An Irish punter took the bookies to the cleaners at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday after a horse he had been backing for the past six months won.
Former jockey Paddy 'Mad' Merrigan backed The Real Whacker from odds of 50/1 all the way down to the 8/1 price he returned at in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase.
Merrigan, who previously opened up on his battle with alcohol and drug addiction, including one binge which saw him 'take cocaine every day for six months', said he "murdered" the bookies at Prestbury Park.
