Hedgehunter can spring mild surprise

TAKE a chance on Hedgehunter creating a mild surprise by landing the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

There is little doubt that if the real Beef Or Salmon turns up then he will win and it is only a question of whether one is willing to take a chance on a horse who is likely to go off odds-on.

Michael Hourigan's gelding finished last season on a poor note when making no show in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and that followed on a 14 lengths defeat by Rule Supreme in the Hennessy on this track. Beef Or Salmon made a promising seasonal debut at Haydock last month when beaten a length and a quarter by Kingscliff with Monday's King George hero, Kicking King, definitely well below his best then, nine lengths further away in third.