AINTREE
The mud, noise and history of the Grand National.
Coming December 26
RED RUMONE MORE RUN
Some legends never die…
A legendary horse.
A daring plan.
A final chance.
Red Rum conquered the Grand National three times and became one of the most famous racehorses Britain has ever known. But what if, decades after his final race, someone decided that a legend deserved one more run?
THE LEGEND NEVER LEFT US
Red Rum wasn't simply a racehorse. He became part of British sporting history.
Three Grand National victories. Two second places. A relationship with Aintree unlike any horse before or since.
Millions remember the victories. Millions remember the name.
But Red Rum: One More Run asks a very different question.
What if someone tried to bring the legend back?
The Novel
ONE IMPOSSIBLE IDEA
Billionaire racehorse owner Khalid Al-Nuri possesses almost everything money can buy. But there is one thing wealth has never been able to give him. The horse he has idolised all his life.
Red Rum.
When fascination becomes obsession, Khalid begins assembling the people, science and resources required to attempt something extraordinary. Something controversial. Something that should perhaps never be attempted. To bring Red Rum's extraordinary legacy back to the racecourse.
What begins thousands of miles from Liverpool eventually leads back to the mud, noise and history of Aintree — and towards the race that made Red Rum immortal.
The Grand National.
ONE LEGEND.
ONE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.
ONE MORE RUN.
About the Story
RACING. SCIENCE. LOYALTY. LEGACY.
Red Rum: One More Run is a racing thriller with an emotional heart.
It moves between the extraordinary wealth of international racing, cutting-edge science, Liverpool humour, friendship, crime and the traditions of British jump racing.
At its centre is a simple question:
How far would you go to bring back something the world thought it had lost forever?
The novel explores ambition, loyalty, science, history and the remarkable bond between a horse and the people who believe in him.
Historical Record
THE REAL RED RUM
Before the novel comes the legend.
Red Rum became one of Britain's most celebrated racehorses through his extraordinary Grand National record — a run of five consecutive Nationals that no horse has matched.
1973
Grand National Winner
1974
Grand National Winner
1975
Second
1976
Second
1977
Grand National Winner
Three wins. Two seconds. Five extraordinary Nationals.
The World of One More Run
Four worlds. One impossible plan.
ARABIAN RACING
Extraordinary wealth, ambition and the modern international racing world.
THE SCIENCE
An audacious scientific experiment with consequences nobody can completely predict.
LIVERPOOL
Humour, loyalty, criminals, racing men and characters who find themselves caught inside a plan far bigger than any of them expected.
Gallery
THE ART OF ONE MORE RUN
Author photograph
The Author
STEVEN HALE
Author of Red Rum: One More Run
Steven Hale is a British author, storyteller and lifelong admirer of the personalities, characters and extraordinary stories that form part of Britain's cultural history.
In Red Rum: One More Run, he combines sporting history with fiction, humour, science, suspense and emotion to imagine the impossible: what if the greatest Grand National horse of them all was given one final chance?
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