'If he fell at the first it wouldn't have been a huge surprise,' Gordon Elliott reflects on Tiger Roll's National success

Gordon Elliott was still pinching himself the morning after claiming his second Randox Health Grand National with Tiger Roll.

Eleven years on from saddling Silver Birch to win the Aintree spectacular, the Cullentra handler struck gold on Merseyside for a second time as three-times Cheltenham Festival winner Tiger Roll clung on grimly in the hands of Davy Russell.