Harbour Pilot on way back

HARBOUR PILOT remains on course for a clash with Beef Or Salmon in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown next month.

Noel Meade’s 10-year-old has finished third in the last two Cheltenham Gold Cups but has not won for almost three years.

Harbour Pilot was pulled up in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown last month and later underwent extensive heart tests, which failed to reveal any problem.