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21-JAN-2010

Red Rum

Red Rum was one of the most popular Steeplechasers ever in the UK. Winner of the Grand National in 1973 and 1974 and again in 1977. He was based at Southport in Merseyside and is one of the few horses to actually have a train named after him. This statue was erected in the Wayfarers Arcade in Southport and is constantly photographed. He died in 1995 and was buried at the winning post on the Aintree racecourse, site of the Grand National.

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Date/Time21-Jan-2010 14:08:46
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ModelCanon EOS 500D
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Focal Length40 mm
Exposure Time1/50 sec
Aperturef/5
ISO Equivalent400
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Guest 24-Jan-2010 12:54
Rum will make you do that! ... name a train! :)
LynnH22-Jan-2010 19:17
A wonderful story! I do love this in sepia too!
Carl and Racine Erland22-Jan-2010 07:58
Lots of character reflected in this statue...nice pov and tones...wonderful find and information. – Racine
borisalex22-Jan-2010 07:02
Nice shot Bernard!
Doug Cruden22-Jan-2010 06:56
Ahhh...who could forget Red Rum!! I shed a tear or two when he died...a terrific fellow, I doubt we'll see such a famous nag for some time to come...great shot Bernard, the angle and lighting are just perfect to get his lovely features...nicely done!
Mieke WA Minkjan22-Jan-2010 06:40
great statue of the horse, don't like steeple chasing...
Walter Otto Koenig22-Jan-2010 04:14
Nice shot of this statue of this famous horse. Very good choice in tones and a nice angle on this too.
Guest 22-Jan-2010 03:23
Great shot and a wonderful statue! I was thinking the same thing as Stephanie... it's late here I didn't want to be scared :)
Sheila22-Jan-2010 01:48
What a great tribute to this champion. Excellent shot and pp.
Cindi Smith22-Jan-2010 01:03
Red Rum backwards spells murder...hehe! We say that at work all the time...redrum, redrum, redrum1 LOL! Love the image here! You did a great job!
Phillip Normanton21-Jan-2010 23:33
Cracking shot - and what a character :o)
Kathryn21-Jan-2010 22:55
What a wonderful horse he was.
Available Light Images21-Jan-2010 22:02
Ah, the memory.. Knowing you come from the north west of England, I was actually expecting the horse statue rather than a Stephen King reference :-)
Barbara Heide21-Jan-2010 21:31
nice tripbute!
lisamidi21-Jan-2010 21:27
Stephanie said it: I expected something quite different too reading the title...:-)
Nice capture of this famous horse.
Stephanie21-Jan-2010 21:21
With the title of Red Rum, I expected to see something from The Shining! LOL!
Great image Doug, love the sepia tones. :^)
Guest 21-Jan-2010 21:12
A fantastic horse,. of course..
J. Scott Coile21-Jan-2010 20:36
A magnificent horse!
Guest 21-Jan-2010 20:34
Beautiful ststue, and a lovely tone in the photo Bernard!
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