Gold Cup winner trades at 999-1 on Betfair!

With 17 days to go before the Cheltenham Gold Cup an infection seemed to have ruled well fancied contender Kicking King out of the race. Following owner Conor Clarkson's news that the horse would be a non runner due to a dirty scope the price drifted to 1,000. Kicking King then made a remarkable recovery in time to enter and win this most prestigious of races. Five lucky punters took this price with one winning £10,000 and another Chris Trinder of Newbury winning £25,000 for an outlay of just £25. He told the Racing Post “I had no inside knowledge, but thought there was a chance he could recover.” As always behind every story of a winner there is a loser, and one Betfair punter lost £15,000 trying to win £15, apparently the second time he had laid a 1,000 winner.

Further reading

Racing Post 19/03/2005 Gold Cup: 999/1 layer stung by Lazarus – like recovery

Harrington a 300 winner in US

Irishman Padraig Harrington staged a remarkable come back in the Honda Classic in Florida, securing an unlikely victory thanks to a spectacular 9 below par final round. Earlier in the tournament he had been matched as long as 300 when he only just managed to make the half way cut by two strokes.

Crowd favourite white fights back from 1.01

Jimmy ‘Whirlwind' White fought back from 4-1 and 5-2 down in the second round of the Masters to beat Welshman Matthew Stephens 6-5. More than £40,000 was matched on his Stephens at 1.01 and another £27,000 at 1.02.

Further reading

Racing Post 15/02/2005 Snooker: White stuns 1.01 backers

Betfair beat another record as Bradford shock Wigan

In the recent Super League match Bradford were matched at 499-1 when trailing 28-12 to Wigan with only ten minutes to go. They then turned the game upside down to 28-27, winning one lucky in-running Betfair punter £2,495 for his £5 stake at record winning odds for rugby league of 499-1.

Further reading

Racing Post 27/02/2005; Rugby League: Bulls fight back for 499-1 win

Betfair see another 1-100 rugby league turnaround

For the third time in four rugby league matches screened live on Sky Sports a 1-100 Betfair-traded loser has been beaten.

Wigan started the ball rolling when throwing away a 27-12 lead with only 10 minutes remaining against the Bulls last Friday, and Oxford went down 17-16 in Wednesday's televised Varsity match after establishing a 16-0 supremacy after 54 minutes.

However, St Helens staged the most staggering comeback of all after trailing 16-4 with only six minutes left on the clock, scoring three tries in a pulsating finish to edge to a 18-16 victory.