Royal Ascot rocked by GIGANTIC gamble as Kaboo hammered into 15-2 from 100-1 for red-hot owner Nick Bradley

ROYAL ASCOT was rocked by a monumental gamble early on day two.

Punters ploughed cash into a mystery debutant for in-form owner Nick Bradley.

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Money poured in for Kaboo on day two of Royal Ascot[/caption]

Kaboo was slashed in the betting from 100-1 all the way down to 15-2.

Jockey Clifford Lee got the mount on the horse that had previously only run at home.

The two-year-old is trained by Karl Burke and clearly huge things were expected on debut.

SunSport columnist Matt Chapman said: “Omgggggggg. Kaboo now 12-1 from 66-1. Surely one of the biggest Royal @Ascot gambles we have seen for @karl_burke Yeeehaaa!”

Paddy Power spokesman Paul Binfield said: “Kaboo has yet to exhibit his talents in public, but given the huge support we’ve seen for him from 100-1 into 15-2 at a prestigious meeting like Royal Ascot it has to be assumed that he has an abundance of ability and has been catching pigeons on the Middleham gallops.”

Kaboo ran in the 5.35pm race, where Ruthin, who will be ridden by Frankie Dettori, went off the 2-1 favourite.

But the gigantic gamble never paid off, with Kaboo ultimately finishing a still respectable sixth, behind 22-1 winner Chipotle.

Bradley was nearly celebrating a monster win on day one.

His horse Eldrickjones finished runner-up by just over a length at huge 66-1 odds in the Coventry Stakes.

That time it was Danny Tudhope in the saddle for the Roger-Fell trained runner.

Eldrickjones clearly outrun the odds, losing narrowly to 11-1 Berkshire Shadow, but still scooping a tidy £22,390 for second place.

There was nowhere near the level of market support for that horse as there is for Kaboo, though.

Should the unexposed runner triumphed he would have landed £38,480 for connections – and now doubt a heck of a lot in cash from the bookies too.

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