Shock win at Exeter at record odds for British racing
Jockey only rode winner as original rider stuck in traffic
Blowers, a horse named after the renowned former cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, earned an entry in the racing history books at Exeter on Thursday as he became the longest-priced winner ever on a British track at odds of 300-1.
Blowers finished three-quarters of a length in front of the 5-4 favourite, On The Bayou, in the card’s opening race, with James Bowen, his jockey, as surprised as anyone by the win as he had been drafted in as a late replacement for Ella Herbison, who was caught in traffic and missed her flight from Ireland.
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