Beef Or Salmon is out to take Best Mate’s crown and he gets the chance to prove his worth in the Grade One James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal tomorrow.

THIRTEEN horses remain in Saturday’s eagerly awaited James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal, following yesterday’s supplementary and forfeit stage.

Baracouda runs in Britain for the second time this season when he turns up for his annual tilt at the Cantor Sport Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot tomorrow and it is difficult to imagine this amazing stayer being beaten.