HENNESSY COGNAC GOLD CUP 2007

 Beef Or Salmon Leaves It Late At Leopardstown

The hugely popular chaser, Beef Or Salmon, gained his tenth Grade 1 win in dramatic fashion in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Saturday. Andrew McNamara’s mount looked a forlorn hope when jumping the penultimate fence 15 lengths behind The Listener, but when that rival began to falter on the run-in, Beef Or Salmon gamely stayed on to snatch the verdict in the final 50 yards. The eleven-year-old received a rapturous reception in the winner’s enclosure and will now head for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Earlier in the day, the highly rated Aran Concerto made short work of his rivals in the Grade 1 Deloitte Novice Hurdle. He will now run in one of the novice hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival and he is sure to be a leading fancy. Elsewhere on the card, Mister Top Notch prevailed in an incident packed renewal of the Grade 1 Dr PJ Moriarty Novice Chase for Davy Fitzgerald and Conor O’Dwyer.

Best Dressed Lady Competition

The first Hennessy Best Dressed Lady competition on was also held on Saturday, 10th February.  Our winner was Jane Hardy, from Dublin, (pictured left above) recieved a voucher to the value of €4000 from the Design Centre, Powerscourt Town Centre.  Also photographed above are sisters Linda and Kathyrn Thomas who attended the Hennessy reception in the Pavilion and Louise O'Murchu, an entrant of the best-dressed competition.