Red Rum

Famous jumping champion

Red Rum was a British racehorse who won the Grand National three times in the 1970s—a record that stood for decades.

The name, "murder" spelled backward, has become a cultural reference point for reversal or hidden meaning, particularly after its use in Stephen King's *The Shining*: The boy kept writing RED RUM on the door.

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Red RumSecretariat

Record-setting Triple Crown champion

Nijinsky · Galileo · sprinter

grand national success

Red Rumfaller

One who descends

also-ran

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Red Rumflash in the pan

Short-lived success

one-hit wonder

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG