That Wednesday’s Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase is now a fixture at the Cheltenham festival makes for a bittersweet sort of satisfaction if you’re Enda Bolger.
A discipline once regarded as little more than a curio is established as a central part of the week’s action and that’s a sort of vindication for the trainer renowned as the maestro of cross-country racing. The downside is it has become a lot harder to win.
There will be no bigger story on day two of the festival if Tiger Roll wins the marathon contest for a fourth time, finishing his stellar career with a record-equaling sixth festiva …
- March 16, 2022
