Tiger Roll

Tiger Roll
Racing silks of Gigginstown House Stud
Sire Authorized
Grandsire Montjeu
Dam Swiss Roll
Damsire Entrepreneur
Sex Gelding
Foaled 14 March 2010[1]
Country Ireland
Colour Bay
Breeder G O'Brien
Owner Godolphin
Gigginstown Stud
Trainer Nigel Hawke
Gordon Elliott
Record 31:9-6-3
Earnings £801,983[2]
Major wins
Triumph Hurdle (2014)
National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup (2017)
Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (2018)
Grand National (2018)

Tiger Roll is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing and won the 2018 Grand National.[3]

Background

Tiger Roll, by 2007 Epsom Derby winner Authorized out of Swiss Roll, was foaled 14 March 2010. He is a bay gelding with a white star and, at 15.2 hands, is small for a racehorse. He was bred in Ireland by Gerry O’Brien and bought as a foal by Godolphin for 70,000 guineas at Tattersalls. He never raced for Godolphin however and was sold three years later to Devon trainer Nigel Hawke for £10,000. In November 2013 he won his first race, a juvenile hurdle at Market Rasen Racecourse. Following this win he was sold for £80,000 in January 2014 to Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud and put into training at Gordon Elliott’s Cullentra House Stables in County Meath, Ireland. At the time of his Grand National win in April 2018 he was still with the same owner and trainer.[4][2]

Career

Tiger Roll's second race for his new owner and trainer was the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March 2014. Ridden by Davy Russell, he won by 3¼ lengths. This was the first of his three victories at the Cheltenham Festival, the other two being the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup in March 2017 with jockey Lisa O’Neill, and the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase in March 2018 with jockey Keith Donoghue. By this time he had won a total of eight races and not fallen once in 30 starts.[5][2]

Tiger Roll, ridden by Davy Russell, won the 2018 Grand National at Aintree at odds of 10/1. He went into the lead two from home and held off a late challenge from Pleasant Company to win by a head in a photo-finish.[3] The win brought his total earnings to almost £802,000.[2] Trainer Gordon Elliott said after the race: “When you look back at his record he’s won three different types of races at the Cheltenham Festival. To come on and win a National is unbelievable. He doesn’t owe us too much now.”[5]

References

  1. ↑ "FREE 5-Cross Pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tiger Roll race record and form". Racing Post. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Grand National 2018: Tiger Roll wins in dramatic finish – as it happened". Guardian. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "An ace for Authorized: how Grand National hero Tiger Roll was bred". Racing Post. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 Armytage, Marcus (15 April 2018). "Tiger Roll owner Michael O'Leary 'never thought' Grand National winner would make a chaser". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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