Harry Redknapp gutted as The Jukebox Man is pipped in dramatic photo finish at Cheltenham Festival costing him £50,000
HARRY REDKNAPP’S horse The Jukebox Man was pipped in a photo finish at Cheltenham.
Stellar Story rode to victory with a late surge on the final stretch of the 2.50pm Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.
The Jukebox Man was pipped on the line by Stellar Story
Harry Redknapp was gutted as his horse lost in the photo finish
The Jukebox Man was leading for much of the final stretch of the race until Stellar Story made a sensational comeback to snatch first place.
Redknapp, 77, stood to win £75,965 for coming in first place.
However, coming in second means he lost almost £50,000, with second place only being awarded £28,620.
Punters thought the former Tottenham bosses’ 18-1 horse was nailed on, with over £4,000 matched on him at 1.03pm.
But 119-1 Stellar Story rocked the apple cart with the dramatic finish.
Redknapp was seen on video getting ready to cheer before the sudden change of leader.
Fans were equally stunned online, one fan said: “I think Harry Redknapp thought he’d got 3 points in the bag there but got mugged on the line.”
A second said: “If Harry Redknapp had Niko Kranjčar on that it wins.”
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A third said: “Wow! You’ve got to feel for @Redknapp there! What a finish to a race.”
However, he was celebrating yesterday as Shakem Up’Arry won the Magners Plate.
That win got him a cool £67,500 in prize money.
Redknapp is not the only former Premier League manager with a horse they own running in the final at Cheltenham.
Sir Alex Ferguson, who had back-to-back winners yesterday after a 20-year wait for a Cheltenham winner, has two horses running today.
L’Eau De Sud placed in the 2.10pm County Handicap Hurdle as Absurde came through to win.
His other horse, Sonigino, is in action in the 5.30pm Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.
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