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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Robert Hynes

Majority of punters want to see Tiger Roll run in Grand National and believe Michael O'Leary was wrong to pull him from race

The majority of horse racing fans believe Tiger Roll should run in this year's Grand National, a new poll commissioned by Paddy Power has revealed.

Michael O'Leary claimed last week that the two-time winner of the race would not go for a third National success and attempt to equal Red Rum’s record because of the rating given to him by British Horseracing Authority chief handicapper Martin Greenwood.

But an extraordinary 92% of Irish race fans want to see the thoroughbred take on the famous fences like Becher’s Brook on April 9 at Aintree.

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