Pretenders vie for Festival crown2005-03-11 · Financial Times Sports
The racing will be Hamlet without the prince perhaps now that a burst blood vessel has robbed Best Mate the triple Gold Cup winner of the chance to defend his crown. But pretenders had been queuing up even before Best Mate's setback among them Ireland's Beef Or Salmon who beat the champion at Leopardstown in December and the Robert Alner-trained Sir Rembrandt whom Henrietta Knight's champio…