Beef Or Salmon, the latest Irish chasing sensation, is to be aimed at the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup, trainer Michael Hourigan revealed today. The six-year old novice heralded his appearance on the big stage with victory in the Ericsson Chase on Sunday.
And he is now 7-1 second favourite with Coral for the Gold Cup, having been 33-1 before his Leopardstown victory. But first he will run in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup over the same three miles in February.
His next run will be the Hennessy here in Ireland and then he'll go straight for the Gold Cup, it's been the plan all year with the horse, provided if he turned out to be what I thought he was, which I think he is, trainer Michael Hourigan told attheraces today.
