Punters have cashed in after Caulfield Cup runner-up Gold Journey took out the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday afternoon.
TAB had two bets positioned ($4100/$7750 at $17/$5) on Gold Journey to win, with the 2 fortunate punters pocketing a cool whole of $69,700 and $38,750 respectively.
In the meantime, one Futures punter is now virtually $110,000 richer after inserting a wager on Gold Journey on October 25. They outlaid $4,100 x $7,750 e/w @ $17/$5 to gather $108,450.
Elsewhere, one other TAB punter efficiently predicted the First4 for a formidable 166% – seeing them take residence a staggering $171,301 after boxing the primary 4 horses throughout the road.
Ladbrokes additionally took a late $10,000 wager on Gold Journey to complete within the placings at $6.50, with that punter taking residence $65,000.
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It was not all excellent news although, with one $400,000 wager on favorite Deauville Legend failing to repay.
The most important bets usually come on the Name of the Card, held on the Monday night time earlier than Tuesday’s race, and this 12 months delivered a few of the strongest betting motion in years.
The standout was a $20,000 wager on Numerian at $91 positioned with bookie Woodcock Racing to win $1.8 million. It was laid by a syndicate of cashed-up Sydney punters together with Kingsley Bartholomew, Daniel O’Sullivan and Adam Sparrow, Richie Irvine and Scott Fitzsimmons, who function beneath the identify Wolfden.
“We’ll see tomorrow if I’m paying them, or they’re paying me,” bookmaker Warren Woodcock mentioned.
It was not the one large wager positioned by the syndicate, who additionally backed Duais to the tune of $20,000 throughout three bookies at odds of $31. That will win Wolfden $620,000.
Wolfden additionally reportedly splurged $20,000 at $18 on Smokin’ Romans, $16,444 on With out A Battle ($12), $15,000 on Excessive Emocean ($61, to win $915,000), $10,000 on Grand Promenade ($101), $8,000 on Stockman ($31), $8,000 on Realm Of Flowers ($11), $6000 on Emissary ($51), and $4000 on Younger Werther ($41)
However the greatest wager got here from Steven Bradley, is aware of as ‘Fractions’, who revealed: “I had almost $400,000 on the favorite at $3.70.” It will pocket over $1.4m.
Most of his betting on Deauville Legend was positioned by bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse, with Mark Sampieri additionally accepting a part of the motion.
We’ll replace this story with the most important profitable bets of Cup Day as they arrive!
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Pointsbet
Deauville Legend (No. 8) – $20,000 @ $8
Deauville Legend (No. 8) – $4,500 @ $8
Deauville Legend (No. 8) – $4,000 @ $6
Realm Of Flowers (No. 24) – $8,000 @ $10
Smokin’ Romans (No. 19) – $5,000 @ $16
Topsport
Deauville Legend (No. 8) – $3500 @ $3.90
Vow and Declare (No. 10) – $1500 @ $21
Knights Order (No. 3) – $1000 @ $23
Camorra (No. 7) – $1000 @ $61
Ladbrokes
10 Vow And Declare $4,000 place at $6.50
14 Daqiansweet Junior $2,000 place at $8.50
4 Montefilia $2,000 at $11
1 Gold Journey $10,000 place at $6.50
Betr
8 Deauville Legend $4,000 at $3.40
4 Montefilia $4,000 at $11
24 Realm Of Flowers $1,500 at $11
3 Knights Order $1,500 at $23
Swiftbet (Bookmaker Natalie Hinkley)
23 Interpretation $15,000 at $61
23 Interpretation $5,000 at $51
22 Excessive Emocean $15,000 at $61
17 Emissary $15,000 at $61
16 Arapaho $2,000 at $101
15 Grand Promenade $7,000 at $101
8 Deauville Legend $50,000 at $3.70 (possible a part of the Wolfden wager)
2 Duais $5,000 at $31
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TAB
GOLD TRIP
$2,500 at $21
$4,100 x $7,750 e/w at $17/$5 (taken on October 25)
$3,000 at $15
OTHER BETS OF NOTE:
Deauville Legend: $10,000 at $4.60, $7,016 at $4.60, $5,000 x $7,400 e/w at $4.60/$2.30, $5,000 at $4.60 MULTIPLE TIMES, $5,000 at $4.40, $8,000 at $3.50 TWICE, $6,000 at $3.50, $5,000 at $3.50
Sportsbet
Stockman (No. 9) – $10,000 each-way at $41/$8.50
With out A Battle (No. 6) – $5000 at $11
Montefilia (No. 4) – $5000 at $11
Vow And Declare (No. 10) – $4000 at $20
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