article_snippet.sent: Champion jockey could have ridden Cause of Causes who, like Shutthefrontdoor, is owned by Champion jockey boss JP McManus.
article_snippet.sent: Champion jockey has ridden Champion jockey three times before.
article_snippet.sent: While it was ultimately no surprise Champion jockey chose Shutthefrontdoor, a runner with strong credentials,
article_snippet.sent: Cause of Causes also has very good reasons why Champion jockey should be backed.
article_snippet.sent: Cause of Causes at Cheltenham last month .
article_snippet.sent: Champion jockey was second at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival and then landed the four-mile National Hunt Chase at last month’s meeting.
article_snippet.sent: That marks Champion jockey down as a quality performer, and Champion jockey is ridden by a Grand National winning jockey in Paul Carberry (Bobbyjo, 1999) and trained by a race-winning trainer in Gordon Elliott (Silver Birch, 2007).
article_snippet.sent: Champion jockey four mile Cheltenham win indicates reserves of stamina for the four-and-a-half-mile, 30-fence test which I like to see in my Grand National hopes.
article_snippet.sent: Shutthefrontdoor, the 2014 Irish National winner, is also strong on that score.
article_snippet.sent: I like last year’s runner-up Balthazar King and 2014 Scottish National winner Al Co, as well as Godsmejudge, second in that race having won it in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Tom rides Soll, another runner with a serious chance of a light weight, while Michael trains Monbeg Dude, last year’s seventh owned by a trio of rugby players including former England captain Mike Tindall.
highlights_snippet.sent: AP McCoy could have ridden Cause of Causes in the Grand National on Saturday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Champion jockey ultimately chose Shutthefrontdoor for big race at Aintree .
  