Punter wins £77,000 from £3 bet after backing 150-1 and 125-1 winners in sensational Lucky 15

A William Hill punter scooped more than £77,000 from a sensational Lucky 15 bet that included two huge-priced winners, at 150-1 and 125-1, on the same card at Lingfield on Tuesday.

The Lucky 15 punter included the Richard Rowe-trained Ask Her Out, who landed the opening 2m bumper at 150-1, along with 125-1 chance Theyseekhimthere, who enjoyed a narrow victory in the 2m3½f novice hurdle.

In between their mammoth shocks, the punter also included 18-1 winner Celtic Art, who landed the 2m handicap hurdle. The only selection who failed to win in the punter's bet was Mister Who – the shortest-priced of the quartet at 5-1 – who finished second in the 2m4f handicap chase.

The 20p win Lucky 15 bet cost £3 and the punter scooped £77,215.80, having placed it in one of William Hill's shops in Manchester.

William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps said: "One of our customers in Manchester must be delighted that it's the jumps season, having correctly predicted three winners at Lingfield in a remarkable Lucky 15.

"The 150-1 shot Ask Her Out set the bet up nicely, followed by Celtic Art winning at 18-1 and 125-1 shot Theyseekhimthere scoring by a neck. The ridiculous bet has netted them £77,215.80 and it's certainly been a Tuesday they won't forget."

The punter's Lucky 15

Ask Her Out 150-1 WON
Celtic Art 18-1 WON
Mister Who 5-1 PLACED
Theyseekhimthere 125-1 WON

£3 stake returned £77,215.80

Had the unbelievable double of Ask Her Out and Theyseekhimthere been backed on its own, the result would have come in at odds 19,025-1, but it is not the first time that two three-figure-priced winners have struck at the same meeting in 2023.

Newcastle's all-weather card on January 4 featured a similarly staggering feat, when 125-1 shot Endofastorm won the mile handicap before Notimeforanother obliged at 100-1 in the following mile novice.

Ask Her Out, who is also owned by Rowe, was making her racecourse debut and, despite being one of the rank outsiders, defied her odds with a fast-finishing neck success under Tabitha Worsley.

"Unfortunately I didn't have a bet on her, but she'd never have won if I had my fiver on her!" Rowe said. "We genuinely thought she could run well, but I never gave a moment's thought that she'd have a winning chance.

"That'll help sell her as I tried to do it half-heartedly in the yard, but she was working nicely and I felt I had to let her race. Hopefully people will definitely want a bit of her to own now!"

Theyseekhimthere was well beaten in a Wetherby bumper in March, but made a perfect hurdling debut that left Grade 1-winning trainer Warren Greatrex surprised.

He told Sky Sports Racing: "What a shock. I'm never really stuck for words and he's a nice horse, but I wasn't expecting that. We've had to do loads of schooling and you couldn't fancy him.

"He's well bred and this was just for the experience, and we'd get this out of the way and move on. I was telling the boys during the race this shouldn't be happening!"

The duo joined a rapidly growing list of winners at three-figure odds in Britain since the Covid pandemic, including four at 200-1 after there had been just five in the quarter of a century prior to that. However, Equinoctial remains the longest-priced scorer in British racing at 250-1 at Kelso in 1990.

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