The winner of Aintree Grand National Tiger Roll will be led through the village of Summerhill Co Meath in a homecoming celebration for the second time on Sunday evening. Tiger Roll is the first horse to win back-to-back Grand Nationals since the great Red Rum in 1974. Trainer Gordan Elliott was overcome with emotion as Tiger Roll, ridden by Davy Russell, returned after winning his second consecutive Grand National. It’s brilliant he keeps bringing this horse back to Cheltenham better than ever and Aintree better than ever. “Tiger Roll has got a stage now where you just want to mind him.

Source: The Irish Times April 07, 2019 09:11 UTC