As I promised in my last post I’ve dug out the photocopy of my greatest punting win which occurred on the Hennessey Card 3 years ago. I’d never backed 5 winners in the same bet before this and I’ve never been able to do it again since either, although it’s not for the want of trying!

5 winners with my old chum Straw Bear the last of the bunch.

15/8 Saintsaire, 15/8 Inglis Drever, 10/1 State of Play, 10/3 Neptune Collonges and Evens Straw Bear for a win of just over £22,000

And the cheque…

One word of advice; If you are ever lucky enough to win a decent amount of money from a bet always take payment by cheque and photocopy it along with a copy of the betting slip. It’s tempting to be paid out in cash but for tax purposes it can be a nightmare. I know this from experience as when I had the betting shops a fair few years ago I won a sizeable amount on a bet and naively took payment in cash. The problems I had from the Tax Office and the investigations they undertook because of this were something I don’t ever want to go through again. A lesson learned the hard way!

Anyway, every year I try to repeat the bet and this year would have been no exception except they ran the race Saintsaire won on yesterday’s card. So I’ll take one from today’s 2.05 to make up the bet…

 1.35 Newbury: Big Bucks

2.05 Newbury:Pasco

2.40 Newbury:Killyglen

1.50 Newcastle: Binocular

3.25 Newcastle:Horner Woods

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After both our last two big race selections finished 2nd we’ll be hoping it’s 3rd time lucky in the Hennessey.

Good luck,
Gavin.