Summary
RED RUM captured the hearts of the nation with an amazing three wins and two second places in the Grand National. For trainer GINGER McCAIN it was a remarkable adventure but, as he reveals in this exclusive extract from his autobiography, his fall was just as spectacular . . .
THERE is no argument over the most important date of the year in the McCain house.See the full content of this document
Extract
Red Rum Made My Dreams Come True ; Farewell to a Legend
Christmas Day is not even in the running. Give me Grand National day anytime. It is like a river running through my life.
I got engaged to Beryl in 1959, on the day that Oxo conquered the unique Aintree track, and two years later was married on National morning, taking my bride from our reception at Southport to watch Nicolaus Silver gallop to victory.It was enough in those days for a Jack-the-Lad taxi driver like me to marvel at the courage of the horses and jockeys and simply enjoy the craic. The fascination had begun back in 1940 when, aged nine, I went to Aintree for the first time with an aunt from Crosby, walking to the trac...See the full content of this document
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