'A good Listowel will get my yard sorted for the year'

For Eoin McCarthy, the week is one of profound importance where success or failure can dictate his mood, momentum and profitability for the upcoming jumps season.

ON TRACK: Luvley Kerry and Tommy Quaid, Eoin McCarthy on a Presenting gelding, with Shane Tierney On Beepers Milan riding out.

ARDAGH, the small village made famous by the 1868 discovery of a decorative medieval chalice, sits near the beating heart of west Limerick. 

Listowel, famous too, but often for matters a little less sacral, dominates at northern part of the kingdom of Kerry.