Champion Tiger Roll withdrawn from Grand National due to 'unfair weight'

The Gordon Elliott-trained horse has been withdrawn due to being assigned "an unfair and unwarranted weight" by the handicapper

Keith Donoghue on Tiger Roll finishing last in The Ladbrokes Ireland Boyne Hurdle at Navan last month. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Tiger Roll will not bid for a third victory in the Randox Grand National at Aintree next month, owners Gigginstown House Stud have announced.

The Gordon Elliott-trained 11-year-old became the first horse since Red Rum in the 1970s to win back-to-back renewals of the world’s most famous steeplechase when striking gold in 2018 and 2019.