Red Rum: Ivor Herbert's full and extraordinary story of a horse of courage

by Ivor Herbert

Red Ivor Herbert's Full and Extraordinary Story of a Horse of Courage by Ivor Herbert. . William Luscombe Publisher, 1974. 1st Edition, Hardbound, 10.5 inches tall, 271 pages. Appendices. Illustrated endpapers. The panoramic dust jacket art is from a painting by Gillian Hoare, based on a photograph by Gerry Cranham. Several photo illustrations, including a few in color. "This extraordinary story of a most courageous horse reveals how he has triumphed in spite of everything. The horse was bred to be a sprinter. His mother was mad. He ran as a 2 year old, and in the lowest class. He has had five trainers and nearly two dozen different jockeys. Ivor Herbert has spent months staying and talking at length with Red Rum's astonishingly different connections in Ireland;, Leicestershire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire where he is trained, against all professional beliefs, solely on the sand. His career nearly ended with a dreaded, often incurable bone disease. He survived -- and flourished on -- the most grueling races. He was loved by a stable-girl for four years whose heart was broken when he had to be sold." Mr. Noel Le Mare, his octogenarian owner, said of him, "the most gallant Grand National 'chaser of the century."

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974