McManus Holds All the Aintree Aces for 2022 Grand National - Horse Racing Tips

At an early stage, leading Irish owner JP McManus looks as though he has a typically strong hand for the 2022 Grand National. He has won the world’s most famous steeplechase at Aintree twice before.

That is something you would expect of a man whose jumps racehorses have made headlines down the years. Grand National success proved elusive for so long for McManus, but it finally came with Don’t Push It in 2010, trained by Jonjo O’Neill with AP McCoy on board.

The same horse finished a fine third 12 months later when bidding to emulate Aintree icon Red Rum and secure back-to-back victories. McManus then missed out on more Grand National glory by the finest of margins in 2012 with Sunnyhillboy headed on the line by Neptune Collonges.

Undeterred by that nose defeat, Double Seven took third in the Aintree showpiece in 2014. Cause Of Causes was best of the rest in the famous green and gold hooped silks belonging to McManus behind One For Arthur three years later.

Anibale Fly took minor honours in fourth and fifth in consecutive Grand Nationals off the back of hitting the frame in both the 2018 and 2019 Cheltenham Gold Cup. McManus would win at Aintree again this past spring, however.