Posts Tagged: Red Rum
UK Mourns Legendary Trainer Donald “Ginger” McCain
Britain is currently grieving the passing of legendary trainer Donald “Ginger” McCain, who lost his battle with cancer at the age of 80. McCain was best known for being the trainer of three-time Grand National winner Red Rum in the 1970s. Charles Barnett, who was the former director of the home of the Grand National [...]
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Top 10 Horse Racing Pop Culture References
During our daily travels through the wonderful world of horse racing, it has come to our attention that the races, race horses and jockeys seem a popular thing to reference in the popular media…
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Top 10 Horse Racing Moments Of All Time
Nominating the Top Ten in any category is an almost impossible task; especially when it comes to a sport that delivers as many regular highlights as horse racing. Nonetheless…
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Top Ten Race Horses of All Time
While we would like to pay appropriate tribute to all the greats among the race horses of past and present, we’ve discussed and deliberated and come up with who we believe are the Top Ten Race Horses Of All Time…
- Read more news on: Arkle, Best MAte, Brown Jack, Man O'War, Nijinsky II, Phar Lap, Red Rum, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Yeats
Aintree Approaches – Grand National Mania Begins
We have all had a week to recover from the madness of Cheltenham, so it is high time to get into the swing of the next big event – the three days of Aintree. The Festival at Aintree is less than two weeks away, promising three days of racing action leading up to the craziest steeple chase of all time…
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