Galway Indo Carries Large Win Story The following appeared in today's Galway Independent. A mystery Galway punter has narrowly missed out on becoming Paddy Power's biggest ever winner. The Athenry man, who has yet to collect his prize, recently scooped E107,550 when four of the five horses he had picked as part of a E130 Super Yankee (fiver unit stake, 26 bets) bet came in first. However, the windfall was bittersweet as had the final horse won, his Jackpot would have increased to a whopping E1,077,705. While Simarian, Joe Lively, Imperial Commander and Sunnyhill Boy all came up with the goods, Valerius shattered the dream when unsuccessful in the 3.10 hurdle under Champion jockey, A P McCoy. The five horses ran at the appropriately named Paddy Power sponsored meeting at Cheltenham on Saturday. "In one way I'm gutted for him, especially seeing as the word on the ground at Cheltenham was that Valerius was very strongly fancied. He's lucky he did the bet with us as most bookies would have a payout limit well below the magic million mark," said Paddy Power.
