Trainer Luke Comer produced another huge shock at Roscommon on Tuesday evening when sending out 200/1 winner Navajo River in the mile-and-a-half apprentice maiden.
Remarkably, the 200/1 shot in third, Dark Miss, was also trained by Comer. The pair were split by Joseph O'Brien's 8/11 favourite Fisherman's Beach
Comer is responsible for the joint-longest-priced winner in Britain and Ireland this century with He Knows No Fear, who in 2020 won a Leopardstown maiden at 300/1. Sawbuck, trained by Conor O'Dwyer, also struck at that astonishing price in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown in 2022.
Navajo River was only the 14th horse in Britain or Ireland this century to win at odds of 200/1 or longer.
Prior to Navajo River, the most recent winner at 200/1 or longer had been Unklipped who landed a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan in June, while the last horse to win at that price in Britain was Inspiratrice in a juvenile hurdle at Taunton last December.
The 200/1+ club
*In Britain or Ireland Ireland this century
- Beechy Bank - Warwick, 21 August, 2002
- Arctic Blue - Chepstow, 23 March, 2005
- Maoi Chinn Tire - Wetherby, 29 October, 2010
- Lights of Broadway - Taunton, 9 January, 2012
- Dandy Flame - Wolverhampton, 25 July, 2016
- Killahara Castle - Thurles, 17 December, 2017
- Intercessor - Newbury, 13 June, 2020
- He Knows No Fear - Leopardstown, 13 August 2020
- Runninwild - Redcar, 31 May, 2021
- Sawbuck - Punchestown, 24 May 2022
- Astapor - Hamilton, 2 June, 2022
- Inspiratrice - Taunton, 30 December 2022
- Unklipped - Kilbeggan, 19 June 2023
- Navajo River - Roscommon, 22 August 2023
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