{"id":73887,"date":"2025-12-18T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=73887"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:43:37","slug":"blowers-300-1-exeter-british-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/blowers-300-1-exeter-british-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter 300-1 Shot Blowers Sets New Record For Longest Priced Winner In British Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blowers entered racing folklore at Exeter on Thursday after becoming the longest-priced winner ever on a British course at odds of 300-1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What made the feat even more incredible was that the bay gelding was being ridden by a late stand-in jockey, James Best.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Herbison, who should have been in the saddle, was caught in traffic and missed her flight from Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a week of Christmas miracles for rank outsiders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/its-bobsled-time-250-1-win-naas\/\">It\u2019s Bobsled Time<\/a> became the third-longest priced winner in Irish racing history on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year-old won the Academy Hurdle at Naas having set off at 250-1.<\/p>\n<h2>Bookies Counting The Cost Of Historic Win<\/h2>\n<p>Blowers has galloped past the previous British record holder Equinoctial, who was a 250-1 winner at Kelso in November 1990.<\/p>\n<p>On heavy conditions at the Exeter track, Blowers held off 5-4 favourite On The Bayou to win the Maiden Hurdle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fsCUV54Nlb0?si=PozS7Vnr8zvd-I5b\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paul Binfield of Paddy Power revealed the bookmaker had received several winning bets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought anyone who backed the two previous 300-1 winners on the Emerald Isle were soothsayers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I would be lying if I said Blowers was popular, a couple of our customers produced Mystic Meg-like performances to match their counterparts in Ireland with \u00a310 and \u00a315 each-way bets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coral confirmed that it had taken 82 bets on the five-year-old with the biggest being a \u00a32 each-way single.<\/p>\n<h2>Odds Of 300-1 Were \u2018Ridiculous\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI was a little surprised at his price, but I guess it\u2019s the way the markets go,\u201d said trainer Nigel Hawke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019d only run twice in his life and he ran in a race at Larkhill where they did back him that day but his breathing was a problem.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73891\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-560x315.jpg\" alt=\"Trainer Nigel Hawke\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-924x520.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Trainer-Nigel-Hawke.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trainer Nigel Hawke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe ran him at Chepstow and the amateur jockey we had on couldn\u2019t hold one side of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you saw what Besty did on him today and he didn\u2019t stop galloping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think 300-1 was a bit ridiculous to be fair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not saying we knew what we had but we knew we had a horse with some ability and the owners [Mr and Mrs Pudd] always breed a nice type of horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A Tale Of Two Jockeys<\/h2>\n<p>The five-year-old, named after legendary cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, pulled up two weeks ago at Chepstow.<\/p>\n<p>Herbison rode him on his rules debut but her absence at Exeter gave replacement Best a day to remember.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73889\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1-560x373.jpg\" alt=\"Blowers' Jockey James Best\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1-924x616.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Jockey-James-Best-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blowers&#8217; Jockey James Best<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was on my way to riding out on the M5 and an unknown Irish number rang me,&#8221; Best told Racing TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I don&#8217;t answer and I didn\u2019t know who it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was Ella: &#8216;Do you want to ride one in the first at Exeter?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to Ella for thinking of me and for Nigel [Hawke] and the owners to allow me to ride.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blowers entered racing folklore at Exeter on Thursday after becoming the longest-priced winner ever on a British course at odds of 300-1. 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