[2] Beef Or Salmon's dam Farinella showed no racing ability, finishing unplaced on her only racecourse appearance.

[4] Beef Or Salmon made his racecourse debut in May 2001 at Fairyhouse, where he finished third in the Goffs Land Rover Bumper.

[13] Then he finished second behind Rule Supreme in the Irish Hennessy Chase, before being pulled up in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which was won by Kicking King.

[15] These wins saw Beef Or Salmon start off the 4/1 favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but he finished 11th behind War Of Attrition.

In his final race of the season, Beef Or Salmon finished second behind War Of Attrition in the Punchestown Gold Cup.

His final two seasons saw Beef Or Salmon run in the top races in England and Ireland, and he recorded three wins.

In 2020 the tourist attraction included Beef Or Salmon, Kicking King, Hardy Eustace, Rite of Passage and Hurricane Fly.