[3] But over the winter, he started feeling he was missing out after seeing horses running which he had ridden previously and, encouraged by his agent, Bruce Jeffrey, he returned to ride for Sue Smith.
[4] He made further headlines through a fall on a different horse for Sue Smith the following day, which saw him airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital with suspected neck and back injuries.
[7] Mania announced his retirement from riding in November 2014 at the age of 25, citing problems maintaining his riding weight as the main reason and saying that he no longer got a "kick out of winning"[8] After retiring from jump racing he worked as a kennel huntsman for the Braes of Derwent Hunt[9][10] and as master huntsman for the Berwickshire hunt.
[11] During his retirement he rode in a charity race at Aintree, the scene of his Grand National triumph, in aid of the Countryside Alliance.
[14] Mania rode Hill Sixteen at the 2023 Grand National who fell at the first fence and died almost immediately from their injuries.