Red Rum

(1965–95) Racehorse. Trained by Ginger McCain, he is the only horse to have won the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree three times - in 1973 and 1974, ridden by Brian Fletcher, and in 1977, ridden by Tommy Stack. Red Rum is buried on the Aintree finish line.

Sire: Quorum, dam: Mared) was a racehorse who achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977. The following year Stack rode him to his triumphant third Grand National, considered one of the greatest moments in British sporting history.

"Rummy" became a national celebrity, opening supermarkets and annually leading the Grand National parade. Several books have been written about Red Rum by his trainer, sculptor, jockeys, and the author Ivor Herbert.

Red Rum was bred at Rossenarra Stud in Kells, County Kilkenny, Ireland by Martyn Molony and started off in life running in cheap races as a sprinter. After being passed from training yard to training yard, he found his footing when Liverpool car dealer Ginger McCain bought him for his client Noel Le Mare and famously trained the horse on the sands at Southport, Merseyside.

McCain, who also won the Grand National in 2004 with Amberleigh House, took Red Rum for a therapeutic swim in the sea off Southport before every Grand National. Red Rum suffered most of his life from a debilitating, incurable bone disease in his foot but it could not defeat his courage.

Fittingly, Rummy is buried at the finishing line of the Aintree Racecourse which is still a destination for his fans today.