“The better the ground, the better the chance he has – he’s not the same horse on soft ground,” he said. If he can go back and win this year, it will be brilliant.” Tiger Roll at Cheltenham on Monday ahead of another bid at the Glenfarclas Chase (Fran Altoft / Focusonracing)Įlliott feels soft ground would certainly hinder Tiger Roll’s bid for another victory in the race, but he does not consider his winless run a drawback and points to his last-placed performance in the Boyne Hurdle prior to last year’s Cheltenham triumph. “To bring a horse like him back year after year, especially him – he’s a character, he’s a favourite and it was unbelievable (to see him win last year). There’s only one place I care about with him and that’s Cheltenham. “He’s getting older and if he is what he was in his pomp is probably hard to say, but if he can turn up in 80 per cent of the form he has for the last couple of years, then he’ll take all the beating. “We probably don’t realise how lucky we are to have a horse like him. He’s a great horse, he’s part of the team here and he’s been the horse of a lifetime. “He hasn’t missed too many Cheltenham Festivals, has he?” he said. Though age may mean the horse is not the force of old, Elliott is still expecting Tiger Roll to set the standard on the final outing of an exalted career. Ruby Walsh: My race-by-race guide to the 2022 Cheltenham Festival Tiger Roll was last victorious in the same contest 12 months ago and has run three times since, coming home fourth in the Betway Bowl, pulling up in the Many Clouds Chase and finishing 14th in the Navan Handicap Hurdle in January. Now a 12-year-old and set for retirement after the race, the dual Grand National winner will bid for one last hurrah in front of a full Cheltenham grandstand that would love nothing more than to see him triumph.

Tiger Roll is a Cheltenham Festival regular having run at the meeting on seven occasions, winning five times including three victories around the cross-country track. The wonderful Tiger Roll bids to bookend a remarkable career at Cheltenham on Wednesday

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