Over €75,000 has been placed on three Irish horses over three bets ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.
€33,807 (£30,000) has been placed on Galopin Des Champs. The Willie Mullins trained horse is 6/4 favourite for the Gold Cup.
In a separate bet, the same amount has been placed on Energumene at 13/8, who looks to bounce back from defeat at Clarence House and pick up a second successive victory in the Champion Chase.
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This isn't the first time Energumene has been on the end of a huge bet, with owner Tony Bloom among others rumoured to have collected massive amounts of money off the back of Energumene wins in the past.
Meanwhile, €11,271 (£10,000) has been placed on Honeysuckle at 9/4 to win the Mares Hurdle.
The Henry de Bromhead star has only lost twice in her career, however these two defeats both came in the last few months at the Dublin Racing Festival three weeks ago and at Fairyhouse before Christmas.
A representative of Star Sports said, "With less than two weeks to go until the first Cheltenham roar goes up, one punter will certainly be roaring home Gold Cup favourite Galopin Des Champs, as we can report a single bet of £30,000 at 6/4 on Willie Mullins’ seven-year-old.
“We’ve also laid a £30,000 bet on Energumene at 13/8, as he bids to bounce back from his Clarence House defeat and secure back-to-back Champion Chase wins.
“Honeysuckle is sure to be banker material for many in the Mares’ Hurdle, and we’ve already taken a single bet of £10,000 at 9/4 on Henry de Bromhead’s mare."
The festival kicks-off on March 14th, and punters will be hoping that forecasts of freezing temperatures does not come to pass.
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