Drinks All Round If Publican Takes The Last

Publican, a big Irish fancy for the first race of the Festival when he came 7th in the Supreme Novices last year, has the punters pound for the last race this year as he is backed in to 14-1 from 25 for the County Hurdle today.

Beef or Salmon is easy to back on the drift to 11-2 favourite for the Gold Cup and could be demoted tomorrow by Monkerhostin or War of Attrition, particularly popular today in to 8-1.

In the Grand Annual, Madison du Berlais is also a notable mover in to 9-1 fourth favourite from 16´s.