Genius ITV pundit hits bookies for over £1MILLION with outrageous 8,249-1 Epsom Derby bet

GENIUS ITV Racing pundit Kevin Blake helped punters hit the bookies for over £1MILLION – with his outrageous 8,249-1 tip.

Race planner Blake – who a few years ago put up an 800-1 treble at Cheltenham Festival – somehow picked the first three home in the Derby.

With a load of the big guns failing, it was tough enough finding 13-2 winner Lambourn.

But Blake tipped up the Aidan O’Brien-trained winner plus runner-up Tennessee Stud at 33-1 and third-place Lazy Griff at a monster 50-1.

One odds compiler at Coral called it the greatest bet he had seen in 25 years.

And the firm’s David Stevens said: “It may have been the threat of considerable rainfall that sparked the support for the proven stayer Lambourn, but even without a notable downpour, the Cheshire Vase winner controlled the race from start to finish, and an SP of 13-2 confirmed that he was not without support on the biggest betting day of the Flat season.

“Whilst the winner alone was not the worst result in the Derby book though, further pain was inflicted by Kevin Blake, who incredibly put up the tricast on ITV’s The Opening Show, an outcome that paid a whopping £8,294.72 for £1.

“Plenty of viewers followed Kevin’s advice, to our considerable cost.”

More to follow.

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