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He so deserved a Cheltenham crowd to cheer him in , to win 5 out of 6 at the festival regardless of the race is a unbelievable achievement , never mind naming a race surely they should be organising a statue
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Unreal really, wins a Triumph Hurdle, the 4 miler, 3 cross countries not to mention 2 Grand Nationals. Deserves a knighthood at least.
Brilliant stuff. The horse absolutely loved it. The course, the ground brought out a Tiger Roll we haven’t seen for nearly two years.
Nevermind I’m sure GT will be along shortly to tell us the horse would have been booed in if there had been crowds there
He may not be the greatest racehorse in history but he’s now a 5 time Cheltenham Festival winner and a dual Grand National winner. Incredible stuff and deserves a statue nevermind a race named in his honour. Horse of a
generationlifetimeShould have been in the grand national!! Owners ego got in the way. Still, unbelieve horse.
They surely can’t still be complaining about his mark? Even if we put a line through Easysland and say he didn’t run fully to form; he still beat the 144 rated Some Neck by just over 20 lengths, so surely a mark of 166 is about right?
All the same there’s no denying he’s an all time great. Such a shame he never got the chance to take in the Gold Cup.
Not sure it’s the best idea, he hasn’t jumped a normal fence in public since pulling up in the Clonmel Oils nearly 3 1/2 years ago and the Mildmay fences are tough. Still, the ground should suit and he’s a clever wee horse.
You come across horses like Tiger Roll if you’ve ever ridden. They’re absolute stars, they’ll ride for you for their early life, when the competition is serious. As they get older they’ve seen everything they’ve wanted to from anything you can show them. They might become stubborn, but it’s not because they’re grumpy, it’s just they’re looking for a nice life after all the trouble of serious business riding, including being at beck and whim of the rider. However, give them a bit of excitement, offer them the chance to do something they want to do themselves and they’ll have so much fun no other horse can come near.
I had a pony like that, maybe sixteen or seventeen years old. He’d won plenty of kids’ showjumping events, but was semi-retired and we had him as a great pony that just wanted to eat grass and boss around an upstart riding child like me. I tried to get him over some showjumping fences a few times, he had the better of me, just refused no matter how I flapped my legs. We downgraded, put a pole on the ground and tried to get him to step over it. Not a chance. The horse didn’t want to be near a pole, let alone a showjumping ring. He was not having it. However, we were on the beach once. I was an inexperienced/young/beginning rider and was in that group. A group ahead of us of older kids were allowed canter down the beach, we went a minute later and were told to trot our ponies. Lucky did not like this. This was a beach, wet sand and waves rolling in with an ocean breeze, this was not a showjumping arena, this was his place to enjoy his retirement. I lead him into a trot, and he just opened up. Not a trot, not a canter, but galloping down the beach. I hung on for dear life. He caught up with the older kids cantering in front of us, and encouraged a few more to break out into a gallop. A few of the more experienced kids fell at this outbreak of horses dominating their riders. Lucky thought this was hilarious. There was no stopping him, because running on a beach, for him, was what he deserved and what he wanted to do. He was the same with cross country. He took me over ditches and hedges, and down ledges I had no right to be going down at the age of nine.
I think Tiger Roll is the same. He wants to enjoy himself. It was a big occasion, and he knew it (and was made to know it, because you can’t dismiss experienced trainers and stablehands,) and it was a race where he could have the fun he wanted to have. You can’t come near a horse like that, because it’s all the horse living their own life, and it was an absolute joy to watch him.
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