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cheltenham festival / 2014 news / races /
Friday 15th March
BOBS WORTH’S BETFRED GOLD CUP TRIUMPH COSTS SPONSORS £2.5 MILLION
An impressive victory for 11/4 favourite, Bobs Worth, in this afternoon’s Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, has cost the sponsors an estimated £2.5 million.
The sponsors went a clear industry top price of 4/1 about Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old which punters piled into this morning. The price was cut to 3/1 at 9:30am, but Bobs Worth continued to be the best-backed horse in the race throughout the day.
“I stuck out my chest offering 4/1 about Bobs Worth and it’s cost me two and a half million,” said Betfred boss Fred Done.
“Watching him stretch away was painful at the time but, as the sponsor, I want to see a superstar winning the Gold Cup. Bobs Worth looks like he could be the next big thing and I might think twice about taking him on next year.”
