JIMMY Mangan hopes to be double-handed as he chases a second success in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday week.

Paul Nicholls accepts the handicapper has not made life easy for his two runners in Sunday’s totesport.com Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree.

On trainer Alan Swinbank's first day out racing since Collier Hill won a £600,000 (€890,700) first prize in Hong Kong, Ring The Boss and Arctic Echo added a total of £8,132 (€12,100) to the stable coffers following two fine efforts at Catterick.