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Love the grand nationals of the 70s 80s and 90s

Rembered as if it was last week. Sitting in Auntie Aileen's house in Putney, she picked Aldaniti as the winner. I presented self as superior judge of racing, my choice was Zongalero. Hey ho.

Red rum is the grand national i picked him to win my dad placed it my older brother picked andy pandy lol still get goosebumps listening to commentary never will be another rummy in my lifetime.

Brian fletcher always said his greatest achievement was winning the Scottish grand national and the English grand national in the same year when he still rode red rum .He then come in 3rd on eye catcher in the same race when Tommy won on red rum

kevin collins

Can anyone here tell me who that poor jockey was that went splat & one could hear it, he is wearing white & is lying face down after a jump in minute 3.50 seconds.

I've never understood this need to handicap horses races. RR had 10.5 stone in 1973 & 12 stone in 1975. It is just nutty & cruel. Red Rum was one of a kind & I am sure, was a pleasure to ride for any & all jockeys. RIP Red Ru,m you gave us all a great run for our money.

I am sorry to hear that. I hope you are happy & thriving

1981.

What a story, watched champions earlier today.

The only horse to be booked to open supermarkets. What a star!

The most magical day ..i went with my younger brother he was 13 i was 15 the previous year we had lost our wonderful Dad who had given us our love of racing ..for us the greatest day in sporting history ..loved Rummy ever since what a wonderful horse 😊❤

What a horse 🐴 red rum was three wins two runners up never happen again what a legend of a horse magnificent trainer as well 😊

Brilliant 👏

Names that will live forever when the grand national was more than just a name

1st colour TV we had was in 73

Rummy what a horse he was!

Back when i used to watch it on bbc

Richard Pitman is the absolute gentleman.

The greatest horse of Aintree. The stuff of legends.

Hard to watch when the tears start to appear, god bless this tough heart of a lion horse who had a rubbish start to life. Magnificent.

Why do I still get goose pimples? I've known the result for 47 years!

If they ran that race this year, Crisp would have won by at least 10 lengths, after they have shortened the course by a furlong and a half. It's also now down to a pathetic 34 runners max. The powers that be won't be happy until it's a flat race over 5 furlongs.

Poor old beau bob 😢 what a horrible jockey the horse was that tired it crashed through beachers and literally landed on his head.

Only 2 sporting moments made me cry this one and watson at turnberry with Gregory not beating Taylor either

I just replied to a comment here and something just occurred to me - peter O'Sullivan still seems so remarkable, reeling off all those names he presumably memorised along with their colours of course - but how do we know he didn't just name the leaders then just read out the others randomly??

Red rum the horse with aintree running through his veins

The greatest horses of them all. And the commentary from sr Peter O Sullivan never to be repeated

I was born a couple of months after this race, i recall the commentators voices as a kid, brought back some memories as my dad always had the racing on. What an incredible horse 🐎

I think only the FA Cup Final could rival the buzz generated by the National at this point. (The Ashes series of that year was also pretty dramatic!) It really was the high point of the season. With each winner there always seemed to be a fascinating back story, especially so in 1981.

Poor Bob.his jockey knew he was so tired and should have pulled him up.discusting.

Today's renewals are a pale imitation of what was once the Grand National

The most epic piece of sporting commentary ever....some people are on the pitch...Eat ya heart out Kenneth !! xx

R.I.P. John Hanmer. A fantastic tribute was paid to him by Richard Hoiles on itv racing.

I worked with a man who was a big racing fan, he only used to really bet on flat races (He said that there were enough things to think about without fences if your money was on a horse.) But he went to Aintree every year. He told me two things about that race and Red Rum. He said that year was the only time he saw the track bookies take a real hammering. Everyone was betting heavy on what they fancied to win but also putting a side bet on Red Rum, so if they had £50 on Curchtown Boy they put £20 on Red rum if £500 on another horse £100 on Red Rum. He said that virtually no one there that day had no money on Red Rum to win, just because they wanted him to. The other thing that he said was. "If the National was run over 6 miles over those fences, that horse would have won all 5." Some horse. A British sporting hero.

Boom Docker?

We ll all remember Red Rum quite rightly , but what a performance by Crisp who was essentially a two miler , what a jumper and weight carrying performance especially in the light of Red Rum s future Grand National performances , glory and heartbreak in equal amounts , what a great race .

If you look carefully at Red Rum as he approaches a fence, the action of his legs change to something almost hesitant, careful, bit deliberate. Perhaps it was an idiosyncrasy he had.

as a child i liked watching the riderless horses carry-on racing, i was always wanting one of them to win!

i read that these horses need courage are they forced, pushed to jump? do they not really want to do this? wondering where the courage for the horse comes in? i can understand it for the jockey! only been to a race once and the effect as the animals thundered by was quite something, the ground shook, i had not experienced that before..

Hair on neck standing up!

Never even used the whip....legend of a horse xx

9:00 is such an iconic image, one of the truly great sporting moments.

I remember watching this down town outside a television shop with my mother. Having backed red rum I was delighted. Now I notice the horrific contorted falls of the horses. Not sure how many died that year but there were usually a couple.

Love the crowds reaction when rummy jumped the last fence, you can tell they all wanted him to win.

Different class

I was 10 years old in 1977. I was suffering a miserable childhood. Red Rum was my hero & saviour. I'm now 56, and I still have to watch this race every year, on Grand National day. From the moment Peter O'Sullevan's voice breaks when Churchtown Boy stumbles at the 2nd last fence, the tears start flowing...I will watch the race later today, but it will never be the same. Thank you, Rummy, for all the memories, they will live with me forever xxx

Remember watching this as a schoolboy, and my nanna shouting hysterically at the TV "come on Red Rum" Over and over! It must of had some influence, as I've watched every National since.

I was there age 16, amazing day, Go on Aldaniti, great story.

I remember we owned a pub in Malham and Dave the head barman organised sweepstake, my Granddad got L'escargot and Red Rum, result!