Racing punter wins massive sum from ‘stunning' £12 bet as beaten bookies say ‘there's nothing like it'

The Sun

02-06-2025

A RACING punter hit the bookmakers for a five-figure payday after a 'memorable' Saturday bet.
It can be pretty difficult to land even one winner on the Flat action at this time of year.
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But it all came together for this William Hill bettor, who would land a quite remarkable four-fold across the action from Haydock.
Better yet, the decision to opt for Best Odds Guaranteed saw their returns increase by nearly 50% and enough for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday from just a £6 each-way (£12 total) punt.
However it very nearly was all over in the first, with Stressfree for Danny Tudhope and David O'Meara getting up just in time in the opener.
The 6/1 shot ran on well and needed every yard of the 1m4f contest to get up in the dying strides and deny Shane Foley aboard Kildare Legend.
The perfect start for this bettor but given the nature of the victory and this one being the joint-shortest odds of the four selections, the confidence probably wasn't sky high.
That will have changed just over half an hour later when Kodi Lion - picked at 7/1 and went off 5/1 - came home in front over 6f to make it two from two in the bet.
The Mick Appleby runner was in a group of four charging down the near side, with the front three all coming from that group, racing against a group of 12 on the opposite side of the track.
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Those tactics worked a treat as Kodi Lion took it up with over a furlong to go and stayed on well to win by a length.
An anxious wait until the 4.08 when the excellently named Oolong Poobong was the pick at 6/1 in the 11-runner contest.
Over the Haydock seven furlongs, Connor Beasley's ride made headway 3f from home and looked to be in a battle with favourite Arabian Leopard.
Jamie Spencer's charge then bumped into another runner and was briefly outpaced, allowing Oolong Poobong to scoot ahead with 2f to go and stayed on well as Arabian Leopard rallied to score by two lengths.
It all came down to the finale, with Organ drifting out to 9/1 before the off, with nine runners at the 1m start.
William Buick was aboard the 11/10 favourite and attracted all the support and even looked like going the best with two furlongs to go.
But after wandering around with one furlong remaining, Organ - who just nosed in front when being pushed along - edged right heading into the closing stages but was plugging on.
Hot Cash at 17/2 was also staying on alongside the favourite but both would be denied by Harry Davies and Organ, who rounded off the four runner bet in style to win by half a length.
With the drifts in price and best odds on offer, the punter would scoop a monster £23,715.15 in winnings - which included £7,097.82 extra from BOG.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: 'There's nothing like turning £12 into five figures after landing a multiple on a Saturday afternoon's racing, and this punter has done just that in style.
"All four picks went in without a hiccup at Haydock and they've walked away with a cracking payout of £23,715.15.
'And that's not all either, as thanks to having opted in to William Hill's Best Odds Guaranteed concession, the punter received a bigger price on their final pick than they'd taken when placing the bet, increasing their winnings by more than £7,000!
"It just goes to show what Best Odds Guaranteed can do and we take our hats off to this punter for landing this memorable bet.'
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