Cheltenham Gold Cup 2007: Beef or Salmon fav to perform best of the Irish

Paddy Power have released betting on which of the remaining four Irish Gold Cup hopefuls will perform best in the Gold Cup on Friday week. There is nothing between the top three in the market with Beef or Salmon just favourite at 6/4 ahead of last year's third, Forget the Past, at 7/4 and the progressive winner of the Troytown and Paddy Power Chases, Cane Brake, at 15/8. Kill Devil Hill, who runs in War of Attrition's victorious colours, is the rank outsider of the four at 16/1. The paddy power odds compilers reported, "The past few days have been a real blow for patriotic punters and now many feel we're only chasing place money in the Gold Cup. The best of Irish market is going to prove pretty popular with punters as the betting is wide open - it's not often you get a chance to have a bet in a four runner Gold Cup!" Best of Irish in the Gold Cup: 6/4 Beef or Salmon, 7/4 Forget the Past, 15/8 Cane Brake, 16/1 Kill Devil Hill Totesport Gold Cup: 6/4 Kauto Star, 5/1 Exotic Dancer, 7/1 The Listener, 11/1 State of Play, 16/1 Beef or Salmon, 16/1 Cane Brake, 16/1 My Will, 20/1 L'Ami, 20/1 Racing Demon, 20/1 Our Vic, 25/1 Forget the Past, 33/1 bar. Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle: 9/4 Detroit City, 4/1 Brave Inca, 5/1 Hardy Eustace, 8/1 Straw Bear, 10/1 Macs Joy, 16/1 Iktitaf, 16/1 Sublimity, 20/1 Harchibald, 20/1 Newmill, 25/1 bar Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase: 7/4 Well Chief, 7/2 Newmill, 4/1 Nickname, 9/2 Voy Por Ustedes, 8/1 Monet's Garden, 12/1 Ashley Brook, 20/1 Dempsey, 25/1 Foreman, 25/1 Justified, 33/1 bar. Ladbrokes World Hurdle: 11/4 Black Jack Ketchum, 7/2 Inglis Drever, 5/1 Mighty Man, 7/1 Celestial Wave, 7/1 Blazing Bailey, 10/1 Asian Maze, 11/1 Kasbah Bliss, 20/1 Temoin, 25/1 bar. Irish Trained Winners: 8/1 Up to & incl four, 7/2 five or six, 13/8 seven or eight, 7/4 nine or ten, 6/1 eleven of more. Top Cheltenham Jockey: 15/8 R. Walsh, 5/2 AP McCoy, 5/1 R. Johnson, 9/1 T. Murphy, 10/1 R. Thornton, 12/1 M. Fitzgerald, 14/1 B. Geraghty, 16/1 P. Carberry, 33/1 bar Official Going on Day 1: 8/11 Soft, 5/2 Good to Soft, 3/1 Heavy, 33/1 Good, 200/1 Good to Firm to get your FREE £30 (thirty pound) bet from Paddypower (exclusive to Bettingchoice!)