Horse Racing

Saw makes a fast buck for lucky Punchestown punter

Planet Sport writerStaff Writer24 May 2022
Punchestown racecourse

Punchestown racecourse

Sawbuck equalled the record for the longest-priced winner in Irish racing history at Punchestown on Tuesday when landing odds of 300-1.

Prior to his this success, the Luke Comer-trained He Knows No Fear held the record as the longest-priced winner in Ireland, after winning at 300-1 at Leopardstown in August 2020.

Trained by Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle-winning rider Conor O'Dwyer and ridden by his son, Charlie, Sawbuck has now equalled that distinction, after making most of the running for a remarkable win.

Back in 2017, Killahara Castle obliged at 200-1, while the record SP in any race in the United Kingdom is the 250-1 about Equinoctial, who won at Kelso in 1990.

Betting on the Bar One Racing Quick Deposit & Withdraw Maiden Hurdle had the eventual winner priced at 400-1 at one stage, after having shown very little in either code to this point. That included finishing down the field when he had last been seen running on the all-weather at Dundalk last month.

Charlie O'Dwyer said: "He's been in great form at home and after his last two runs over hurdles, I came here thinking if he could finish somewhere in the middle of them, I would have been delighted.
"The minute the flag dropped he travelled great and I couldn't fault him anywhere. He just got a bit close to the last but he's done it fairly handily enough.
"He likes that ground and is Flat bred and has run in Dundalk. The ground isn't a problem for him."
Coral reported one punter had placed £2 each-way on the four-year-old, who had been beaten by an aggregate of 98 lengths in two previous efforts over hurdles.
"After showing little form prior to his victory at Punchestown, Sawbuck went off as a 300-1 outsider for his race, however, he has matched the record for the biggest-priced winner in British and Irish racing history," said Coral's John Hill.
"Not many punters looked twice at the horse, but we tip our hat to the customer who placed £2 each-way on the winner. They clearly saw something others had missed."

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