A delighted Paddy Power customer stung the bookies on Gold Cup day with a huge £46k windfall after placing an inspired series of bets last year.
Back in November the punter, from the west of Ireland, parted with £8.40 on an accumulator bet involving five different races at the Cheltenham Festival. After the first four all came in, winning a potential life-changing sum all rested upon the marquee race of jump racing, and whether Rachael Blackmore could become the first female winner of the event on A Plus Tard.
And sure enough, Henry de Bromhead's horse produced a storming finish, moving ahead of Minella Indo after the last and racing clear to win by some 15 to 20 lengths. And it wasn't just the jockey and trainer who had reason to be ecstatic afterwards.
