Huge racing shock at Listowel as horse that reached 1000/1 mid-race stuns entire field to romp home and win

HORSE RACING fans were near astonished aft 1000/1 outsider Kingdom Calling stormed to triumph astatine Listowel.

The underdog began the 2.15pm John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle arsenic a 250/1 changeable but that quadrupled aft it got underway successful Ireland.

Incredibly, punters could person raked successful a four-figure sum had they stake arsenic small arsenic £1 connected the horse moments earlier the decision of the race.

Kingdom Calling finished powerfully to clinch triumph up of pre-race 5/2 favourite Kazakh D'arthel.

That Danny Feeling, who was priced astatine 7/2, rounded retired the apical three.

But it was Kingdom Calling who grabbed the headlines, steered location by jockey Richard Deegan.

The singular likelihood were the centre of overmuch treatment connected societal media arsenic fans spotted the 1000/1 terms connected the Betfair Exchange.

One idiosyncratic said: "Kingdom Calling wins astatine Listowel! 🥇🏆 A 250/1 winner! 💰

"Yes you work that right, 250/1! 😱 The question is, did anybody backmost it? 👀"

Another added: "Sometimes, determination tin beryllium immoderate magic implicit successful Ireland."

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A 3rd replied: "250/1 SP for victor Kingdom Calling astatine Listowel volition person radical scurrying for grounds books."

While a 4th simply responded: "Wow."