I thought I'd seen it all in my time betting horses but this one surprised even me.
In the Leopardstown 1:30 race I had to go against Moscow flyer thinking it had lost it -too old so i bet 200 pounds on Central House @ 3/1 and a 50 pound exacta Central House to beat Hi Cloy (9/1).
The race went as planned Central House leading making all the running. He jumped the final fence and started to draw 3 lengths clear with Hi Cloy staying on from 4th with a chance to get second. However the bad beat gods were looking down at me conjuring a twist that even I could not forsee. 50 yards after jumping the last the jockey on Central House (Roger Loughran) stood up in the saddle and started waving his whip around celebration thinking the race was over. Even when the other horses went past him riding out a finish it didn't seem to dawn on him. And yes Hi Cloy did stay on well to win the race.
So all in all this bad beat cost me 800 pounds on the win and approx 1800 pounds for the exacta -$4700 in you money.
If anyone can top that for a horse racing bad beat i'd love to hear it.
In the Leopardstown 1:30 race I had to go against Moscow flyer thinking it had lost it -too old so i bet 200 pounds on Central House @ 3/1 and a 50 pound exacta Central House to beat Hi Cloy (9/1).
The race went as planned Central House leading making all the running. He jumped the final fence and started to draw 3 lengths clear with Hi Cloy staying on from 4th with a chance to get second. However the bad beat gods were looking down at me conjuring a twist that even I could not forsee. 50 yards after jumping the last the jockey on Central House (Roger Loughran) stood up in the saddle and started waving his whip around celebration thinking the race was over. Even when the other horses went past him riding out a finish it didn't seem to dawn on him. And yes Hi Cloy did stay on well to win the race.
So all in all this bad beat cost me 800 pounds on the win and approx 1800 pounds for the exacta -$4700 in you money.
If anyone can top that for a horse racing bad beat i'd love to hear it.