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Nicky Henderson stable lad wins £1 million on Cheltenham Festival accumulator

Barry Geraghty's win on Riverside Theatre completed the £1 million accumulator win.
Bet365 were left paying out over £1 million after the stable hand for Finian’s Rainbow won a £50 accumulator on the Cheltenham Festival

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There were wild scenes of celebration at the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday, with Channel 4 showing two young men going ballistic after Riverside Theatre won the Ryanair Chase.

While it’s not uncommon for stable lads to be overjoyed when their horses win at the Festival, it appears that one of these boys had a very big reason to celebrate the horse’s success on Thursday considering Riverside Theatre’s win made him a millionaire.

It appears as though a member of Nicky Henderson’s staff placed a £50 accumulator with bet365 back in November which featured Sprinter Sacre (Racing Post Arkle Chase), Simonsig (Neptune Investment Novices' Hurdle), Bobs Worth (RSA Chase), Finian's Rainbow (Queen Mother Champion Chase) and Riverside Theatre (Ryanair Chase).

Sprinter Sacre kick-started the accumulator with an impressive win on Tuesday, while Simonsig, Bob’s Worth and Finian’s Rainbow meant a huge prize awaited the stable hand if Riverside Theatre could deliver the goods on Thursday.

It has now emerged that the stable lad's name is Conor Murphy and boss Nicky Henderson was full of praise for his employee's foresight.

"Everybody here is absolutely thrilled for him. It was just an amazing piece of foresight last November," he said.

"Just the chances of all of five getting to Cheltenham and all of them running in the right races, that would be long odds, particularly as with Simonsig we didn't even know what race he would be running in until the other week.

"The chances of them getting there since last November must have been at least 100-1 and the chances of them all winning, that must have been a 1,000,000-1!"

Henderson revealed that Murphy was back in work on Friday, although it remains to be seen how long he will remain at Seven Barrows.

"He's in work this morning - he is one of the linchpins here. He's the most lovely man though, a fantastic guy and very quiet," the trainer continued.

"He rides out Finian's Rainbow every day of the week and he would probably know more than anyone else in the world about that horse.

"Finian's is very special to him."

Bet365 were contacted about the win by the Racing Post, although they were reluctant to divulge too much information although it is thought that the man in question is the stable hand of Finian’s Rainbow.

Spokesman Pat Cooney said: "It was a horrible day for us as bookmakers, we lost on every single race, and while we are pleased for customers who had a good day, it is company policy not to discuss individual accounts."

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Nicky Henderson stable lad wins £1 million on Cheltenham Festival accumulator

Bet365 were left paying out over £1 million after the stable hand for Finian’s Rainbow won a £50 accumulator on the Cheltenham Festival

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