CALUM BEST was celebrating a gigantic horse racing winner on Saturday after his ridiculous Ascot treble came in.
The son of Manchester United legend George picked out three horses on the bumper Saturday card.
The unbelievable £5 each way treble returned well over £8,000
Best landed a big racing winner with his three Ascot picks
It was a horse belonging to Leicester’s owners that got the £5 each way treble rolling though, as 25-1 The Big Board sprung a shock in the 1.45.
Ridden by Jefferson Smith for trainer Richard Hannon, the unfancied outsider hit the front a furlong from home in the 5f sprint and couldn’t be pegged back.
Next up was 11-2 Master Of The Seas in the very next race.
Trainer Charlie Appleby hasn’t been in the strongest of form for owners Godolphin recently, flopping completely at Royal Ascot.
But James Doyle showed the handler has his horses running well again with this great win in the Group 2 Summer Mile.
Master Of The Seas won by four lenghts over 11-10 favourite Aldaary, scooping just shy of £80,000 for connections.
Best was on for around about a tenth of that if Al Musmak could win the final leg of his bet.
Trained by Roger Varian and ridden by David Egan, the two-year-old colt was making his debut in the 7f contest.
And it looked as if Best’s bet was going to agonisingly fall short at the final leg when then9-1 horse was vying for second a furlong from home.
But he found a burst of speed to power strongly to the line, beating 13-8 fav Under SE by a neck.
All in all it meant Best’s £5 each way treble paid a huge £8,626.40.
George Lineker, son of fellow footballing legend Gary, was one of those impressed with the winner.
He replied to Best’s tweet saying simply: “F***ing hell.”
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