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Money Back on All Losers if Dunguib Wins
02/03/10

PADDY POWER, Ireland’s biggest and most generous bookie, is world-renowned for his money back specials. But this time Paddy is going where no layer has gone before by giving punters their money back on all losing bets* in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle if odds-on favourite Dunguib wins the opening race at next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

Paddy Power was recently described as a member of the ‘famous five’ bookmakers in Ireland and the UK, but there is absolutely no fiction about this amazing offer, which does exactly what it says on the tin. If a punter has a bet on any other horse in the Supreme and that animal is beaten, but the race is won by Dunguib, the backer will receive their hard-earned back from the cheeky bookie.

Dunguib, who is proven up the demanding Cheltenham hill having landed last season’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper for trainer Philip Fenton by 10 lengths, is currently a 4-6 favourite for the Supreme with Paddy. He is unbeaten over hurdles, including two top-class events at Fairyhouse and Leopardstown, and is many peoples’ idea of a banker at this year’s Festival.

The superiority of Dunguib on all known form is so great that Paddy has even created a special Cheltenham Hot Pots winning distance market which allows punters to bet on how much Dunguib will win by. The Presenting gelding is 9-4 with the bookie to win by up to and including five lengths, while it is only 2-1 that he wins by six lengths or more.

Paddy Power himself said: “I didnt sleep a wink last night, I still can’t quite believe that we are doing this money back special. Anyone having a bet in the Supreme with any other bookmaker should consult their psychiatrist immediately!”

“If, or when, Dunguib wins, it’s hard to say just how much the result will cost us by both paying out on him and returning losing stakes, but it’ll be at least a million quid and possibly even double that punters will rightly go wild for this special.”

Last year Paddy offered a similar money back special on Cousin Vinny in the same race. He managed to get away with it on that occasion and breathed a huge sigh of relief when ‘Vinny’ could only muster a fifth.

But as generous as that offer was, there were some crucial differences with this season’s initiative, which takes Paddy’s money back special to a different level. Vinny was sent off a 9-4 shot, while this year Dunguib is odds-on and also Vinny had serious questions to answer having unseated his rider in the Deloitte on his previous start, while Dunguib goes into the Supreme unbeaten over timber and chasing a five-timer in this sphere.
Let the fun begin!

Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
4-6 Dunguib, 10 Get Me Out Of Here, Rite Of Passage, 12 Menorah, Oscar Whiskey, 14 Blackstairmountain, 20 Bellvano, Peddlers Cross, 25 Loosen My Load, Morning Supreme, 33 Dan Breen, Flat Out, General Miller, Ghizao, Pepe Simo, Salden Licht, 40 bar

Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle
3 Dunguib (with a run), 4 Solwhit, Go Native, 8 Punjabi, Zaynar, 9 Medermit, 10 Khyber Kim, 16 Celestial Halo, Starluck, 20 Sublimity, 33 bar

Dunguib’s Winning Distance
Paddy Power bets: 9-4 up to and including five lengths
2 six lengths or more
*this extraordinary offer applies only to win singles & the win part of each way singles placed on or after Monday, March 1, and Dunguib must run in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.