Maoi Chinn Ture skips clear of his rivals at Wetherby

Hurdler Maoi Chinn Tire stunned punters and bookmakers as he landed odds of 200-1 when winning a race at Wetherby.

It was only the third time in 20 years a horse has won at that starting price.

The three-year-old gelding, trained in Staffordshire by Jennie Candlish, was making his hurdles debut and was the outsider of 13 runners.

In second place was the 50-1 chance Meetings Man and the exacta dividend on the Tote for first and second paid £3,616.20 for a £1 stake.

Maoi Chinn Tire has some winning form in the past, with three victories from 21 starts on the flat and had finished in the first three a total of 12 times.

But he was unconsidered by many as he lined up on Friday afternoon under jockey Alan O'Keeffe for his jumping debut in the Weatherbys Bank Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle.CPS:BOX TITLE="606: DEBATE" IMAGEORDER="" STYLE="WIDEBOX_QuoteUser"> Have your say on horse racing And the unlikely winner skipped clear of his rivals to triumph by nine lengths.

The horse joined Candlish in recent weeks after previously being trained by Stan Moore over much shorter distances.

"Obviously, because he was a six and seven-furlong horse on the Flat we wondered whether he'd stay the [two-mile] trip but he's a very relaxed horse and that helped him," she said.

It was the joint biggest winning starting price in the UK since 250-1 chance Equinoctial triumphed in 1990.

Filly Beechy Bank obliged at 200-1 at Warwick in September 2002 and Arctic Blue did the same in a novices' hurdle at Chepstow in March 2005.

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