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5 unusual facts about Red Rum


Liverpool Love

Liverpool Love collected together 28 works across a variety of media, including a crocheted bust of Red Rum by Shauna Richardson and a pair of Liverpool-themed high-heeled shoes by Terry de Havilland, all of which were auctioned for the charity Wirral based children's hospice Claire house.

Red Rum

Merseyrail has named one of their trains in Red Rum's honour as part of a Merseyside Legends programme.

and comedian Lee Mack, then a stable boy who had his first riding lesson on Red Rum.

Red Rum and jockey Brian Fletcher, 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.

Westmead Hawk

He was a two-time winner of the English Greyhound Derby in 2005 and 2006, and has drawn comparisons with Mick the Miller and horse Red Rum.



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