‘What have I just seen?’ – Harry Redknapp in disbelief after 1-100 horse is beaten in ‘bizarre’ circumstances
HARRY REDKNAPP looked on in utter disbelief after his 1-100 in-running horse was beaten in ‘bizarre’ circumstances.
Redknapp’s Risk It All looked a good thing after being sent off a very skinny 2-7 at Plumpton on Monday.
Trained by Gary and Josh Moore and ridden by Niall Houlihan, Risk It All was going easy miles ahead of rivals two hurdles from home.
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But the completely unfancied 25-1 Dotties Star – who has never won a race of any kind – sprouted wings before the last.
With Risk It All floundering, the Pat Phelan-trained Dotties Star, who was giving Risk It All almost a stone and ridden by Niall’s brother Sean, kept plugging on and saw off the jolly easily in the end.
Punters could not believe what they had seen, with Risk It All being matched at 1-100 in-running.
Almost £3,000 was matched at 1.02 while a further £286 was matched at the lowest price possible on the Betfair Exchange.
Sky Sports Racing cameras caught Redknapp watching on in stunned silence as the horse he co-owns with Keith F J Loads was done late on.
Moore is in shot too and he looks like he has seen a ghost.
Redknapp finally shakes his head before exchanging a glance with Moore.
The finish sparked a flurry of comments on social media, with one summing things up quite well when he said: “What the f*** have I just watched at Plumpton?”
And another commented: “Laughable.”
At least Redknapp can have something to look forward to at March’s Cheltenham Festival.
His superstar chaser The Jukebox Man is current 5-1 third-fav for the Brown Advisory Novice Chase.
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