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The hugely popular dual Grand National winner Tiger Roll returned to the Cheltenham winner’s enclosure after an emphatic victory in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday (17 March).
In doing so, the 11-year-old entered the history books as only the third horse to win five or more races at the Festival. Tiger Roll won the same race in 2018 and 2019, as well as the National Hunt Chase in 2017 and the JCB Triumph Hurdle in 2014. The only other horses to achieve this feat are Golden Miller, successful in five Cheltenham Gold Cups, and Quevega, who won the mares’ hurdle six times.
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Disappointed but not completely disillusioned. That was the reaction of Gordon Elliott after dual Grand National hero Tiger Roll trailed home last of the six finishers behind Beacon Edge in the Ladbrokes Ireland Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday.
There was no mention of the Grand National from Elliott afterwards – William Hill have pushed him all the way out to 25-1 for that – but the good news for his legions of fans is that the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase remains very much part of the plan. You have certainly not seen the last of him.
Elliott said: It s still all systems go for Cheltenham. Keith [Donoghue] said he travelled well to the third-last but it was horrible ground and he just got tired. Of course I would have liked him to run better, but Keith said he hated the ground.