150/1 Glorious Goodwood winner stings bookies as firms suffer 'big blow'
Supplemented for the Group 1 last week at a cost of £70,000, the Ralph Beckett-trained 150/1 outsider was a pacemaker for 1/3 favourite Field Of Gold.
However, the race did not go to script, with Qirat keeping up the gallop to emerge triumphant under Richard Kingscote, despite the best efforts of Rosallion, who was a neck adrift at the line.
Despite Qirat's huge price, a number of punters collected on him, with William Hill reporting that 10% of all bets they took on the race being on the gelding.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: 'Like most, we were shocked to see Qirat steal the Sussex Stakes from the front, and it's cost us dearly.
'We're often happy to lay the rank outsiders in these big Group 1 contests, and often we're not punished, but this has been a big blow with around 10% of all bets placed being for the 150/1 winner. It will go down as one of the most expensive Sussex Stakes results in recent memory.'
Meanwhile, one Ladbrokes punter in England remarkably turned £50 into £7,550 after taking a chance on the plucky outsider.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Hardly anyone saw that result coming, but Qirat's Sussex Stakes upset left one punter in particular £7.5k better off in one of the biggest shocks we've seen at Glorious Goodwood."
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