Renowned gambler and Brighton and Hove Albion football club chairman Tony Bloom said he had 'a few quid' on his horse Energumene, who won the Champion Chase
Bookies were licking their wounds at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday after a series of big bets were landed.
An Irish punter also took the bookies to the cleaners on Wednesday after a horse he had been backing for the past six months won. But Merrigan, who used to work with the horse's trainer Patrick Neville and now runs a tipping service, feared he may have some issues getting his hands on the cash due to affordability checks on his account as part of a new law introduced recently in the UK.
He added: "No one believed in this horse. Paddy and myself, I used to work with him years ago in Ireland, I was assistant trainer with him and through finances and business and Covid, we couldn’t stay together.
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