{"id":25748,"date":"2022-04-09T10:17:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25748"},"modified":"2022-04-09T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:17:39","slug":"jp-mcmanus-is-inducted-into-the-aintree-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25748","title":{"rendered":"JP McManus Is Inducted Into The Aintree Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Irish businessman was accompanied by his wife Noreen and their children and grandchildren as he became an \u2018Aintree legend\u2019 (PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Owner JP McManus, a two-time Randox Grand National winner, was inducted into the Aintree Hall of Fame on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish businessman, who claimed the 2010 renewal with Don\u2019t Push It and last year\u2019s running with Minella Times, was accompanied by his wife Noreen and their children and grandchildren as he became an \u2018Aintree legend\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plaque bearing McManus\u2019 name now hangs on the Hall of Fame wall in McCoy\u2019s Bar, which honors 20-times champion jockey Anthony McCoy \u2013 the rider best known for wearing the owner\u2019s famous green and gold silks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McManus has a long history with Aintree, with Deep Gale his first National runner in 1982 when falling at the first fence. But his first memory is from 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI remember Merryman II, who won that year, and then Nicolaus Silver the following year. The first I saw on television was Kilmore in 1962 with Fred Winter, and after that Ayala, Team Spirit \u2013 I remember them very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t come here until 1976 (Rag Trade won that year). Then I was here for all of them except for the year of foot and mouth disease (2001).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had some wonderful memories here, and it would be unfair to pick one over the others, but the day that Don\u2019t Push It won was very, very special. We\u2019ve had a few disappointments, but you just celebrate the wins and forget about everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love it, I look forward to it very much. And I hope that my grandkids who are here this year \u2013 all of them except my namesake, JP \u2013 I hope they want to come every year. It\u2019s lovely to have them here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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