A NERVY punter needs Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban to win to land a mind-boggling $1MILLION punt.
The bettor has seen the first four legs of their massive acca come in.
And now it is all down to genius Irish trainer Willie Mullins and his Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot-winning superstar.
Having been available at a whopping 100-1, Vauban is now a red-hot 3-1 favourite and fancied to land a memorable win for charasmastic owner Rich Ricci.
He’ll pocket around £2.4million with victory in the ‘race that stops a nation’.
But this Australian punter’s collect won’t be too far behind.
They put $1,000 (around £525) on a five-fold which included AFL side Collingwood winning their record-equalling 16th Premiership title in September.
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That was the same month the bettor backed Imperatriz to land the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley racecourse in Melbourne.
They also had Without A Fight – second-fav for the Melbourne Cup – winning the Caulfield Cup last month.
Along with the unstoppable Ace Impact claiming the Arc at Longchamp at the beginning of October.
They placed the five-fold bet on September 23 and the odds came in at around 823-1.
However they used a special boost to send it flying up to 988-1.
All in all it means should Vauban see off the likes of Without A Fight and defending champ Gold Trip, they will pocket $989,120 – or around £518,000.
Australia was gripped by Melbourne Cup fever last weekend.
Punters piled into Flemington racecourse for the raucous Derby Day celebrations.
Incredible photos showed chaos break out with drinks and limbs everywhere as they let their hair down before Tuesday’s big one.
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