Beef Or Salmon can stake Gold Cup claim

BEEF Or Salmon can emphasise he is a realistic Cheltenham Gold Cup candidate by landing the John Durkan Memorial ’Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

You could argue two and a half miles is on the short side for Michael Hourigan’s gelding, but that can hardly hold any water about a horse who had sufficient speed to win at two miles over the undemanding Cork track.

The selection was a revelation last season, going from strength and producing a series of spectacular performances for a novice.