VCBet Ease out Best Mate

VC Bet have eased Best Mate out to 3/1 for the Gold Cup after his defeat at Leopardstown's Lexus Chase.Henrietta Knight's star went off at odds on for the race but found local favourite Beef Or Salmon too-hot-to-handle at the Dublin track."That was Beef Or Salmon's first win in four efforts against Best Mate," said VC Bet's Ian Marmion. "And that could be decisive by the time we head to the Cheltenham Festival."Michael Hourigan-trained Beef Or Salmon went off at 9/4 for the Lexus and is now rated a 6/1 chance for the Gold Cup.The defeat was Best Mate's seventh loss in 21 starts over jumps."In Best Mate's defence you'd have to say that the soft ground at Leopardstown didn't suit at all but that should take nothing away from what was a truly brilliant seven-length victory by the Irish horse."Beef Or Salmon's connections will be feeling quietly confident when the two hopefully lock horns at Cheltenham in the spring," added Marmion.Gold Cup odds:Best Mate 3/1, Beef Or Salmon 6/1, Kingscliff 7/1, Strong Flow 10/1, Kicking King 10/1, Celestial Gold 14/1, Fundamentalist 16/1, One Knight 20/1, Kotkijet 20/1, Grey Abbey 20/1 Harbour Pilot 25/1, Iris`s Gift 25/1, Truckers Tavern 33/1 Have a free bet on the Cheltenham Festival with VCBet!