Mangan plots National route for Monty's

Monty’s Pass, who landed the biggest Martell Cognac Grand National gamble in the history of the great race last season, will have a similar campaign as he builds up to another tilt at the Aintree showpiece.

Back in April he fulfilled a plan hatched 12 months earlier in Conna, Co Cork, by trainer Jimmy Mangan and owners the Dee Racing Syndicate when he streaked home by 12 lengths at 16-1.