Punters aim to feast on Beef or Salmon

PUNTERS nationwide will feast like kings if Beef or Salmon brings home the bacon in today’s eagerly-awaited Cheltenham Gold Cup.

And, if Ireland’s most popular horse, Limestone Lad, wins the previous race, the Stayers’ Hurdle, then it will not only wrap up one of the most successful Cheltenham Festivals for the Irish, it will also mark an almost ritual humiliation of the bookmakers.

It will be a famine for the bookies if punters land the €3m gamble on Beef or Salmon at home. Punters in Cheltenham have collectively laid over 2m on the horse already. And at least that much will be wagered on him again today.