Bookmakers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Friday night as an audacious gamble came up just shy.
Tramore racecourse in Waterford was the venue for a dramatic night of racing that saw four horses go from long outsiders to hot favourites, leaving bookies at the risk of paying out huge sums of money.
And they very nearly had to, as two of the four horses in question won their races, while the other two horses finished second in a photo-finish, and third in a separate race.
