Beef Or Salmon back on the menu Beef Or Salmon has recovered from a slight setback and is on course for the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup. Michael Hourigan´s stable star was found to be suffering from a bug, which resulted in a below-par effort when a well-beaten third behind Best Mate in the Ericsson Chase at Leopardstown on December 28th. Mucus was discovered in the gelding´s lungs when he was scoped on returning to Hourigan´s Patrickswell stables after the Ericsson and blood tests were taken. 'His blood tests were perfect,' he trainer said today. 'He´s grand again now and he´s back in work. He´s all right again and that is the main thing.' Hourigan has no immediate plans for Beef Or Salmon but the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup - a race he won last year - at Leopardstown on February 8th could be a possibility. Hourigan added: 'We´ll wait for a fortnight before deciding what we´ll do. The Pillar at Cheltenham (January 24th) is out. We´ll play it by ear and see what happens.'
