It was the 2014 Breeders Cup. The second day (or night, for me). I had placed five horses in a Super Yankee and I had three winners at odds of 8/1, 14/1 and 16/1.
I gambled 15p a line, so the total bet amounted to £7.80. The return was £443.48.
It was a crazy night. However, the one which always sticks in my mind - of all races - is the one which lost. Artemis Agrotera was 3/1 in the Filly and Mare Sprint. Considering I had the horses each-way, I recall thinking to myself 'even a place would be nice' because I had just had the first winner of the night when Dayatthespa (8/1) secured the Filly and Mare Turf.
Once everything had finished, I logged into my betting account and showed my father my iPad (or laptop!) with the betting slip on the screen.
'You've doctored this!' he exclaimed thinking I was winding him up. It only took me a moment to tell him it was genuine.
It wasn't just the second night of the 2014 Breeders Cup which saw me win on the horses. On the first night, I backed a couple of horses which reminded me of my uncle. I wrote about those wins on the anniversary of his death a few months after that.
As for the night two wins - every now and again, I check in with a tweet I posted at 12:32PM on November 2nd 2014. That would have been a few hours after the bet was settled. In it, I share the winning betting slip with the words 'Good night at the office'.
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