Fifty years after the legendary horse's first win at Aintree, a holographic Red Rum runs again.
A hologram of one of the Grand National's most famous winners has gone on show in the city where it first won the race 50 years ago.The horse's hologram has been shining outside the city's Royal Liver BuildingBookmaker Coral, which put on the show, said Red Rum was still the race's "most popular and best-loved winner".The bookmaker said Red Rum was still the race's "most popular and best-loved winner".
The horse, which was trained by the hugely successful Ginger McCain, won the annual steeplechase in 1973, 1974 and 1977 and came second in 1975 and 1976. Its first victory, which saw Red Rum make up a huge gap on frontrunner Crisp to romp home, is considered one of the famous race's most memorable moments.Image source,Coral's David Stevens said while it was five decades since Red Rum "won the first of those historic three Grand Nationals... he is still the most popular and best-loved winner of the most famous race in the world".
The much-loved champion is also remembered at Aintree, where a life-size statue stands and the annual Red Rum Handicap Chase takes place, and in the form of a statue and a mural in Southport, where McCain lived.
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