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*** Official Betting Thread ***

Not a good day for the bookies, they've been hit for over £2million on the horses. I'll post a link when I find one.
 
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Not a good day for the bookies, they've been hit for over £2million on the horses. I'll post a link when I find one.
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I got told about 2 of them early this morning but they had already been cut by the bookies

LOW KEY will need to be renamed after sealing an incredible four-pronged gamble involving horses previously associated with legendary punter Barney Curley on a run-of-the-mill Wednesday to leave bookmakers facing a payout beyond £2 million.

The previously undistinguished performer came home a comfortable winner of the 6.25 at Kempton to seal a coup built on earlier wins for the heavily backed trio of Eye Of The Tiger at Lingfield, Seven Summits at Catterick and Indus Valley at Kempton.

Low Key had been 7-1 in the morning shows but returned the 4-7 favourite as bookmakers were hit by a coup linked to former trainer Curley. Curley declined to comment when contacted by the Racing Post.

Winning trainer John Butler, a former assistant to Curley, denied any knowledge of the coup. "It is all speculation," he said.

"It is three years since I was with Barney, who was good to me at the time, but we have gone our own ways. When I woke up this morning and looked at his price, I couldn't believe it - it was a ridiculous price. I don't know about betting. The horse was entitled to win."

Paddy Power said they would be paying out more than €1 million and Ladbrokes claimed that a day of "frenzied betting activity" had stung the betting industry adding that suggestions of a "multi-million pound bloodbath" were "probably wide of the mark".

Coral pitched the damage to bookmakers' pockets at £2m with spokesman David Stevens saying: "Although we avoided laying some of the larger prices overnight, we did see a number of multiple bets featuring these four horses both online and in shops, and throughout the day this number increased as word of the gamble that was taking place gathered momentum."

Eye Of The Tiger, who was having a first start for Des Donovan having previously been trained by Curley, won easily at evens having been freely available to back at 4-1 in the morning. The German Group 2 winner was put in at 10-1 on Tuesday night.

Donovan said: "We have had him seven months and have had problems with him but he is a genuine horse."

Winning jockey Shane Kelly added: "He was a good horse obviously in his younger days and he's done that well. I sat second to keep it simple. Des thought he'd win. He'd been off a long time obviously and has had his problems, but he felt good today."

The stewards enquired into Eye Of The Tiger's improved form and noted Donovan's explanation that the horse had problems with both his legs and back in the past.

Seven Summits which, like Eye Of The Tiger, was previously trained by Curley won at 9-4, having been 7-1 overnight.

Christian Leech, owner of Seven Summits and husband of trainer Sophie Leech was asked if the winner was part of a Curley gamble. "I don't know anything about that," he said.

Asked if he had backed the horse, Leech added: "No. The prize-money is not bad, that will do."

The Donovan-trained Indus Valley was having his first run for 700 days and won as 4-6 favourite having been an 8-1 chance in the morning and as big as 20-1 last night.

Bet365 were spluttering hard having offered morning prices of 10-1 Eye Of The Tiger, 6-1 Seven Summits, 20-1 Indus Valley and 7-1 Low Key.

Spokesman Pat Cooney said: "The well-touted four gambles all duly won and brought back painful memories of a similarly successful day on May 10 2010 when three horses landed big gambles.

"We learnt the hard way that day, and this time our traders were quick to make dramatic price changes once the gambles began. It's always tough pricing low-grade, all-weather handicaps, and we've add the name of Des Donovan to our ever growing list of shrewd stables!"

At Coral, Stevens added: "Once the name Barney Curley was put into the mix - although there is no official confirmation he was involved - there is no question a lot of the bets placed would have been from punters with no knowledge of any plot but who were simply joining in the gamble.

"Victory for all four horses has cost us a six-figure payout, and based on our losses we would estimate the industry has been hit for something in the region of £2million, which although still costly, is perhaps lower than some claims.

"As bookmakers we will take this on the chin as it goes with the business we're in, but we would also look at the bigger picture, racing's share of the betting market is decreasing, and while some punters will have profited from these winners, plenty would have bet against them in good faith, ensuring it's not just the bookies who pay the price on days like these."

At Ladbrokes, spokesman David Williams said: "It was a bad day at the office, nothing more and nothing less. We dodged most of the early morning frenzy but you can't stop moving trains and we got caught up in some of it as the day panned out.

"Suggestions of a multi-million pound bloodbath are probably wide of the mark so we're not going to lunge for the violins just yet."

BetVictor spokesman Charlie McCann described the coup as "just another well planned and, it would appear, well-executed gamble involving four horses with a direct connection to Barney Curley".

"Quite ironic that Frankie Dettori's successful Lingfield return will be overshadowed by this gamble," said McCann.

At William Hill, spokeswoman Kate Hills said: "We're paying out around £200,000 across the group, and because we spotted things early on, the vast majority of bets were laid at the shorter end of the market.''

There was one gamble still to come at that stage as in the concluding race at Kempton (7.55), Callisto Light, who is due to have a first start for Michael Squance having last raced for George Prodromou in October 2011, was trading at a low of 5-4 having been backed in from 16-1
 
Borini Anytime Scorer, 7/2
Colback Anytime Card, 7/2
Buttner Anytime Card, 10/3
Ki Anytime Card, 7/2
 
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Over 3.5
Man Utd v Sunderland
Levante v Barcelona
£20 pays £104.50

Penalty awarded
Man Utd v Sunderland
Levante v Barcelona
£10 pays £100.75
 
Bayern to score 2 or more
Brentford to score 2 or more
Forest vs Preston BTTS

3/1 Treble
 
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Overs

Monchengladbach v Bayern over 3.5
Brentford v Gillingham over 2.5
Arsenal v Coventry over 4.5
Nottm Forest v Preston over 2.5

£20 pays £371.25
 
Treble - Wolves, Rotherham, S****horpe, 8/1

BTTS 5 Fold - Birmingham v Swansea, Wigan v Crystal Palace, Rochdale v Sheff Wed, Ipswich v Reading, Blackburn v Derby, 17/1

Cheltenham Speculative Treble - 12.40pm Vincenzo Mio, 1.15pm Renard D'irlande, 3.00pm Red Sherlock, 56/1

Cheltenham Double - 1.50pm Double Ross, 3.35pm Big Bucks, 8/1


Bit of In-Play fun

Emirates Marketing Project @ 5/2
Huddersfield Town @ 7/5
Cardiff City @ 27/10

Treble Stake: 10.00 Possible Return: 310.80
 
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Cheltenham

13:50 Shangani
15:00 Red Sherlock

Doncaster

14:40 Urban Hymn
15:15 The Druids Nephew
 
Liverpool -1.5

dont like betting odds on away but with sturridge and suarez starting this could be a rout
 
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