Betfair punter scoops £100,000 after Meehan points to 6070/1 four-timer

Trainer Talk / Dan Thomas / 06 June 2011 / Leave a Comment

All four of Brian Meehan's weekend runners won their races - landing one Betfair punter nearly £100,000

"We knew that Brian Meehan and Michael Bell would provide great insight when we signed them up, but for all four picks on one day to come home, landing a punter £100,000, was beyond all our expectations."

A Betfair punter won almost £100,000 after reading Brian Meehan's column on betting.betfair and backing the trainer's four runners in a £10 a line Yankee on Friday evening.

All four horses - Canaveral ([3.888] on Betfair vs Industry SP of [4.0]), Aciano ([7.156] vs [7.5]), Bea Remembered ([9.55] vs [8.5])
and Lhermitagewere ([22.85] vs [17.0]) - were highlighted out by Meehan in his Friday column for Betfair.

Meehan was confident on all his four runners that night and pointed our readers in the right direction to his 6070/1 Betfair SP four timer.

Stephen Kennelly, Racing Marketing Manager at Betfair, said: "We knew that Brian Meehan and Michael Bell would provide great insight when we signed them up, but for all four picks on one day to come home, landing a Betfair punter nearly £100,000, was beyond all our expectations.

"It was a good thing he did the Multiple on Betfair. He was 32% better off against an Industry SP Multiple; in fact he had over £20,000 more in his back pocket."

Key Facts:

The punter's Yankee was 32% better off with Betfair SP Multiples vs Industry SP (including 5% Betfair commission applied to each leg)

A single four timer was 40% better off with Betfair SP vs Industry SP Multiple (including commission)

Betfair SP after 5% commission vs Industry SP

Canaveral [3.888] vs [4.0]
Aciano [7.156] vs [7.5]
Bea Remembered [9.55] vs [8.5]
Lhermitage [22.85] vs [17.0]

Every weekend Brian Meehan and Michael Bell will give you their honest thoughts and opinion on all their runners chances in our Trainer Talk column.

Michael Bell talks us through the respective chances of all his horses who will be in action on Friday and Saturday. Look out for a video showing what goes on behind the scenes in his yard at the end of the piece....

It's a busy couple of days for Brian who sends horses to Doncaster, Bath and Lingfield - read his thoughts on all of them here......

Brian Meehan provides the lowdown on his weekend runners as they bid for glory at HQ and Haydock......

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Betfair announce new £100,000 summer double bonus

Events / Joe Dyer / 30 May 2011 / Leave a Comment

King George day at Ascot kicks off the Betfair Summer Double

"The breakdown of the bonus prize fund will be 60% to the Owner, 20% to the Trainer, 10% to the Jockey and 10% to the stable staff."

Just land two high-summer 7f handicaps and win £100,000...

Betfair is giving connections the chance to win a £100,000 bonus by successfully completing the new "Betfair Summer Double."

The Betfair Summer Double consists of two valuable £100,000 Betfair-sponsored, 7f handicaps in their own right, at Ascot on July 23 and a new, six-figure contest at Goodwood on August 27.

Win both, and Betfair will give connections an extra £100,000 bonus.

The breakdown of the bonus prize fund will be 60% to the Owner, 20% to the Trainer, 10% to the Jockey and 10% to the stable staff.

Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin commented: "The first of the races take place on Betfair King George day, and we have worked with Goodwood to introduce a new race on August 27 for the final leg.

"These handicaps are obviously highly-competitive, but the winner of the Ascot race will clearly go to Goodwood in peak form and with a leading chance of scooping a very winnable six-figure bonus."

Ascot's Nick Smith commented: "This is a tremendous new Betfair-inspired initiative with the two races perfectly spaced to give the winner of the Ascot leg time to be prepared for Goodwood and a crack at the bonus. The top seven furlong top handicaps have really grown in prominence over recent years and this should enhance their appeal further still."

And Goodwood's Managing Director Adam Waterworth added: "We are pleased to welcome Betfair as sponsors at our August meeting, and are delighted that Goodwood is staging the second leg of their £100,000 bonus programme.

"Such a significant amount of prize money is sure to increase the interest in the race here, and we look forward to welcoming the winner of the Ascot race here on August 27."

In a Royal wedding year, will the crowds at Epsom be cheering home a Derby winner owned by the reigning monarch? Timeform run the rule over the main contenders for the Blue Riband on June 4......

Dan Fitch looks at the Ladies Day hats which turn the attention away from the racing at Royal Ascot....

Jenny Pitman OBE and Charlie Mann will host a fantastic evening at Newbury racecourse on May 21 to raise vital funds for head and neck cancer...

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