William Hill Punter Picks Just One Winner on Their Six-Fold Acca… And Still Lands £47,351 Payout

Three Horses Rounding Bend

There are still too many horse racing punters out there not betting each way… and it’s a baffling decision.

Yes, you leave money on the table if you’re able to back a winner, but it’s far more likely that your selections will place than win – those each way payouts become vital to keeping your account balance healthy.

Exhibit A: one William Hill punter that placed a six-fold acca on the weekend’s racing at Cheltenham, Newbury and Doncaster.

They only managed to back one winner for a strike rate of 16.67%. But because they’d backed all selections each way, they were still able to land their acca as the other five picks all finished in the places.

And so the William Hill customer, aided by the Best Odds Guaranteed promotion, was able to turn a £5 each way six-fold into a payout of £47,351!

Placed In the Sun

Leg Time Course Horse Position SP
1 13:45 Cheltenham Great Fleet 2nd 20/1
2 14:20 Cheltenham Hoe Joly Smoke 3rd 12/1
3 14:40 Doncaster Figjam 2nd 12/1
4 14:55 Cheltenham Supremely West 3rd 16/1
5 15:10 Newbury Arabian Desert 2nd 16/1
6 15:45 Newbury Hamish 1st 7/2

On a sunny but chilly Saturday, there was a stacked card of horse racing up and down the land.

The first National Hunt meeting of the season at Cheltenham often draws a strong crowd, with Dan Skelton’s team often well fancied by punters at Prestbury Park.

Our punter had selected a Skelton runner, Great Fleet, as their first pick, with the five-year-old placing on his previous start at Kelso.

In the ironically William Hill sponsored Play Final One Standing Novices’ Hurdle, Great Fleet put in a solid display that belied his 25/1 pre-off price, staying on well but unable to catch the winner, Conman John… who had also bested Skelton’s horse at Kelso.

Nevertheless, having been backed each way, that second place finish was enough to get our punter up and running.

Next on the coupon was an 18-horse handicap chase at Cheltenham, with another Skelton entry – Hoe Joly Smoke – representing the William Hill customer.

Big field handicaps at Prestbury Park are notoriously difficult for punters to unravel, but in a high-class field that included the Kerry National runner-up Three Card Brag, Hoe Joly Smoke ran a blinder to finish third – and place – at 16/1.

A strong Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier saw our punter back the 18/1 chance Supremely West, continuing their affection for the Skelton yard.

And once again their decision was justified, as the seven-year-old ran a big race from a rating of 137 to finish third – delivering the hat-trick of placers for Skelton and the William Hill customer alike.

Save the Best ‘til Last

In amidst the action at Cheltenham, our acca backer also had selections taking to the track at Doncaster and Newbury.

First up at Doncaster was Figjam, who had won impressively last time out at Leicester. But she was taking a huge step up in class in Listed company in the Doncaster Stakes on Saturday… hence quotes of 12/1 from the bookies.

However, a patient ride from Jason Hart got the best out of the horse following a slow start, and while she was unable to haul in the winner Lam Yai, second place was good enough for another slice of each way profit.

Next, it was off to Newbury for the Horris Hill Stakes, a high-quality Group 3 sprint. The selection this time was Arabian Desert, a 16/1 outsider but one from the Sheikh Maktoum operation that had finished runner-up last time out.

Rossa Ryan kept the horse prominent at the head of the field and even led with a furlong left to race, but the two-year-old was unable to match the closing pace of the 7/4 favourite, Time to Turn.

Even so, it was another 16/1 placer… with just one selection on the six-fold left to run.

Any temptation to cash out was resisted as the horses took to the start for the Group 3 St Simon Stakes at Newbury. This time, our punter went for a slightly more fancied horse in Hamish, a prolific winner in his six-year career.

Sent off at 11/2, William Haggas’ horse was held up in the early going but soon made supreme progress through the field. With a furlong left to travel, Hamish had the leaders in his sights.

Tom Marquand timed his burst to perfection in the saddle, powering clear in the final stretch to comfortably hold off Ancient Wisdom and land our punter’s one and only win of the afternoon.

But that was all it took. An 11/2 winner, backed by five placers at meaty odds, saw the William Hill customer’s £5 each way acca return £47,351.56!