Overview
- Home By The Lee, a 33/1 Irish-trained runner, won the Stayers' Hurdle and triggered Peter Crouch's obligation to fund 1,000 pints of Guinness valued at about £7,500.
- Paddy Power set the wager so that an Irish-trained winner meant Crouch paid for the drinks, whereas a British-trained winner would have been covered by the bookmaker.
- The 33/1 result marked the longest-priced Stayers' Hurdle winner since 2023.
- The victory delivered trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien his first winner of this year's Cheltenham Festival, with J J Slevin in the saddle.
- Crouch poured some of the pints for racegoers in Paddy Power-branded gear, repeating a stunt he also lost last year when the tab was reported at about £7,800.