Tiger Roll has been given the go ahead to attempt a feat that has never been achieved: to win three consecutive Grand Nationals.
Comparisons are inevitably going to be made with Grand National legend Red Rum who won three Grand Nationals but not in consecutive years. Can Tiger Roll achieve what even Red Rum couldn’t?
Tiger Roll has confounded the critics who first said he was too small to jump Aintree fences and then that the additional weight he had to carry last year would be his undoing. The Gordon Elliott trained gelding is an enigma in that he had the speed to win four races at around two miles (including the Triumph Hurdle) but also the required stamina to win events such as the National Hunt Chase and the Grand National. Undoubtedly, the little horse is one of the iconic stars of National Hunt racing with four wins at the Cheltenham Festival in three different races as well as being the first horse to retain the Grand National in forty-five years.
Tiger Roll has been given the go ahead to attempt a feat that has never been achieved: to win three consecutive Grand Nationals.
Comparisons are inevitably going to be made with Grand National legend Red Rum who won three Grand Nationals but not in consecutive years. Can Tiger Roll achieve what even Red Rum couldn’t?
Tiger Roll has confounded the critics who first said he was too small to jump Aintree fences and then that the additional weight he had to carry last year would be his undoing. The Gordon Elliott trained gelding is an enigma in that he had the speed to win four races at around two miles (including the Triumph Hurdle) but also the required stamina to win events such as the National Hunt Chase and the Grand National. Undoubtedly, the little horse is one of the iconic stars of National Hunt racing with four wins at the Cheltenham Festival in three different races as well as being the first horse to retain the Grand National in forty-five years.
