It’s a little-known fact that TV comic Lee Mack once rode the legendary racehorse Red Rum. After failing his O-levels as a 16-year-old, the Not Going Out star briefly dreamed of being a jockey and, ...

(Reuters) - Tiger Roll wrote his name into Grand National folklore with a second successive victory at Aintree on Saturday -- the first horse to claim back-to-back triumphs since Red Rum 45 years ago.

I Am Maximus became the first horse since Red Rum to regain his crown in the Randox Grand National, as Willie Mullins also became the first trainer since Vincent O’Brien in the 1950s to win three ...