Beef droped 3lb for Irish National Beef Or Salmon will run off a 3lb lower mark in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday. Confirming the decision to drop the 12-year-old winner of ten Grade 1 races for the ?250,000 showpiece, senior National Hunt Handicapper Noel O´Brien said on Monday: "I´ve dropped top-weight Beef Or Salmon to a mark of 160 from 163 for this race and from the 87 initial entries, 40 of those are now in the handicap proper with 8 other horses weighted above 11 stone, including Snowy Morning, One Cool Cookie, Forget The Past, Rule Supreme and Slim Pickings".kings".
