New Posts For Thread: What's the biggest bet you've ever had???https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-hadSeen the thread for biggest bets on here & it got me thinking must be a few story's about some big wagers some of the folks on forum have had...... I'll get mine out the road, no great story here, Sunday afternoon few years back was about £400 down,Southend vs ManURE league cup about 12 years ago.Backed ManURE 6/4 after about 30 mins when they were one nil down. Primadonnas hardly raised an effort, hence my hatred of the ****s. A very expensive lesson learned wiped out a carefully nurtured balhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554351881#554351881Southend vs ManURE league cup about 12 years ago.Backed ManURE 6/4 after about 30 mins when they were one nil down. Primadonnas hardly raised an effort, hence my hatred of the ****s. A very expensive lesson learned wiped out a carefully nurtured balSun, 29 Apr 2018 07:26:02 -0500At the time High Chaparral 2002 derby, just back from Thailand skint and was desperate to go back as was in love, sold everything i owned which was peanuts, amounted to £500 and shoved it all E/W on Chaparral at 9/2.....drifted so badly all day befohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554351339#554351339At the time High Chaparral 2002 derby, just back from Thailand skint and was desperate to go back as was in love, sold everything i owned which was peanuts, amounted to £500 and shoved it all E/W on Chaparral at 9/2.....drifted so badly all day befoSun, 29 Apr 2018 06:51:49 -0500Had a cracking June 2016 on the horses, notably from Ribchester, Portage and Sir Isaac Newton at Royal Ascot. I added more to this and had a big pot to risk the following month on The Open at Troon. Laid out a grand on my pre-tourney bets, then whenhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554350183#554350183Had a cracking June 2016 on the horses, notably from Ribchester, Portage and Sir Isaac Newton at Royal Ascot. I added more to this and had a big pot to risk the following month on The Open at Troon. Laid out a grand on my pre-tourney bets, then whenSun, 29 Apr 2018 05:35:50 -0500had 2.5k ew early at 10s on one.it won at 7/4 on the snaffhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554341773#554341773had 2.5k ew early at 10s on one.it won at 7/4 on the snaffSat, 28 Apr 2018 15:08:54 -0500Ohh yeah Diversity sorry, got the dance group mixed up.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554341393#554341393Ohh yeah Diversity sorry, got the dance group mixed up.Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:35:11 -0500Not the biggest bet but one of the scariestIn 1997 I took a few bets from some guys from Teeside, they asked me for a price on the Borough to get into Europe, I thought about it and offered them 10/1 and they asked for £160 between them at 10s paidhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554341361#554341361Not the biggest bet but one of the scariestIn 1997 I took a few bets from some guys from Teeside, they asked me for a price on the Borough to get into Europe, I thought about it and offered them 10/1 and they asked for £160 between them at 10s paidSat, 28 Apr 2018 14:32:55 -0500£300@16/1 Garrison Savannah,in Grand National that was void, still convinced it would have won it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554340687#554340687£300@16/1 Garrison Savannah,in Grand National that was void, still convinced it would have won it.Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:46:13 -0500I laid one of martin pipes at cheltenham in one of the big handicap hurdle races, it got backed off the boards and kept telling myself what poor value it was,the shorter it got the more i had on eventually i was in for most of my bank close to 80 k hhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554340115#554340115I laid one of martin pipes at cheltenham in one of the big handicap hurdle races, it got backed off the boards and kept telling myself what poor value it was,the shorter it got the more i had on eventually i was in for most of my bank close to 80 k hSat, 28 Apr 2018 13:02:39 -05002nd fav was beat miles out but got done a neck by one of the ragshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554336135#5543361352nd fav was beat miles out but got done a neck by one of the ragsSat, 28 Apr 2018 09:01:09 -0500def diversity , she implodedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31314341/whats-the-biggest-bet-youve-ever-had?post_id=554335961#554335961def diversity , she implodedSat, 28 Apr 2018 08:42:11 -0500