Beef Or Salmon a hot order

CASHMANS, of the layers on site, were the least impressed with Beef Or Salmon’s satisfactory performance in winning the John Durkan Memorial ’Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

They kept Michael Hourigan’s charge at 10-1 for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, behind Best Mate (6-4). Mind you, an hour or so later, they were forced to shorten that to 8-1, following some support.

Ladbrokes, also shortened him to 8-1 from 10’s, while Grahams, who may have been looking at a different race to the rest of us, reacted by thumping the seven-year-old into 11-2 from 8’s.