Dog’s life for Big Fella Thanks

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.

The Gold Cup-winning owner will be filled with mixed emotions as his 7-1 market leader with Coral and Paddy Power jumps away to face the 30 daunting Aintree fences, just weeks after the death of his record-breaking dog.

Big Fella Thanks kicked off a 31-win sequence when beating Toy Razor in the epic Irish Coursing Derby Final at Clonmel in 1999, and Findlay is hoping his equine equal can live up to the billing.