WATCH | Amazing scenes as crowds meet Grand National winner Tiger Roll at Ploughing 2019

There was a special treat for horse racing fans on Day 1 of the National Ploughing Championships as Grand National winner Tiger Roll made an appearance.

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People queued up to take photographs with the Gordon Elliott-trained horse, a back-to-back winner of the Aintree Grand National.

Tiger Roll has remained in training and will go for a record third Grand National win in a row next April in Liverpool. 

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