Beef Or Salmon is a top priced 5/4 for the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown on Sunday after 11 entries stood their ground at yesterday?s six-day stage.
Michael Hourigan?s charge has been well supported with Cashmans who go 5/4 (from 6/4), while he´s a fraction shorter at 6/5 with Paddy Power.
Cashman´s Joe Burke said, 'It´s shaping up into a great betting contest, and we have already laid Beef Or Salmon, Tiutchev and Rince Ri to good money.'
Native Upmanship is bidding to land this two and a half miles Grade 1 for the third time and is 5/2 with the Cork firm, compared with Power´s 100/30.
Cashmans - 5/4 Beef Or Salmon, 5/2 Native Upmanship, 9/2 (from 7´s) Tiutchev, 8 Keen Leader, 12/1 (from 20´s) Rince Ri, 14/1 Le Coudray, 25/1 Adamant Approach, Knife Edge, 40 Arctic Copper, 50/1 Barrow Drive, Killultagh Storm.
Power - 6/5 Beef Or Salmon, 100/30 Native Upmanship, 4/1 Tiutchev, 6/1 Keen Leader, 10 Rince Ri, 12 Le Coudray, 20 Arctic Copper, 25 Adamant Approach, Knife Edge, Barrow Drive, 33 Killultagh Storm.
