Punter Wins 200k On Hedgehunter In The National
Punter Wins 200k On Hedgehunter In The Grand National
An unnamed punter picked up a cool £200,000 profit on "Grand National Winner Hedgehunter". Hedgehunter cruised home by 14 lengths without ever coming under the whip after powering away at the elbow after the last of the 4m+ Aintree national course.
The unnamed punter took 20/1 on the Willie Mullins Irish trained Hedgehunter earlier in the year for £8000 EW (Each Way) and must have been wondering how lucky he/she was after watching the calamity that befell Clanroyal and the champion jockey Tony McCoy. Not because Clanroyal would have won, but because Hedgehunter could just as easily been brought etc down somewhere over the National 4 miles plus. I am of the opinion Clanroyal never settled, pulled too hard and would have just set up Hedgehunter with a lead. Clanroyal's saddle had slipped too. One never knows with McCoy on board though.
Ante post betting is a perilous pursuit, but the lucky punter is 200k richer for picking the winner of the greatest horse race in the world, long before the entrants were even in.
The Grand National clears about 30% of all horseracing betting intake in the UK in 1 go I gather. A Grand National favourite coming in does not help the bookies satchels stay full, let alone punters landing lumpy bets at 20-1 ante post odds.
