DENMAN has been left at the head of the weights and is one of 34 remaining entries for the Hennessy Gold Cup on Saturday week.

HURRICANE FLY will miss his intended outing this weekend at Punchestown in the Grade 1 The Dobbins & Madigans at Punchestown Hurdle (Morgiana Hurdle).

Big Fella Thanks is on course to have his first run since joining North Yorkshire trainer Ferdy Murphy at Carlisle next Monday.

RUBY WALSH is hoping to return from long-term injury at the Galway Festival, which starts on Monday fortnight.

DENMAN’S co-owners Harry Findlay and Paul Barber have mutually agreed to end their association.

Tony McCoy was reduced to tears as Don’t Push It raced to glory in the John Smith’s Grand National to give the champion jockey his first win in the great race at the 15th attempt.

BIG FELLA THANKS will be out to do justice to his greyhound namesake when Harry Findlay’s eight- year-old lines up as the favourite in today’s Grand National.

RUBY WALSH is hoping Big Fella Thanks’ previous run in the John Smith’s Grand National will not have an adverse effect on his prospects when he returns to Aintree on Saturday.

HARRY Findlay is backing his own Big Fella Thanks rather than the gambled-on Tricky Trickster to provide champion trainer Paul Nicholls with a first win in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 10.

Albertas Run, Madison Du Berlais and Notre Pere head the weights on 11st 10lb for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 10.

Cloudy Lane now heads the weights for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday following the confirmation stage.

NOT all had the shock of dark hair — and far fewer had the imposing stature of the Big Fella.

RICHARD Johnson and Philip Hobbs have a better record than any in the Racing Post Chase and the pair team up today through the grey Lacdoudal.

It was ten years ago this year, the unforgettable drama of Big Fella Thanks and his hugely popular Derby win for the O’Driscoll clan of Skibbereen; in the big stand that day, on one of my regular tours around Powerstown, I bumped into Kevin O’Shea.

SPRUCE HUNTER, owned by Master Darragh Bourke from Castleisland, Co Kerry — beaten in the semi-finals of All-Aged Stakes at Castleisland and Kilflynn — made it third time lucky yesterday when taking the Jades Dilemma and Big Fella Thank Stake at Clonakilty.