Intrepid punter comes close to scooping £6.8m
The win and bonus funds for the bet totalled over £10m ahead of races at Newbury, Newmarket and Thirsk, with the 4.00 event at the latter receiving terrestrial coverage on Channel 4 with three horses covered by potential winning tickets.
An £8 Ladbrokes customer had two of the runners, including Escape To Glory who was to go agonisingly close to being perfectly named when almost getting upsides Llanarmon Lad deep inside the final furlong of the Marion Gibson Brown Memorial Handicap.
