Horse at 200-1 odds wins

[dave nz]

Fri, 29 Oct 17:47:00 2010

A horse called Maoi Chinn Tire became the longest priced winner in 20 years in Britain when successful in a hurdle race at Wetherby in northern England on Friday at 200-1.

In 1990, Equinoctial won a race at 250-1 but Friday's winner traded on the betting exchange Betfair as high as 1,000-1 - and was matched for £912.

Trained by 35-year-old Jennie Candlish in central England, Maoi Chinn Tire was making his debut over hurdles and started the outsider of the 13 runners.

After racing in the rear early on, the gelding made up good ground, led three hurdles from home and won by nine lengths for jockey Alan O'Keefe.

The horse joined Candlish only in the last month after previously being with Stan Moore who won with it three times earlier in the year in Flat races over much shorter distances and lower in class.

Candlish, a trainer since 2002, told the Racing Post website: "Obviously, because he was a six and seven furlong horse on the Flat we wondered whether he'd stay the (two-mile) trip but he's a very relaxed horse and that helped him."
Reuters

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by dave nz

After racing in the rear early on, the gelding made up good ground, led three hurdles from home and won by nine lengths for jockey Alan O'Keefe.

Wow

[SecretStash]

they prolly pulled the switcharoo like on The Mentalist where the twin horses were switched to pull off the 100-1 upset



-stash

[Bisket]

probably fixed, surprised you dont see this more often

[Wabash Wonders]

120-1 longshot just won at Monmouth the other day.

[ParrotHead]

How comes my 10-1 and 20-1's never win

[3PtShooter]

never heard of the horse

[Cash Calloway]

Didnt a huge longshot win from England in one of those Dubai Cup races. Don't bet on the big longshots though. Read that a 100-1 longshot only comes in once every 10 000 races on average.