Forget the geography of it, because Kerry will be breaking new ground when they take on Carlow in the Leinster Championship round robin series qualifier on Sunday, where a win would be a significant step for the Kingdom towards a Leinster quarter-final against either Galway or Laois.

Big Fella Thanks is likely to have one more run before a third crack at the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree.

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.