information you need like statistics, upcoming races, form guides, latest news and previous results. Here we have a book entitled red rum by iovor this listing is for a royal doulton horse red rum racehorse on plinth. No other horse has come close to matching his three grand national wins. Red rum by ivor herbert good books, my books, horse books, horse racing. Red rum is now quite rightly part of horse racing, and indeed, sporting history. Dink the leader of the group, ruth rose the intelligence, and josh the comic relief. Oct 10, 2018 discover book depositorys huge selection of horse racing books online. Red rum ivor herberts full and extraordinary story of a horses courage. Red rum racehorse march 1992 makes a personal appearance at the surrey racing bookmakers in woking surrey standing outside betting. He was a bay thoroughbred gelding that was foaled in 1963 in australia. But the story of red rum was not, unlike arkles, that of a racehorse born to achievement and preeminence. Bought as a crippled sevenyearold, he was reconditioned by his trainer ginger mccain who ran him on the sand and in the sea.
How the legendary red rum became national hero and the. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions. Tiger roll emulates red rum to win backtoback grand. Mar 08, 2010 red rum was a racehorse who achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the grand national in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. Red rum has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. He is the only horse to win the grand national three times. Buy grand national horse racing memorabilia and get the best deals. Literary horse nonfiction books that are nonfiction but still tell a story about a horse sandor professional horse people.
Red rum claimed his second triumph in aintrees big race. Reflections on horses, humans, love, money, and luck. Ginger mccain british racehorse trainer britannica. Maxwell g the racehorses racehorse june 1977 edition. He was usually ridden by tommy carberry, a jockey who seemed to have a special understanding of the horse. Devils rum is trained by yvonne day and owned by mrs y. Full and extraordinary story of a horse of courage this book is in good or better condition. The copper colour of the exterior has been chosen to invoke the spirit and look of a traditional copper still, used in the distillation process for rum. Because rum is an excellent mixer and because it is very often consumed alongside cigars, in this site you will also find bartending, mixology and cigar books. Red rum was a much loved steeplechaser who won the grand national three times, and died on october 18, 1995 aged 30. Buy grand national horse racing memorabilia and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
Guest, and ridden by champion irish jockey tommy carberry. It is loaded with photos and the writing just keeps you from wanting to. This is the final part of my article about possibly the most famous race horse of all time, the great red rum. Ivor herberts full and extraordinary story of a horse of courage hardcover 1974. With over 8 million copies in print, the a to z mysteries have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Book about red rum the racehorse amazing archive photographs some never seen taken in 1974. Horse trainer ginger mccain and equine champion red rum. Over the course of the year he took around 600 images of the greatest racehorse of the 20 th century. The grand national is a notoriously difficult race that has been described as the ultimate test of a horse s courage.
Red rum 3 may 1965 18 october 1995 was a champion thoroughbred steeplechaser. Find profile info, photo gallery, latest news, stats, full form guide and betting odds for racehorse rushard brought to you by. Three weeks later red rum proved that he was made of mighty stuff when he won the scottish grand national. He was retired soon after, but his public life and fame by no means diminished with the end of his career. Racehorse owners, rum distillers get tax breaks in budget. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the grand national in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years, 1975 and 1976. Other trainers had given up galloping on the beach because they felt it made horses more lame, but the harrowing really seemed to work for red rum. The story of ginger mccain and his legendary horse. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. Brian fletcher was his early partner and later tommy stack. As well as his unprecedented record in the worldfamous steeplechase, red rum was also renowned for his remarkable jumping ability as he fell only once in over 100 races. Red rum led a great celebrity career afterwards, not described in this book, opening fetes, appearing in a racing red rum, by quorum out of mared, not only developed a fantastic character but at ginger mccains stables he ran in five english grand nationals, winning three and second twice. The bill retroactively extends through 2017 about 30 tax breaks that expired at. Make sure you dont miss a thing rum rebellion does by adding this race horse to your racenet blackbook.
He was trained by dan moore, and beat red rum by 15 lengths. He was also the horse who halted the winning run of red rum at the aintree grand national in 1975. Rum rebellion racehorse profile, stats, form guide, news. The story of ginger mccain and his legendary horse herbert, ivor on. But then red rum was more just any thoroughbred, he was the peoples champion, a national treasure who made. Buy story of red rum and brian fletcher first edition by green, victor isbn. Booktopia buy horse racing books online from australias leading online bookstore. The racehorse red rum won the aintree grand national three times, in 1973,1974 and 1977. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Never a top flat horse he went from trainer to trainer and ended up with a small time trainer, ginger mccain whose stables were at the back of a garage and his gallops the sands on the beach. Rum n raisins is a gelding born in 2010 september 22 by manner hill out of georgia.
In his native country, he won many important jumping races, particularly twomilers, including the hiskens steeplechase in 1969 and 1970. Crisp, ridden by richard pitman and carrying the top weight of 12 stone, had led for the entire second circuit and jumped the final fence more than 15 lengths clear of red rum, under brian fletcher. All the latest horse racing form, betting odds, news, breeding, jockey and trainer information for rum n raisins. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Capturing the magic of the remarkable red rum the horse who. Many people will remember lescargot as the horse that beat red rum to grand national victory in 1975, having come third and second in the previous two races. In april 1977, red rum entered the history books when he became the first and only horse to win britains famous grand national race three times. A documentary of the british steeplechaser named red rum.
The might and the aura of red rum one has to go back beyond 12 years when he won his first national, when he was a mere two year old in 1967. The three kids rose, dink, and josh go to their uncles house to watch his horse race. However, disaster strikes when whirlaway goes missing from the barn. Devils rum is a 7 year old bay or brown gelding by champions gallery foaled on 29082012 from silver lace. Weve seen a real piece of sporting history made here, with red rum becoming the first horse to win the grand. Striking red rum mural revealed above beach on which he. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Apr 02, 2008 red rum was headed for the grand national once again in 1978 but suffered a hairline fracture in one of his heels shortly before the race. Several books have been written about red rum by his trainer, sculptor, jockeys and author ivor herbert. I the opposite thing but, from red rum remains the peoples champion, the dailiy telegraph red rum was so named when his original owner took the last three letters from the names of his dam and sire ma red and quo rum to invent the most famous moniker in grand national history.
They all go to dinks uncles house to watch dinks uncle warrens race horse, whirlaway, race. Buy red rum, 19651995 new edition by ivor herbert isbn. The 41 favourite was a decisive winner of the aintree marathon and became the first horse to win a second national since red rum in 1974. Oct 01, 2002 the runaway racehorse was a good book that shows that kids can solve mysteries. Red rum horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. Redrum, a series on investigation discovery channel. Grand national horse racing memorabilia for sale ebay. Whirlaway comes back to the barn later that evening but she just seems different. Lescargot 19631984 was a national hunt racehorse notable as being a cheltenham gold cup and grand national winner. Apr 02, 2017 grand national 1973 red rum ridden by brian fletcher jumps a fence and goes on to win. A decade ago sean ocallaghan, an ira double killer turned police double agent, used his book, the informer, to name seven former provos he claimed had planned and carried out the horse. Bought as a crippled sevenyearold, he was reconditioned by his trainer ginger mccain who ran him on the. Help dink, josh, and ruth rose solve mysteries from a to z.