Top Irish jockey Davy Russell would jump at the chance of partnering his old pal Tiger Roll in his last ever race in the Glenfarclas Chase at Cheltenham on March 16.
42-year-old Cheltenham veteran Russell returned from a period off the track with injury and hit the ground running this season but is best known for riding Gordon Elliott's Tiger Roll to win the Grand National twice.
Owned by Gigginstown House Stud, 12-year-old Tiger Roll now has the chance to go out on a high at Cheltenham, where he is already a five-time Festival winner.
Russell rode him to win the Triumph Hurdle way back in 2014 but away from Aintree has only actually ridden him on one other occasion, also in his juvenile season.
Having taken a Triumph Hurdle, National Hunt Chase and the Cross Country three times, Tiger Roll is aiming to join the legendary Quevega as a six-time Festival winner.
His connections at Gigginstown have stated this will be his final hurrah and Russell would love to be the main doing the steering.
"Tiger Roll is a very special horse to me, I've put my hand up to ride him, whether it comes to fruition we'll see," he said.
"He's been brilliant all through my career, but I haven't ridden him that many times. He's in great order so I'm looking forward to him going over there.
"Gordon deserves all the credit, and his team, they've gone that extra mile to show how good an operation it is."
