‘The stuff of dreams’ – Grand National punter lands colossal winner from £1 each-way bet

A GRAND NATIONAL punter landed a colossal winner from a £1 each way bet – as bookies confessed they'd been stung by a punt labelled ‘the stuff of dreams'.

Nick Rockett's looked like a win for the layers on the face of it.

But now the dust has settled on this year's race, several gigantic winning punts have emerged.

And none were better than the £1 each way which netted a Ladbrokes punter more than £29,000.

Amazingly, the four-fold acca all came down to Nick Rockett in the world's most famous race.

Previous winners Cruz Control (10-1), Flic Ou Voyou (18-1) and Frankie Dettori's 3-1 Raging Torrent saw the bet come all hinge on the last, nerve-shredding leg.

The bettor will have had a sweaty few minutes as Willie Mullins' horse tried his best to navigate the 34 Aintree fences.

But Nick Rockett came to the last travelling best of all, jumped it well and held off 7-1 defending champ I Am Maximus to seal the deal.

The £1 each way bet netted them a whopping £29,347.23 return.

Cal Gildart of Ladbrokes said: “On the biggest racing day of the year, one customer landed one of the best bets we've seen for some time!

“Our plucky punter had Cruz Control as their first pick, and in cruise control was exactly how the first three legs of the bet came in.

“It’s the stuff of dreams to take home just shy of £30,000 from a £1 each-way bet, and to do it via a 33-1 Grand National winner means they’ll be dining out on this for years. Many congratulations!”

Amazingly, this wasn't the only bet to leave bookies counting the cost of an otherwise good Aintree Festival for them.

Two William Hill punters took them to the cleaners.

One did a £2 each way treble that included 50-1 Aintree winner Deep Cave, 13-2 Yarmouth scorer Marmoga and Nick Rockett.

That brought them £20,236 from a total outlay of £4.

While another punter's £12 combination tricast landed them £15,332 after they correctly predicted the first three finishers.

Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “While the result of this year’s Grand National had looked one for the layers, we’ve been stung by two nice bets which have stopped us reaching for the Champagne.

“One punter managed to predict the first three home, Nick Rockett, I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West, to land a cool £15,332 from just a £12 stake.

“And it wasn’t just that, with another customer managing to pull off a £20,236 haul when finding three winners, including National hero Nick Rockett, on Saturday.

“We have to tip our hat here, as the punter in question also managed to find a 50-1 winner, which is a sensational bet.”

The three winners meant that, from a total outlay of £18, bookies had to pay out £64,915.

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