Beef Or Salmon - popular with punters (Getty Images).

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Hills report a couple of late changes on the feature races at Cheltenham next week.

Essex has drifted slightly in the Champion Hurdle betting and is out to 9/1 from 8/1.

In the Gold Cup both market leader Kingscliff (9/2 from 7/2) and Celestial Gold (6/1 from 11/2) have been eased but all the money has been for Beef Or Salmon.

The Irish raider has been slashed from 13/2 into 5/1 and could soon be challenging for favouritism.

Champion Hurdle odds: 3-1 Hardy Eustace, 10-3 Back in Front, 5-1 Harchibald, 7-1 Brave Inca, Macs Joy, 9-1 Essex (from 8), 10-1 Accordian Etoile, 12-1 Rooster Booster, 40-1 Al Eile, Self Defense, 50-1 Intersky Falcon, 66-1 Royal Shakespeare, 1000-1 Astonville, Present Bleu, Turnium

Gold Cup odds: 9-2 Kingscliff (from 7-2), 5-1 Beef or Salmon (from 13-2), 6-1 Celestial Gold (from 11-2), Strong Flow, 13-2 Kicking King, 7-1 Rule Supreme, 8-1 Grey Abbey, 14-1 Pizarro (from 20), Sir Rembrandt, Farmer Jack (from 16), 25-1 Ollie Magern, 40-1 Therealbandit, 66-1 Royal Auclair, Take The Stand, 100-1 Ballycassidy, Irish Hussar, Tiuchev, Truckerns Tavern, Venn Ottery, 200-1 Turnium, 250-1 Astonville, 500-1 Present Bleu