Punter turns £20 into almost £100,000 with audacious Friday night multiple

Friday night's racing at Southwell produced an evening to remember for one Ladbrokes punter, who turned £20 into almost £100,000 after landing an audacious multiple.

The punter, based in St Helens, took aim at the second-half of the Southwell all-weather card and did not miss, winning £96,578 over the course of the final four races.

They staked two bets, a £1 Lucky 15, consisting of four singles, six doubles, four trebles and one four-fold, and a £5 win four-fold, with none of the selections going off as favourite.

However, the bet nearly went awry at the first opportunity as 2-1 favourite Legal Reform looked set to successfully make all in the 7f feature handicap, only to be run down in the final strides by 14-1 chance Dutch Kingdom, who won by a short head.

Dutch Kingdom: got the punter off to a flyer at SouthwellCredit: Getty Images

King Of Fury followed up the winning first leg with a 12-1 success by a neck in another 7f handicap before Toby Tops (6-1) claimed a staying handicap. It was left to 10-1 shot Sevensees to seal a memorable Friday night for the punter, making all in the 5f handicap under Warren Fentiman to gamely see off favourite Moulin Booj by a head.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Our plucky punter truly has put the luck in Lucky 15 here. You'll do well to find a closer finish than Friday night's 7.00 at Southwell. And while there was still a long way to go in the bet at the time, that short-head victory for Dutch Kingdom ended up being the £95,000 difference maker for our customer.

"To land the Lucky 15 to the tune of £21,500 was one thing, but to back the 15,000-1 four-fold with a fiver on top – coupled with that early drama – means this has to go down as one of the best bets we've seen in recent years."

The betslip in full

Southwell, Friday

7.00 Dutch Kingdom 14-1
7.30 King Of Fury 12-1
8.00 Toby Tops 6-1
8.30 Sevensees 10-1

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