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Salmon Set For Fairyhouse Assignment

Beef Or Salmon is set to go on a retrieval mission in the Sherry Fitzgerald Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Michael Hourigan's 10-year-old unseated Paul Carberry in the Betfair Bowl at Aintree last week to compound the misery of connections after a dismal show in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

However, Hourigan is hoping a spin over smaller obstacles will restore the eight-time Grade One winner's confidence and get him back on track for a tilt at the Punchestown Festival.

'We were a little disappointed with what happened at Liverpool, he just got a bump at the wrong time and he unshipped Paul,' said Hourigan.

'The plan is now the two-and-a-half-mile hurdle at Fairyhouse on Monday. He has only won one hurdle race in his career but I think it could be a good confidence boost for him and us.

'He won't be knocked around in the race, he'll win if he's able but it's more about confidence than anything else.'

? PA Sport