• ‘I’ve never seen an easier winner around here,’ says owner
Tiger Roll, last year’s Grand National winner, enjoyed one of the warmest receptions for a Festival winner for many years after running away with the Cross Country Chase here on Wednesday to record his fourth success at the meeting.
The nine-year-old – affectionately described as “a little rat of a thing” after his Aintree win by Michael O’Leary, his owner – took the two-mile 2014 Triumph Hurdle as a four‑year‑old and has since added to his record the four‑mile National Hunt Chase in 2017 and, now, two Cross Country wins.
Written by Greg Wood at Cheltenham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/13/tiger-roll-cheltenham-festival-cross-country-chase under the title “Tiger Roll storms to fourth Festival success with win in Cross Country Chase”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
