Findlay believes Fella has big chance

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.

Tricky Trickster is into single figures at 8-1 with Coral after his tight Aon Chase win over Niche Market on Saturday, while Big Fella Thanks is 20-1 with National betting partner totesport.

Findlay’s Denman was a huge casualty in the Aon and despite Tricky Trickster’s subsequent success, the renowned gambler believes last year’s sixth Big Fella Thanks – who has been dropped 3lb by handicapper Phil Smith – can prove the pick of Nicholls’ five entries.