A serious horse racing shock occurred on Good Friday as 200-1 outsider Heavenly Heather gained at Newcastle.
The filly, educated by Tracey Waggott at her stables close to Durham, is the joint longest-priced winner in British Flat racing historical past.
Heavenly Heather, ridden by Amie Waugh, landed the Fillies and Mares Championships Handicap on All Climate Finals Day.
The horse had been crushed in all her earlier 5 begins.
“We all the time knew she was a very good horse,” Waggott mentioned. “It was simply getting her match sufficient. She’s such an enormous, heavy mare she takes that a lot work getting match.”
Half-owner Chris Rain mentioned Heavenly Heather was named by his mom earlier than she died a 12 months in the past.
The longest-priced winner in British racing historical past was Equinoctial, returned at a beginning worth of 250-1 when successful over hurdles at Kelso in November 1990.
Heavenly Heather was the seventh 200-1 shot to win on the Flat in Britain, with Astapor the final at Hamilton in 2022.
